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Alfa Recon leverages AI to strengthen data migration
Monday, May. 18, 2026, 11:11 AM
Alfa, provider of Alfa Systems, strengthened its data migration toolbox last week with the launch of Alfa Recon, a new artificial intelligence-enabled reconciliation module. Designed to help customers migrate legacy data and acquired portfolios to Alfa Systems more quickly, more ... Read More
Dealer group C-suite executives examine role of AI at auto retailers
Monday, May. 18, 2026, 10:23 AM
Artificial intelligence in auto retail, says Zeigler Auto Group chief operating officer Sam D’Arc, is in a similar place as digital retail was 4-5 years ago. There’s a lot of excitement, but perhaps not a complete understanding of how AI ... Read More
Dealers look to AI for customer experience boost
Monday, May. 18, 2026, 10:10 AM
Sam D’Arc doesn’t remember what his query was when he first used ChatGPT, but the response was fast and accurate. “It caused a little bit of awe and surprise in how well it extracted information into the answer to the ... Read More
Flipping EV battery risk into faster sales
Monday, May. 18, 2026, 07:49 PM
We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. AVILOO chief executive officer Brett Lippel focused on what ... Listen Here
What actually sells cars on social media?
Monday, May. 18, 2026, 07:42 PM
We begin our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. Bryan Pascual, founder of DealerCarLeads, answers one of the ... Listen Here
Tiger Okeley describes what it’s like for BHPH dealers during another turbulent year
Tuesday, May. 12, 2026, 01:47 PM
Tiger Okeley is the executive board member of Oak Motors, a buy-here, pay-here dealership that’s been in business for more than 40 years in central Indiana. Having seen boom times, recessions, and more, Okeley shared his insight to help owners ... Listen Here

PODCAST: Executives on subprime market & 2025 expectations

Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, 11:29 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from Used Car Week 2024 in Scottsdale, Ariz., with an executive panel moderated by Jennifer Martin of the National Automotive Finance Association. Discussing the subprime market, expectations for this year ... [Read More]

ARA & MBSi partner to streamline compliance mandates in repossession & recovery

LCT teams with AKUVO to streamline loan refunds
Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, 11:29 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
More synergy in repossession and recovery spaces surfaced on Monday. The American Recovery Association (ARA) and MBSi announced a new partnership providing MBSi users the ability to accept ARA’s Compliance System within its RecoveryConnect platform. The move is meant to ... [Read More]

Glenview Finance lands new VP, relationship with RouteOne

Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, 11:00 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Glenview Finance made a couple of moves this week to reinforce its market position; one associated with personnel and the other with technology. Along with bringing aboard a new vice president of business development who previously spent nine years with ... [Read More]

Vitu finalizes acquisition of Dealertrack registration & titling businesses from Cox Automotive

Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, 10:59 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Vitu, a leading innovator in vehicle-to-government (V2Gov) technology, announced this week that it has successfully closed on its acquisition of the Dealertrack registration and titling businesses from Cox Automotive. Through a development first revealed just before Thanksgiving, the acquired businesses ... [Read More]

Flagship Credit Acceptance welcomes new chief risk officer

Another former Manheim Canada exec joins Otolane
Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, 11:26 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
An executive whose career includes time with DriveTime Automotive and Capital One now is with Flagship Credit Acceptance. Continuing a string of industry executive moves to begin the year, Flagship Credit Acceptance on Wednesday appointed Matthew Long to be its ... [Read More]

LCT welcomes former EY managing director to board of advisors

Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, 11:32 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Lender Compliance Technologies (LCT) has a new resource to guide its way through the world of compliance solutions for managing F&I product refunds. LCT on Tuesday announced the appointment of Bob Johnson to its board of advisors. The company said ... [Read More]

CFPB targets Experian via lawsuit over credit report errors

Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, 11:32 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is suing Experian, claiming the nationwide consumer reporting agency is unlawfully failing to properly investigate consumer disputes. According to a news release distributed on Tuesday, the CFPB alleges that Experian does not take sufficient ... [Read More]

Experts see positives of Trump & Congress on auto, plus less Fed impact

Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, 11:29 AM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
President-elect Donald Trump is set to return to the White House, and a Republican-controlled Congress is about to be in place, too. Those developments and what lawmakers could do going forward, plus potential future decisions by the Federal Reserve, are ... [Read More]

AFSA: Safety of conference attendees in New Orleans is ‘our top priority’

Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, 10:45 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Like the sentiments conveyed by the National Automobile Dealers Association, the American Financial Services Association offered a statement late on Thursday, offering sympathy to people impacted by the horrific incident earlier this week in New Orleans, which is also the ... [Read More]

Edmunds: Down payments for financed used cars edge higher in Q4

Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, 10:44 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with highlighting how many consumers are committing to a monthly payment of more than $1,000 to take delivery of a new vehicle, the newest auto finance data from Edmunds showed dealerships and finance companies coaxed a bit more of ... [Read More]

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