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SPONSORED EPISODE: Rethinking vehicle-protection plans for today’s wide inventory mix with GWC Warranty
Used-car inventory on dealer lots nowadays can range from older, higher-mileage vehicles to EVs, lifted trucks, and modified vehicles. The result is dealers are also having to change the vehicle-protection conversations with customers. In this special sponsored episode of the ... Listen Here
Recapping credit scores & other trends in auto finance with Shams Blanc of FICO
Shams Blanc, head of auto scores at FICO, made another appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast to elaborate more about the fall edition of the FICO Score Credit Insights report. Along with recapping what’s going on in auto finance, Blanc ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: Greenville Auto Auction Celebrates 16 Years—A look back and a look ahead
On this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits visits with Billy Willis and Kevin Stallings of Greenville Auto Auction. The auction celebrates 16 years in early September, and the guys talk about the history of the sale, ... Listen Here
NextGear Capital Picks Violin Flash Memory Arrays to Improve Dealer Services
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In an effort to help used-car managers complete the floor-planning process as quickly as possible, NextGear Capital recently tapped Violin Memory, a provider of persistent memory-based storage solutions, to accelerate the delivery of key services to the company's customer base ... [Read More]
Santander Consumer USA Outlines IPO Details
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Last week during the midst of the American Financial Services Association's Vehicle Finance Conference, Santander Consumer USA announced the pricing of its initial public offering. The company is selling 74,991,470 shares of common stock at a price of $24 per ... [Read More]
SFG Finance Watches Year-Over-Year Growth Hit 30 Percent
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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]
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