Loan extensions keep climbing as repo agents now seeing ramifications
Thursday, Apr. 23, 2026, 10:24 AM
4 attorneys decipher developments since FTC sent letters to dealers nationwide
Friday, Apr. 24, 2026, 10:51 AM
VantageScore spots ‘subtle migration’ of consumers toward lower credit tiers in March
Monday, Apr. 27, 2026, 10:37 AM
FICO’s Shams Blanc on lenders sharpening underwriting & more
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
NABD Highlights Cajun Appeal, Early Bird Discount for East Coast Conference
Monday, Aug. 26, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
NEW ORLEANS — NABD is coming to the Big Easy. The National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers is having its first major event in New Orleans, and organizers of this year's East Coast BHPH Conference highlighted that early bird discounts ... [Read More]
AFSA Launches Compliance Committee
Monday, Aug. 26, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Financial Services Association contends the industry has been faced with a slew of new rules and regulations since the passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. To help its members prepare ... [Read More]
Potential Used-Car Buyers Still Struggling Economically
Monday, Aug. 26, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
ATLANTA — Manheim chief economist Tom Webb pointed to a series of summertime reports and other consumer trends that show middle-class and lower-income individuals — the primary potential buyers of used vehicles — are continuing to be pinched by a ... [Read More]
States with Highest & Lowest Average APR
Friday, Aug. 23, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
LOS ANGELES — Analysts from GoBankingRates.com sifted through reams of data from a host of different finance institutions and government agencies to determine the Top 10 states with the highest and lowest average APR for vehicle contracts. The lists represented ... [Read More]
Equifax Launches New Product to Provide Enhanced Consumer Credit Insights and Reduce Risk
Friday, Aug. 23, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
ATLANTA — This week, Equifax rolled out the availability of a new product, Equifax Dimensions, which can deliver what the company highlighted is a more in-depth picture of past credit behavior in order to better predict future credit trends. Using ... [Read More]
Paymaxx Pro Integrates with AutoAction DMS
Friday, Aug. 23, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
SARASOTA, Fla. — Paymaxx Pro, a national automotive retail merchant services and payment processing firm, recently integrated its payment processing services with AutoAction, a product specifically catered to dealers in Texas. Executives highlighted the integration is geared to give dealers ... [Read More]
Lease Customer Credit Approvals Reach High for the Year
Friday, Aug. 23, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CINCINNATI — Swapalease.com reported continued increases this year for customer credit approval on lease transactions through the end of July. According to website data, total year-to-date credit approvals stood at 75.6 percent through July, up from 73.9 percent through the ... [Read More]
S&P/Experian: Auto Loan Defaults Tick Up Slightly From Record Low
Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
NEW YORK — After establishing a new record low in June, analysts from S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian noticed the auto loan default rate ticked up slightly in July. According to S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices, the auto loan ... [Read More]
Ally Makes Private Placement of Common Stock and Plan to Repurchase Securities from US Treasury
Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
DETROIT — Ally Financial took another step on Tuesday toward its full repayment of the U.S. Treasury in moves the company believes "will further strengthen the common equity base." Ally entered into agreements with certain investors providing for a private ... [Read More]
AFS Acceptance Acquires Portfolio and Intellectual Property from PACCO
Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — AFS Acceptance — a full-service auto finance company serving the subprime financing needs of franchised and independent dealers — recently acquired the assets and intellectual property of Preferred Automobile Credit Co. (PACCO), a Pennsylvania-based auto finance ... [Read More]
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