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Fresh off being in Miami as part of the Used Car Industry Summit that Cherokee Media Group hosted this spring, Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, appeared again on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Blanc discussed ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Apr. 29, 2026, 03:54 PM
Byron Oldham of Honest Autos & FIADA
Byron Oldham is president of the family-owned Honest Autos dealership and is president of the board at the Florida Independent Automobile Dealers Association. In this episode, Oldham talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about the upcoming Southeast ... Listen Here
Monday, Apr. 27, 2026, 07:47 PM
Automotive CFO-To-Go Kathi Kruse talks dealership finance, accounting in ‘lightning round’
Kathi Kruse, the Automotive CFO-To-Go who brings her financial expertise — born through years of experience as a dealership chief financial officer — to dealers needing help in that area, is back on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. In this episode, ... Listen Here
Sunday, Apr. 19, 2026, 04:27 AM
SFG Finance Watches Year-Over-Year Growth Hit 30 Percent
Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, 07:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Auto finance receivables purchaser SFG Finance highlighted this week that its portfolio grew 30 percent over the last year. SFG Finance indicated the majority of this increase came from the company's subprime flow program — an initiative in which independent, ... [Read More]
Westlake Highlights Spike in Franchised Partnerships
Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, 07:27 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Westlake Financial Services says its maintaining its strong relationships with independent dealers while reporting significant growth sprouting from its program for franchised stores. Company officials highlighted that Westlake's growth produced an 84-percent increase in franchise deals and an 80-percent jump ... [Read More]
S&P/Experian: Auto Loan Defaults Edge Lower in December
Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, 07:23 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
December's reading for the auto loan segment of the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices is squarely in between the level analysts spotted a month earlier and during the closing month of 2012. S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian reported that ... [Read More]
AFIP Outlines Pricing Structure for Certification Course
Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, 07:20 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Association of Finance & Insurance Professionals revealed the pricing structure for its basic, senior and master certification courses. AFIP said wholesale prices will increase to $695, plus shipping and handling, beginning Feb. 2. Officials indicated courses ordered on or ... [Read More]
KeyBanc Dealer Survey Refutes Inkling of Subprime Pullback
Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, 06:59 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Evidently dealers who participate in the monthly survey orchestrated by KeyBanc Capital Markets did not see the same conditions in subprime vehicle financing during December as leadership from CarMax noted. KeyBanc's survey results showed 50 percent of respondents indicated subprime ... [Read More]
Sluggish Job Rebound Could Slow Consumers’ Major Spending, Impact Delinquencies
Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, 06:53 PM
By SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
According to at least one respected industry observer — Manheim's Tom Webb — the major cause of an auto loan delinquency remains a job loss. And Fitch Ratings' latest analysis of the labor market showed a rebound in a nationwide ... [Read More]
CFPB’s Ficklin Maintains Agency’s Target on Dealer Participation
Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, 06:46 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reiterated its uneasy assessment of how the dealer participation system operates when one of the agency's top officials made prepared remarks and answered a handful of submitted questions during the American Financial Services Association's Vehicle ... [Read More]
McGladrey: Due Diligence Vital to Forecast Loan Losses
Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, 03:24 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Since the recent financial crisis, McGladrey manager Robert McMurray pointed out that many private equity groups and other strategic investors have pushed plenty of money into the specialty finance industry to bring solid returns to their funds. With increased scrutiny ... [Read More]
Credit Acceptance Details $300 Million Senior Notes Offering
Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, 03:21 PM
By SubPrime Auto Finance News
This week, Credit Acceptance Corp. announced plans to offer $300 million of senior notes due in 2021. Company officials said they intend to use the net proceeds from the offering, together with borrowings under their revolving credit facility, to redeem ... [Read More]
Following Bankruptcy, Western Funding Restarts Loan Originations
Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, 03:19 PM
By SubPrime Auto Finance News
Now with the financial support of Westlake Financial Services, Western Funding — a subprime auto lender since 1962 — has resumed operating in full capacity. After a recent pause in loan originations following a bankruptcy proceeding, Western Funding is now ... [Read More]
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