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Ted Berlovich of Clutch

Monday, Jun. 29, 2026, 03:44 PM

Continuing the discussions from the Live Stage at Canada’s Used Car Week, senior editor Joe Overby connects with Ted Berlovich, director of wholesale at online used-car retailer Clutch. Berlovich explained the company’s wholesale process, how the company handles some of ... Listen Here

United Car Dealers Association Leaders Join CUCW Live Stage

Thursday, Jun. 25, 2026, 07:09 PM

Next up on our series of Auto Remarketing Podcast episodes from Live Stage at Canada’s Used Car Week is a conversation with United Car Dealers Association leaders Jim Hamilton, Christy Fines and John Tangreda. They talk with Cherokee Media Group ... Listen Here

Blair Earle of IAA Canada

Thursday, Jun. 25, 2026, 06:59 PM

Kicking off our series of Auto Remarketing Podcast episodes from the Live Stage at Canada’s Used Car Week is a conversation with Blair Earle, who is managing director at IAA Canada. Earle and Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby ... Listen Here

Xcelerate Auto partners with Service Payment Plan to launch interest-free payment plan for EV warranties

Monday, Nov. 25, 2024, 12:04 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Xcelerate Auto, a Texas-based provider of electric vehicle leasing, financing and warranty solutions, recently introduced a new payment option for its XCare EV Protection plan. Through an exclusive partnership with Service Payment Plan (SPP), Xcelerate now can enable customers to ... [Read More]

CFPB examines carveouts in state data privacy laws for financial institutions

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Monday, Nov. 25, 2024, 12:03 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently released a report examining federal and state-level privacy protections for consumers’ financial data. The regulator said its report noted that protections under federal regulations for financial data have limits. Yet, officials pointed out many ... [Read More]

Cox Automotive sells off another F&I tool as Vitu to acquire Dealertrack’s titling division

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Monday, Nov. 25, 2024, 11:39 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Cox Automotive began the year by selling its product cancellation and refund tool to F&I Sentinel. Then on Monday, Vitu, an innovator in vehicle-to-government (V2Gov) technology, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Dealertrack registration and ... [Read More]

Top 3 findings of Near- and Non-Prime Consumer Brief from Open Lending

Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, 10:22 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

On Thursday, Open Lending Corp. released a Near- and Non-Prime Consumer Brief, the latest installment in its quarterly series of data reports on vehicle registrations. Despite continued challenges in the vehicle market, the report highlighted new-vehicle registrations have risen and ... [Read More]

Revamped JD Power Consumer Financing Satisfaction Study focuses on ‘financially vulnerable’

Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, 10:00 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Beyond the rankings of finance companies for how they met consumer expectations, a focal point of the J.D. Power 2024 U.S. Consumer Financing Satisfaction Study was what analysts classified as “financially vulnerable.” J.D. Power measures the financial health of any ... [Read More]

More insight from Equifax & TransUnion about Q3 delinquency

Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, 02:39 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Both Equifax and TransUnion discussed delinquency in auto finance this week, with one of the credit bureaus highlighting the rate associated with subprime used-car paper booked less than a year ago. TransUnion indicated that serious consumer-level delinquency rates — contracts ... [Read More]

First 2 recipients of donations from new Endurance Cares program

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Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, 11:15 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Endurance on Tuesday announced the launch of its social impact initiative, Endurance Cares, with two donations totaling $20,000. The provider of auto protection plans in the U.S. said these contributions are part of Endurance Cares’ mission to foster community growth ... [Read More]

Credit availability eases again in October

Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, 11:14 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The Dealertrack Credit Availability Index in October posted the largest month-over-month increase in auto credit access since March 2022. Cox Automotive reported this week that the index reading came in at 94.5 in October, up 2.2% from the September reading ... [Read More]

TransUnion: LTVs above 120% for used cars have doubled in past 3 years

Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, 10:23 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Along with taking an overall look at monthly payments and delinquency, the auto portion of the Q3 2024 Quarterly Credit Industry Insights Report (CIIR) from TransUnion detailed a metric that might illustrate the callbacks, dialogue and negotiations that dealerships and ... [Read More]

FTC’s Holyoak discusses debt collection when recapping regulator’s activities to reduce fraud

Monday, Nov. 11, 2024, 11:02 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Commissioner Melissa Holyoak represented the Federal Trade Commission last week at the Freedom from Fraud event presented to Utah’s Pacific-Islander community. After sharing what she called “sobering statistics,” Holyoak delved into multiple ways the FTC tries to curb fraud, drilling ... [Read More]

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