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Used Car Week Hall of Famer Jerry Kroshus of Location Services
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, 04:19 PM
Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees is a conversation with Jerry Kroshus, who is CEO of Location Services. Cherokee Media President Bill Zadeits talks with Kroshus about his career journey in ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Famer Kathy Ruble of Ally
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, 07:52 PM
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
SPONSORED EPISODE: From Acquisition to Sale — Winning Used Car Tactics from Autotrader and vAuto experts
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, 05:28 PM
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

GrooveCar Direct Partners with 2 More Credit Unions

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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

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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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Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business

Turn Battery Risk Into Trust: Your Edge in the Used EV Market

Independent battery health certification is the new gold standard for used EV dealerships. The latest AVILOO detect Magazine reveals how...
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How GMs Start Their Day with Mastermind & Make More Deals

Successful General Managers know that how you start the day sets the tone for dealership performance. This checklist outlines the...
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Rising Repos, Shrinking Margins: A Guide to Reduce Collections and Servicing Costs with AI Agents

As delinquencies rise and margins tighten, leading auto lenders use AI agents to cut collections and servicing costs without compromising...
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Out-of-State Titling: 12 Steps Every Title Clerk Should Follow (The Easy Way)

Out-of-state titling isn’t easy. With every state having different DMV requirements, document packets, and deadlines, it’s easy for mistakes to...
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Free Guide: How Smart Dealers Can Profit from Customer Car Insurance

Turn Customer Auto Insurance into Dealership Profit If you're not profiting from auto insurance in your dealership, now’s the time...
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Go In-House With Your Photos

Your Photo Vendor Didn’t Show Up Again? Let’s Fix That. Stop relying on vendors and start owning your inventory. This...
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The Auto Dealer’s Complete Checklist for Evaluating AI

The Auto Dealer’s Complete Checklist for Evaluating AI highlights key questions dealership leaders should ask technology partners during the selection...
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Dealer Guide: Selecting the Right Auto Logistics Partner

In retail automotive, your transport provider isn’t just moving cars — they’re moving your business forward. Every delayed delivery, damaged...
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2 Examples of How Intelligent Interviewing Produces Intelligent Hires

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Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, 03:21 PM
Don Jasensky, Automotive Personnel
No one has ever asked our firm to “find someone average.” Employers are always seeking high-performing employees. The best indicator of future performance is past performance. To help identify the high performers we like to ask “intelligent interviewing questions” to ... [Read More]

F&I Express Brings American Guardian Warranty Services Into Network

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Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, 03:16 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Intersection Technologies’ F&I Express recently added American Guardian Warranty Services (AGWS) to its aftermarket e-contracting platform. Executives highlighted the enhanced F&I Express functionality is free to all AGWS agents and dealers. AGWS is a provider of administration services for dealers ... [Read More]

FICO Refines Analysis of Medical Collections to Boost Scores

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Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, 03:13 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The next time subprime consumers show up at your dealership or their loan application arrives at your finance company’s underwriting department, their FICO score might be higher if much of what triggered their soft credit profile is delinquent medical debt. ... [Read More]

Credit Acceptance Receives CID from FTC

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Friday, Aug. 8, 2014, 03:53 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Credit Acceptance Corp. recently reported more than just its second-quarter performance. The company also received a civil investigative demand from the Federal Trade Commission. As a part of its Q2 financial reporting to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Credit Acceptance ... [Read More]

AFIP Offers $100 Off for Next Boot Camp

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Friday, Aug. 8, 2014, 03:51 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Association of Finance & Insurance Professionals (AFIP) is offering Industry Summit attendees a $100 discount if they register for its pre-summit certification boot camp. In order to obtain the discount, dealer managers and F&I professionals must complete the registration ... [Read More]

F&I Office Has Hand in Record High 77% of Sales

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Friday, Aug. 8, 2014, 03:49 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
While advocacy groups and federal regulators continue to be skeptical of the convenience and value dealers present at the F&I office, new data from Edmunds.com is showing the volume of work completed in that store department is climbing to levels ... [Read More]

AIADA Chairman: The Perception Gap of Fair Transactions

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Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, 04:13 PM
Larry Kull, AIADA
Recently, I read about a study commissioned by True Car that I haven’t been able to stop thinking about. The study asked car buyers what they believed a fair profit margin for a car dealer would be on a $30,000 new ... [Read More]

5 Recommendations When Reviewing Arbitration Clauses

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Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, 04:10 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Sparked by actions of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Automotive Compliance Consultants general counsel David Missimer — who specializes in dealership compliance issues — advised managers to take a close look at the arbitration clause language used in their finance ... [Read More]
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