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Industry Elite: Tony Rimas of XPEL
Tuesday, Mar. 31, 2026, 07:40 PM
Concluding our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Tony Rimas, who is vice president of global revenue at XPEL Inc. Rimas — an avid biker who swam and ran track & field and cross country ... Listen Here
Industry Elite honoree Mike Thomas of Resolvion on building his career — literally
Thursday, Mar. 26, 2026, 02:23 PM
Next up in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Mike Thomas, who is chief executive officer of Resolvion. Thomas shares memories with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Nick Zulovich about working in construction and ... Listen Here
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

RouteOne Leverages LeadSync for Enhanced Lead Optimization

Tuesday, Sep. 7, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — RouteOne on Tuesday launched an integration with LeadSync, what executives described as a complimentary tool that can automatically export customer leads directly to a dealership's RouteOne integrated DSP. They went on to note LeadSync is meant to ... [Read More]

Auto Funding Services Partners with Another Lead-Generation Provider

Tuesday, Sep. 7, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
SAN RAMON, Calif. — In an effort to better reach all parts of the non-prime market, Auto Funding Services recently partnered with BlueSky Marketing Group. The partnership means not only is AFS integrated with BlueSky's leads platform known as Real Leads, ... [Read More]

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Incentives Appear to Be Driving Consumer Response

Tuesday, Sep. 7, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
BANDON, Ore. — In July, thanks to very strong incentives, including special lease deals and used-car trade-in promotions, two automakers smashed through the average industry sales increase of 6.8 percent. While August sales were down significantly year-over-year, many analysts are pointing ... [Read More]

SmarTrend Ranks Two Subprime Lenders Strongly in Terms of Operating Margins

Tuesday, Sep. 7, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
NEW YORK — Based on several positive financial developments, SmarTrend investment analysts recently gave upbeat assessment on the potential return for several consumer finance companies, including subprime auto lenders Credit Acceptance and Nicholas Financial. SmarTrend went with Credit Acceptance because it ... [Read More]

ABI: Bankruptcy Filings Drop Month-Over-Month, but Remain Higher than Last Year

Thursday, Sep. 2, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Month-over-month and year-over-year comparisons showed the August consumer bankruptcy total is trending two ways. The American Bankruptcy Institute reported this week that August bankruptcy filings fell 8 percent compared to the previous month to 127,028. National Bankruptcy Research Center ... [Read More]

Credit Union Unveils Additional APR Reduction on Green Vehicles

Thursday, Sep. 2, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
BEAVERTON, Ore. — First Tech Credit Union is offering an additional discount through a federal agency program to give members an APR reduction if they buy certain emission- or fuel-friendly vehicles. The Environmental Protection Agency's SmartWay program covers more than 1,500 ... [Read More]

NABD Realigns Collection, Underwriting Conference to Better Serve Dealers

Thursday, Sep. 2, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
HOUSTON — The National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers recently announced a revamped format and new location for its fourth annual Underwriting and Collections Conference. This year's three-day event will offer separate educational tracks for collections and underwriting. It's scheduled for Nov.7-9, this time in ... [Read More]

Santander Finalizes Deal to Purchase Remainder of HSBC Auto Loan Portfolio

Thursday, Sep. 2, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
DALLAS — Spain's Banco Santander has apparently finalized a deal to purchase the remainder of HSBC's portfolio of auto loans for about $4 billion. The bank filed this disclosure with Spain regulators, saying Santander Consumer USA will service the portfolio. Basically, ... [Read More]

Experian: We’re Seeing a Turnaround in Auto Loan Delinquencies

Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — Enthusiasm from Experian Automotive's Melinda Zabritski picked up considerably during her recent Webinar when it was time to discuss the second-quarter amount of vehicle loans with a 30-day or 60-day delinquencies. "This is very good news that we're ... [Read More]

Fitch Expects Auto Loan ABS Delinquencies & Losses to Climb Through 3Q

Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
NEW YORK — According to Fitch Ratings, the performance of U.S. auto loan asset-backed securities is starting to show negative trends, which the company said is "typical" for this time of year. While delinquencies and losses hit their lowest level in three ... [Read More]

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