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Industry Elite: Sean Morgan of Westlake Financial
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Sean Morgan, who is executive vice president of finance and operations at Westlake Financial. Morgan talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby ... Listen Here
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Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Tom Kontos of Auto Auction Holdings
Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners continue with Tom Kontos, who now is analytics advisor for Auto Auction Holdings. Convinced to come out of retirement and get back in the business last fall with the growing wholesale ... Listen Here
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 01:56 PM
Industry Elite: Mike Clark Jr. of C&C Cars
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Mike Clark Jr., operations manager of C& C Cars in Pinellas Park, Fla. Clark is a third-generation dealer and helps run the family business ... Listen Here
Friday, Mar. 20, 2026, 03:50 PM
Car-Mart Opens 125th Dealership
Monday, Jun. 10, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — America's Car-Mart began the process of adding 12 more stores to its buy-here, pay-here dealership network during its current fiscal year by recently opening its 125th location. The newest lot is located in Grove, Okla., raising Car-Mart's ... [Read More]
Daughtry: How Much Reconditioning Should Vehicles Receive? It Depends
Friday, Jun. 7, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
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Deere Employees Credit Union Chooses VINtek for Automotive Collateral Management
Friday, Jun. 7, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
PHILADELPHIA — VINtek, a provider of collateral management services, electronic lien and title (ELT) services and direct finance processing for automotive lenders, has been selected by Deere Employees Credit Union as its provider of automotive collateral management services, including ELT. ... [Read More]
NCCI Forms Partnership With Del Mar Recovery Solutions
Friday, Jun. 7, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
LAKE FOREST, Calif. — National Creditors Connection recently formalized a strategic alliance with Del Mar Recovery Solutions to perform repossession agent on-site inspections. In this strategic alliance, officials explained NCCI will assume on-site inspection responsibilities of repossession lots for Del ... [Read More]
CFPB’s Hackett Maintains Agency’s Position During NAF Association Conference Keynote Session
Friday, Jun. 7, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
FORT WORTH, Texas — Responses to more than a dozen questions delivered in advance to an assistant director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau had to be approved by many officials from the new regulatory agency. During the keynote session ... [Read More]
Subprime Industry Assesses 2013 Tax Season
Wednesday, Jun. 5, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CARY, N.C. — As the calendar approaches the midpoint of 2013, lenders, dealers and service providers are getting a clearer picture about just how unusual this year's tax season was for the used-vehicle industry. Among the perspectives collected by SubPrime ... [Read More]
Experian: Finance Companies Gain Greater Market Share in Q1
Wednesday, Jun. 5, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — As new-vehicle leasing hit record levels, Experian Automotive's latest analysis showed how much momentum the subprime finance sector gained during the first quarter. According to its State of the Automotive Finance Market report released on Tuesday, Experian ... [Read More]
Westlake Flooring Services Selects Quiktrak to Provide Floorplan Audit Services
Wednesday, Jun. 5, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
BEAVERTON, Ore. — Westlake Flooring Services recently entered into an agreement with Quiktrak, an asset verification and inventory audit solutions provider to handle the auto finance company's field auditing services. Officials highlighted Westlake has experienced tremendous growth in just a ... [Read More]
GE Capital, Element Financial Announce Cross-Border Fleet Services Alliance
Wednesday, Jun. 5, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
NORWALK, Conn. and TORONTO — Element Financial Corp. and GE Capital announced a definitive asset purchase agreement late last week under which Element would acquire GE Capital's Canadian fleet portfolio. The deal the companies entered would also result in Element ... [Read More]
Ford Motor Credit, VW Credit Among Companies Out to Help Oklahoma Tornado Victims
Monday, Jun. 3, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
DEARBORN, Mich. — Captive finance companies, OEMs and more have the victims of the recent Oklahoma tornadoes top of mind, donating money for relief efforts and deferring payments for customers in the storms' paths. Ford Motor Credit and Lincoln Automotive ... [Read More]
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