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PODCAST: Lenders, forwarders & agents discuss repo bottlenecks
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, 02:22 PM
VantageScore pinpoints how much subprime credit market is growing
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, 11:09 AM
The real cost of inaction when it comes to transport fraud
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Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, 03:30 PM
More dialogue about current complexities of fleet management with David Prusinski of Vehicle Management Systems (VMS)
A limited number of qualified maintenance technicians. A robust mix of gasoline-, diesel- and electric-fueled vehicles. There’s no shortage of challenges for fleet managers nowadays. To help wade through the environment with valuable perspectives, David Prusinski, who is CEO of ... Listen Here
Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, 03:30 PM
Lenders, forwarders & agents discuss repo bottlenecks
In another of the Used Car Week 2025 panel discussions focused on repossessions and recoveries, AutoSquared.ai co-founder Bahador Rahimi led a conversation that included lenders, forwarders and agents. The group exchanged ideas about how industry firms can smooth the bottlenecks ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, 07:16 PM
Student Loans Impacting Today’s Subprime Borrower
Monday, Aug. 4, 2014, 04:18 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
A new kind of subprime borrower is starting to influence the statistics gathered by Equifax. Jennifer Reid, the senior director of product marketing at Equifax Automotive Services, acknowledged that dealers and finance companies typically think of subprime consumers as ones ... [Read More]
Dahlheim Takes Over Control at VW Credit
Friday, Aug. 1, 2014, 04:17 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, Volkswagen Group of America tapped Christian Dahlheim to be the new president and chief executive officer of VW Credit. Dahlheim takes the place of Andrew Stuart, who left the captive finance company earlier this summer to be the ... [Read More]
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Used Car Turn Vendor Management Checklist
Vehicles touch multiple vendors before they ever hit the lot, and when approvals, communication, and invoices are scattered, delays are...
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Republican Lawmakers Bring GAO into CFPB Discrimination Query
Friday, Aug. 1, 2014, 04:14 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Republican-led U.S. House Financial Services Committee has conducted multiple hearings to investigate alleged discrimination at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, including a session with director Richard Cordray earlier this week. Now the lawmakers on the committee want the Government ... [Read More]
AFSA, Ally, CPS Refute Claims in Recent Times Article
Friday, Aug. 1, 2014, 04:12 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Several top industry players came to the defense of how subprime vehicle financing is operating nowadays after the unflattering picture they said The New York Times painted in an article a couple of weeks ago that’s since made its way ... [Read More]
AFS Acceptance Appoints New VP of Loan Production
Wednesday, Jul. 30, 2014, 04:12 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
AFS Acceptance continued to add to its management stable this week by appointing a former driversselect executive as vice president of loan production. Taking on the role effective Monday is Michael Thacker. AFS Acceptance indicated Thacker will preside over all ... [Read More]
Dealertrack Partners with Element to Simplify Payment Processing
Wednesday, Jul. 30, 2014, 04:08 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Dealertrack Technologies reached a partnership on Wednesday with Element Payment Services, a Vantiv company, to seamlessly integrate electronic payment processing into Dealertrack DMS 2.0. With Element’s fully integrated payment technology within Dealertrack DMS 2.0, officials highlighted that all types of ... [Read More]
AmeriCredit’s Strong Q2 Pushes GM Financial’s Originations
Wednesday, Jul. 30, 2014, 04:00 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
In a quarter company executives said contained a “leveling of competitive intensity,” the AmeriCredit-branded business generated by General Motors Financial during the second quarter jumped to a higher level than in any quarter seen in a year. AmeriCredit, which originates ... [Read More]
Black Book Sees Vehicle Depreciation Gaining Steam
Wednesday, Jul. 30, 2014, 03:58 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Black Book explained how its depreciation forecast of 13.5 percent for 2014 is still on track, even though the market produced a pace much slower than that expectation during the first six months of the year. Senior vice president and ... [Read More]
J.D. Power Study Shows How Many Basis Points Good Service for Dealers Is Worth
Monday, Jul. 28, 2014, 04:52 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Retail’s old adage of “you get what you pay for” reappeared as a part of the J.D. Power 2014 U.S. Dealer Financing Satisfaction Study. The report showed franchised dealerships place such a value on the relationship they have with their ... [Read More]
Newest AFSA White Paper Examines Debt Collection
Monday, Jul. 28, 2014, 04:49 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The state government affairs committee of the American Financial Services Association recently published a white paper for its members on debt collection and the various ways state legislation and regulations are approaching these practices. AFSA officials highlighted the paper explains ... [Read More]
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