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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

National FICO Scores Show Decline, But Stabilization Occurring

Thursday, Jul. 29, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A comparison of national FICO Scores from 2008, 2009 and 2010 show that consumer credit risk has climbed over the past two years. Looking at prime scores, FICO found that nearly 19 percent of consumers had scores from ... [Read More]

GoldStar GPS Unveils New Tracking Device

Tuesday, Jul. 27, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — ProconGPS has rolled out a new GPS device meant to track collateral more closely through the brand familiar to subprime auto finance operations, GoldStar GPS. Management highlighted features of the ROCKET that include a hypersensitive antenna and enhanced ... [Read More]

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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...
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The Dealer’s Guide to Smarter GPS Tracking

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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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Trifish Finance Turns to New Company for Payment Processing

Tuesday, Jul. 27, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Trifish Finance, an indirect auto finance company based in southern California, recently switched to ACH Federal to orchestrate online payment processing services. Executives from both companies have been pleased with the relationship that began in May, saying that more than ... [Read More]

AmeriCredit Now on Fitch Ratings Watch

Tuesday, Jul. 27, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
NEW YORK — Last week's revelation that General Motors would acquire AmeriCredit also prompted a reaction from Fitch Ratings. A day after the automaker made its announcement, Fitch placed AmeriCredit on rating watch. The ratings firm explained it will now analyze GM's credit ... [Read More]

Chase Auto Originations Dip Quarter-Over-Quarter

Tuesday, Jul. 27, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
NEW YORK — Chase recently reported that auto loan originations for the second quarter were up 9 percent from the prior year; however, they were down 8 percent from the previous quarter. More specifically, the company indicated that average auto loans ... [Read More]

GM to Purchase AmeriCredit

Thursday, Jul. 22, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
DETROIT — This morning, General Motors announced it is acquiring AmeriCredit to meet consumer demand for leasing and non-prime financing. GM plans to acquire AmeriCredit in an all-cash transaction for about $3.5 billion. While GM will become the non-prime lender's parent ... [Read More]

S&P/Experian Say Defaults Declining

Thursday, Jul. 22, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
NEW YORK — In some good news for the industry, in analyzing trends for their default indices Standard & Poor's and Experian discovered that monthly default rates declined for all five credit lines. Auto loan defaults came in at 1.7 percent in ... [Read More]

GM, AmeriCredit Execs Discuss Acquisition

Thursday, Jul. 22, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
DETROIT — Following General Motors' announcement this morning that it is acquiring AmeriCredit, executives with the two companies participated in a conference call with analysts and media to shed some more light on the implications of the transaction. GM's planned purchase ... [Read More]

VINtek Opens California Office

Thursday, Jul. 22, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
PHILADELPHIA — VINtek recently announced it has expanded its operations in California and opened an office in Sacramento to tackle a range of auto collateral needs in one of the country's highest volume titling states. The office is designed to enable ... [Read More]

NAF Association Asks Hudson Cook Partners to Decipher Wall Street Reform’s Impact on Lenders, Dealers

Thursday, Jul. 22, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
HANOVER, Md. — Even as President Obama put his signature on the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 Wednesday, the National Automotive Finance Association as well as two partners from well-known industry law firm Hudson Cook still remain ... [Read More]

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