2025 Loss Mitigation Executive of the Year: Craig Paterson of GM Financial
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, 02:23 PM
PODCAST: Used Car Week Hall of Famer Becky Igo of Allied Solutions
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, 10:48 AM
2025 Repossession Agent of the Year: Phil Hanks of Connect 1 Recovery
Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, 10:34 AM
Used Car Week Hall of Famer Kathy Ruble of Ally
Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees, we catch up with Kathy Ruble, who is executive director of marketing, dealer financial services and communications at Ally. Ruble has been the longtime moderator ... Listen Here
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, 07:52 PM
SPONSORED EPISODE: From Acquisition to Sale — Winning Used Car Tactics from Autotrader and vAuto experts
In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, host Bill Zadeits joins with Elizabeth Stegall of Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book and ICO, and Bethany Johnson from vAuto to preview their Used Car Week workshop. Listen now and you’ll get ... Listen Here
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, 05:28 PM
Used Car Week Hall of Famer Becky Igo of Allied Solutions
Becky Igo remembers the first few business trips she made going to industry conferences at a time when things like pay phones and fax machines were critical business-development tools. Now more than four decades later, the regional vice president for ... Listen Here
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, 03:28 PM
Black Book Examines Impact Recalls Have on Portfolios
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’
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
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]
Report: 1 in 20 Consumers Have a Delinquent Credit Account
Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, 03:45 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Roughly one out of 20 people with a credit file — which constitutes about 5.3 percent of the U.S. consumer population — are at least 30 days late on a credit card or other non-mortgage account such as an auto ... [Read More]
TrueCar Unveils Program for NEA Members
Friday, Aug. 15, 2014, 03:41 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, TrueCar and the National Education Association (NEA) partnered to launch a vehicle-buying program designed to provide savings for NEA members and educators. Officials highlighted that through the NEA Auto Buying Program, the NEA's 3 million members will gain ... [Read More]
New York Fed: Q2 Originations Top $100 Billion
Friday, Aug. 15, 2014, 03:38 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with a climb in total outstanding balances that’s now reached 13 quarters in a row, it’s also been nearly eight years since the auto finance industry generated this much paper in a single quarter. The Federal Reserve Bank of ... [Read More]
BenchMark Consulting International Taps New Director for Americas
Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, 04:21 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
BenchMark Consulting International — which compiles the annual survey for the National Automotive Finance Association among other analytical projects for banks and finance companies — recently chose Dwayne Furmidge as the new leader of its North and South American operations. ... [Read More]
defi SOLUTIONS Integrates Carleton SmartCalcs to Boost Compliance
Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, 04:16 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Cloud-based loan origination system defi SOLUTIONS integrated Carleton SmartCalcs into its platform this week. Officials highlighted defi SOLUTIONS customers now can access Carleton’s 40 years of compliance expertise to assure federal and state lending interest, fees and the annual percentage ... [Read More]
GrooveCar Direct Partners with 2 More Credit Unions
Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, 04:13 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
GrooveCar Direct, an online auto buying resource for credit unions, recently reached partnership with two more institutions. The two credit unions now a part of the network are as follows: — Greater Alliance Federal Credit Union of Paramus, N.J., which ... [Read More]
Moody’s Analyst Counters Thoughts of Auto Loan Bubble
Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, 04:10 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Moody’s Analytics senior director Cristian deRitis chimed in this week, refuting the notion that rising auto lending volume is creating a bubble similar to the one that burst in the mortgage space and sent the U.S. economy into recession. deRitis ... [Read More]
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