Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
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Experts see Middle East conflict making current car & credit markets even more challenging
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With additional insight about affordability, FICO watches averages credit scores tick lower again
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PODCAST: Industry Elite honoree Jennifer Turnage on why accurate financial information can make or break any business
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 01:05 PM
Industry Elite honoree Jennifer Turnage on why accurate financial information can make or break any business
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
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 05:01 PM
Industry Elite honoree Kelly Wyatt on 25-year career with GM Financial
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
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 04:43 PM
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
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 03:07 PM
DBRS: Auto ABS Performance Outshines Other Investment Segments During Recession
Thursday, Jun. 16, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
NEW YORK — Evidently the portfolio assembled by auto lenders during the past five years generated stronger returns for Wall Street investors than other possibilities such as home mortgages. That's according to the assessment offered by DBRS in its latest ... [Read More]
Vehicle Acceptance Joins the NIADA National Member Benefit Program
Thursday, Jun. 16, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
DALLAS — This week, Vehicle Acceptance Corp. joined the National Member Benefit Program orchestrated by the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association. The alignment is geared to provide association members with preferred access to capital and a professional collection efforts. VAC ... [Read More]
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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...
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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...
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Maserati North America Picks Ally Financial as Preferred Finance Source
Tuesday, Jun. 14, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. — Maserati North America recently tapped Ally Financial to be its official preferred financing provider for brand vehicles in the U.S. and Canada. The luxury automaker indicated Ally will offer wholesale financing and insurance for dealers and ... [Read More]
J.D. Byrider Opens First Arkansas Dealership
Tuesday, Jun. 14, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — J.D. Byrider announced late last week that it is opening a new dealership, the company’s first in Arkansas. The new 25,000-square-foot store is located in Sherwood, Ark., and offers on-site financing, used-car sales, a service ... [Read More]
ABI Poll: One Director for Consumer Protection Bureau More Effective than Board
Tuesday, Jun. 14, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The American Bankruptcy Institute recently asked visitors to its website if the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would be more effective run by one director or a five-member board. Results from the ABI Quick Poll showed a ... [Read More]
TD Auto Finance Brand Now Funding Dealers & Customers
Tuesday, Jun. 14, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — TD Bank Group held a special celebration late last week in Michigan to officially announce the launch of its North America auto lending brand, TD Auto Finance. Moreover, the company is already apparently 25 percent ahead ... [Read More]
ABI: May Consumer Bankruptcies Fall Double Digits
Thursday, Jun. 9, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — May saw a considerable downfall in consumer bankruptcies both month-over-month and year-over-year, according to the American Bankruptcy Institute. Sliding by 16 percent year-over-year, data from the National Bankruptcy Research Center showed that May's overall consumer filings totaled ... [Read More]
GM Financial Unveils $1 Billion Senior Subordinate Asset-Backed Securitization
Thursday, Jun. 9, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
FORT WORTH, Texas — Soon after word spread about an upcoming dealer floor plan program, GM Financial this week revealed pricing of a $1 billion offering of automobile receivables-backed securities through lead managers Barclays Capital, RBS and Wells Fargo Securities. ... [Read More]
Vehicle Acceptance Reveals New Branch
Thursday, Jun. 9, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
DALLAS — Citing strong demand, Vehicle Acceptance Corp. announced it is bringing its buy-here, pay-here services to a new office in the Northwest. VAC entered the Portland, Ore., market last year in anticipation of the branch opening, management explained. "We ... [Read More]
Chase Auto Finance Expands Subprime Market Presence
Thursday, Jun. 9, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
DES MOINES, Iowa — As lenders look to grow profitability and market share, subprime could become an attractive avenue again, albeit with tighter underwriting criteria. In perhaps one indication of the subprime market's slow return, Chase Auto Finance announced today that ... [Read More]
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