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Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, 09:15 PM
This sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast features two experts from Central Dispatch who offer valuable guidance for choosing a transportation partner. Shanna Wise, who oversees business strategy execution, and Blake Bentley, who leads enterprise client account success, take ... Listen Here
Inside Auto Auction M&A with Mach10 CEO George Pero
Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, 02:01 PM
The auto auction industry has seen a spike in M&A over the last three years, similar to the consolidation in auto retail that has been going on much longer. And our guest today has experience with both. George Pero is ... Listen Here
Insight into Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index
Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, 04:17 PM
While the year-over-year figure reflects broader market volatility, Matthew Babcock, who oversees digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, explained the strong quarter-over-quarter increase of the Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index signals market re-engagement. Babcock elaborated about ... Listen Here

Despite Delinquency Rise, Subprime Auto Bubble Dismissed

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Friday, Aug. 22, 2014, 03:27 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
The latest delinquency data from Experian Automotive might give more fuel to observers who believe subprime auto financing is creating a bubble similar to the one that popped in the mortgage industry and sent the economy into a tailspin more ... [Read More]

FactorTrust Partners with defi SOLUTIONS to Furnish Underbanked Data

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Friday, Aug. 22, 2014, 03:24 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Underbanked consumer data, analytics and risk scoring solutions provider FactorTrust formed a partnership this week with defi SOLUTIONS, which developed a browser-based loan origination system (LOS). The companies highlighted they reached this alliance because non-prime auto finance companies need access ... [Read More]

CFPB Fines First Investors Financial Services Group $2.75M

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Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014, 07:15 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced on Wednesday that Texas-based First Investors Financial Services Group entered into a consent order because the regulator said the subprime finance company distorted consumer credit records for years. CFPB officials said First Investors failed ... [Read More]

Westlake Financial’s Receivables Hit $2 Billion

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Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014, 04:05 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Sparked by the best July in company history, Westlake Financial Services announced this week that it reached $2 billion in total receivables. Westlake’s portfolio now has that total receivables figure connected to more than 270,000 customer accounts. “Having a portfolio ... [Read More]

Lease Approvals Reach New High for Year Despite Subprime Drag

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Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014, 04:03 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Swapalease.com reported lease credit approvals during the month of July climbed to the highest monthly level of the year, reversing a trend that saw continuous decline since January largely due to an increase in the number of subprime credit applicants. ... [Read More]

New Moody’s Report, Execs’ Outlook Confirm Usual Subprime Cycle

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Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014, 04:00 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Near-term predictions made this week by Moody's Investors Service fall in line with ongoing lending cycle points noticed by veteran finance company executives such as Credit Acceptance’s Brett Roberts and Brad Bradley of Consumer Portfolio Services. Moody’s analysts indicated in ... [Read More]

S&P/Experian: Auto Defaults Stay Flat in July

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Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014, 03:58 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The auto segment of the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices stayed flat on a sequential basis in July. And analysts from S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian highlighted July’s auto reading settled only four basis points above its historical low. ... [Read More]

Black Book Examines Impact Recalls Have on Portfolios

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Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014, 01:25 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
In light of more than 37 million vehicles being recalled so far this year, the team at Black Book Lender Solutions went to work considering the impact these campaigns are having on the auto finance industry. Analysts acknowledged the psychology ... [Read More]

AFSA Explains How TCPA Shouldn’t Be a ‘Trap’

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Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, 03:49 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The American Financial Services Association responded to a petition asking that the Federal Communications Commission rule that finance companies are not liable when they call a wireless number for which they have prior express consent to call or text, but ... [Read More]

Nicholas Financial’s Q1 Originations Rise

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Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, 03:47 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Nicholas Financial originated more subprime contracts during the first quarter of its fiscal year, but its net earnings softened by double digits. The number of contracts the company booked during the quarter came in at 4,244 for a total loan ... [Read More]
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