Auto Finance News

Auto Remarketing AR Canada Subprime News BHPH Report Auto Fin Journal
EMAIL SIGNUP CMG PREMIUM LOGIN
X
Industry Elite: Sean Morgan of Westlake Financial
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 03:07 PM
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
Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Tom Kontos of Auto Auction Holdings
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 01:56 PM
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
Industry Elite: Mike Clark Jr. of C&C Cars
Friday, Mar. 20, 2026, 03:50 PM
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

Tracers Information Specialists Boosts Vehicle Database

Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
BROOKSVILLE, Fla. — Tracers Information Specialists, a service provider helping skip-tracers, repo agencies and other debt collectors track down consumers and collateral, recently revealed it has expanded its vehicle database. This database available through its website now contains vehicle and ... [Read More]

SNAAC Announces Top 10 Purchased Vehicles by Customers for 2011

Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
MASON, Ohio — Security National Automotive Acceptance Co. recently revealed its Top 10 purchased vehicles for 2011. SNAAC discovered that domestic models dominated the list as eight of the 10 vehicles came from a Big 3 manufacturer. SNAAC's top 10 ... [Read More]

Resource Hub

Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business

Turn Service Visits Into Sales Growth: A GM’s Checklist

Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
Read More

The Dealer’s Guide to Smarter GPS Tracking

A Buyer’s Guide for Independent Dealer, BHPH, and Auto Finance Leaders Reducing Risk, Unlocking Opportunity Independent dealers and finance companies...
Read More

Used Car Turn Vendor Management Checklist

Vehicles touch multiple vendors before they ever hit the lot, and when approvals, communication, and invoices are scattered, delays are...
Read More

Toyota, Lexus Offer Thanks to Returning Troops with Rebates & Low APR Specials

Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
TORRANCE, Calif. — Toyota and Lexus and their financial arms are saying welcome home to returning American troops in their own way. In recognition of the thousands of troops set to make the journey home and their service to the ... [Read More]

CarHop Adds Two Stores, Opens First California-Based Rooftop

Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
EDINA, Minn. — CarHop's network of buy-here, pay-here dealerships now includes five near Chicago, as well as the company's first venture into California. This week, CarHop unveiled its 50th rooftop since beginning with its first store operation 16 years ago. ... [Read More]

ARA, MasterFiles Form Alliance to Boost Members’ Skip-Tracing Efforts

Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
DALLAS — The American Recovery Association and MasterFiles recently completed an integration project that's resulted in a new alliance. As a result, ARA members can perform their skip-tracing and front-end verifications in a cost effective way that association leadership believes ... [Read More]

AWARE Shares 12 Resolutions for Healthier Auto Finance Outcomes

Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the spirit of making resolutions, a collection of dealer and a finance association offered a dozen points to help buyers make the right decision when they're ready to finalize a vehicle contract. Among the recommendations by ... [Read More]

RecoveryNet Offers LPR Capability Through Subscription-Based Platform

Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
LAS VEGAS — PRA Location Services contends it has found a way for repo agents to take advantage of license-plate recognition technology without operators needing to invest thousands of dollars in equipment and more. The Las Vegas-based subsidiary of Portfolio ... [Read More]

BHPH Dealers Come Under Threat in California

Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Last week, California Assemblyman Mike Feuer introduced legislation designed to target the sale and collection practices common to buy-here, pay-here dealers, according to a report in the LA Times. "I am very concerned about practices which target the ... [Read More]

Huntington Bancshares Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend

Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Huntington Bancshares announced late last week that it has declared a quarterly cash dividend on its Floating Rate Series B Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock. The dividend is $1.5469 per share. Officials also noted that the dividend is ... [Read More]

Auto Financing Panel Discussions Highlight Consumer Bankers Association’s Upcoming Event

Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
ARLINGTON, Va. — With panels about how buyers obtain vehicle financing, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and more, the Consumer Bankers Association is packing several discussions into a three-day event. Officials from the National Automobile Dealers Association, the American Financial ... [Read More]

Med Rec 1

MedRec 2

MedRec 3

Filmstrip

Digital Edition Ad

Offerings

X