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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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
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S&P/Experian Index Shows Auto Loan Defaults Rising
Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
NEW YORK — While monthly default rates declined for first mortgage and bank card loans, the same could not be said for second mortgages and auto loans. Standard & Poor's and Experian discovered that auto loan default rates increased to 1.9 ... [Read More]
Dealers Can Now Use Smartphones to Tap into RouteOne’s Platform
Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — Dealers can now utilize the RouteOne platform through their iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android mobile devices, which can allow dealers to be more flexible and efficient during the sales process. The company revealed today that https://www.routeone.net/ is ... [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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Capital One Auto Loan Originations Soar 31% Over 1Q
Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
McLEAN, Va. — For the second quarter, Capital One recently announced that auto loan originations climbed 31.4 percent over the previous quarter to hit $1.8 billion. In the first quarter, Capital One posted about $1.3 billion in auto originations. In the ... [Read More]
Credit Union Offers Special Loan Zone Sale This Weekend
Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
LATHRUP VILLAGE, Calif. — With the aim of offering auto shoppers across the credit spectrum the financing that best suits them, Michigan First Credit Union will be holding its annual Loan Zone car sale on Friday and Saturday. Included in the ... [Read More]
Nicholas Financial Reports Record 1Q Revenue, Earnings
Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Nicholas Financial recently announced that for its first quarter, net earnings climbed 65 percent to $3.426 million, compared with $2.081 million for the same period last year. The first-quarter figure excludes the change in fair value of interest rate ... [Read More]
DealerTrack Touts 2Q Revenue Rise
Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. — DealerTrack Holdings cheered its second-quarter financial performance although a healthy quarterly revenue gain translated into a slight GAAP net loss. As executives discussed their most recent financial report, they shared their revenue figure for the second quarter ... [Read More]
Fed: Average Auto Loan APR Heads Toward Lowest Annual Point
Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nearing the lowest point so far in 2010, the Federal Reserve indicated the average interest rate on new-car loans at auto finance companies slipped again in June. Federal officials pinpointed the average at 4.02 percent. Back in January, ... [Read More]
AmeriCredit Originates Close to $1 Billion in 4Q
Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
FORT WORTH, Texas — Not long after announcing that General Motors is acquiring AmeriCredit in an all-cash transaction valued at about $3.5 billion, the subprime auto lender announced its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year financial results. The company more than doubled its ... [Read More]
Carbiz Announces New Board and Management
Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Carbiz announced that as of July 29, the company has new management and a new board of directors to assume operational control. According to the company, the new management was put into place because of the prior management ... [Read More]
Manheim Mid-Year Market Report: Lenders & Dealers Adapt to Changing Marketplace
Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
ATLANTA — In an interview with SubPrime Auto Finance News on Manheim's Mid-Year Used-Car Market Report, Tom Webb explained that repossessions are declining throughout the industry and that loans performed well given the big loss in unemployment. He also indicated that ... [Read More]
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