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PODCAST: Industry Elite honoree Jennifer Turnage on why accurate financial information can make or break any business

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Industry Elite honoree Jennifer Turnage on why accurate financial information can make or break any business

Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 05:01 PM

Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Jennifer Turnage, who is chief executive officer of Primeritus Financial Services. Turnage talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Nick Zulovich about the importance ... Listen Here

Industry Elite honoree Kelly Wyatt on 25-year career with GM Financial

Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 04:43 PM

Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Kelly Wyatt, who is chief digital officer with GM Financial. Wyatt shares a conversation with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Nick Zulovich about being ... Listen Here

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

Dissecting Experian’s newest data on delinquency

Dissecting Experian’s newest data on delinquency

Thursday, May. 30, 2024, 11:24 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Experian’s State of the Automotive Finance Market Report: Q1 2024 showed year-over-year increases in both 30- and 60-day delinquency rates. Perhaps what might be a more useful assessment is how those rates are both lower compared to the first quarter ... [Read More]

Next Weltman webinar to focus on how bankruptcy impacts collateral recovery

Next Weltman webinar

Wednesday, May. 29, 2024, 12:01 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Webinars hosted by Weltman, Weinberg & Reis are designed to deliver year-round educational content, specific to creditors’ rights throughout numerous focus areas. The next one in the series titled, “Coffee With Casey,” features shareholder and the firm’s Chicago office managing ... [Read More]

Longtime Cox expert joins F&I Sentinel as chief product officer

Another former Manheim Canada exec joins Otolane

Wednesday, May. 29, 2024, 11:57 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The blending of former Cox Automotive resources at F&I Sentinel continued Wednesday, this time on the personnel front. The risk-management solutions provider for F&I products in the automotive finance industry announced that Kat Venner-Fowler has joined the company as chief ... [Read More]

AutoPayPlus promotes 2 key executives in operations & analytics

Wednesday, May. 29, 2024, 11:55 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

AutoPayPlus recently promoted two of its executives, elevating Amilcar Matus to senior director of operations, while Carl Moore was named senior director of CRM and data analytics. The payment processing company said the moves strengthens its leadership structure to better ... [Read More]

Fitch: Subprime ABS performance suffers from soft tax-refund bounce back

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Friday, May. 24, 2024, 09:25 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Fitch Ratings offered some sullen — and perhaps not surprising to some executives — metrics and observations about U.S. subprime auto ABS performance. Analysts reported on Thursday that performance continues to weaken, with delinquencies and losses trending higher and recovery ... [Read More]

Bottom line from Open Lending’s new benchmark report about near- and non-prime consumers

Near-prime & non-prime buying tumbles (Open Lending)

Thursday, May. 23, 2024, 10:16 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Along with three other major findings, the second annual Lending Enablement Benchmark Report from Open Lending Corp. gave this bottom line. The near- and non-prime market share has reached a five-year low. Open Lending highlighted that in 2019, near- and ... [Read More]

Compliance & EVs among topics for REPO 2024

BHPH evolution: Key to success in a recovering auto industry

Wednesday, May. 22, 2024, 12:33 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Allied Finance Adjusters and Recovery Specialist Insurance Group (RSIG) are gearing up to host REPO 2024 from June 24-26 in Fort Worth, Texas. With a variety of sessions focused on compliance and other best practices, organizers also are planning an ... [Read More]

FTC seeks additional annual funding for employees & IT resources

Wednesday, May. 22, 2024, 11:40 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Coinciding with the Supreme Court ruling that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s funding process is constitutional, the Federal Trade Commission went to Congress last week seeking additional annual funding for its personnel and resources. Chair Lina Khan appeared before the ... [Read More]

Details of Tricolor’s latest bond to provide auto financing to Hispanics

Tricolor gains US patent for AI-driven underwriting tool

Wednesday, May. 22, 2024, 11:39 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

On Wednesday, Tricolor announced its fourth social bond — a $277 million issuance — designed to cater to underserved, low-income Hispanic communities and provide access to auto financing. The award-winning fintech company that leverages artificial intelligence to successfully underwrite and ... [Read More]

COMMENTARY: How will dealers overcome affordability challenges to maximize Memorial Day sales opportunities?

Memorial Day Sales: Affordability vs. Opportunity for Dealers

Tuesday, May. 21, 2024, 10:23 AM

Angelica Jeffreys, Equifax

Memorial Day weekend in the United States marks the unofficial kick-off to the summer car sales season with car dealerships nationwide utilizing the holiday weekend to attract customers with incentives, deals and promotions. Much like in recent years though, affordability ... [Read More]

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