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United Car Dealers Association Leaders Join CUCW Live Stage
Thursday, Jun. 25, 2026, 07:09 PM
Next up on our series of Auto Remarketing Podcast episodes from Live Stage at Canada’s Used Car Week is a conversation with United Car Dealers Association leaders Jim Hamilton, Christy Fines and John Tangreda. They talk with Cherokee Media Group ... Listen Here
Blair Earle of IAA Canada
Thursday, Jun. 25, 2026, 06:59 PM
Kicking off our series of Auto Remarketing Podcast episodes from the Live Stage at Canada’s Used Car Week is a conversation with Blair Earle, who is managing director at IAA Canada. Earle and Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: Bracing for more than ‘portfolio stress’ with John Elias of Allied Solutions
Monday, Jun. 22, 2026, 07:11 PM
John Elias, sales specialist in auto finance business development with Allied Solutions, acknowledged lenders might be experiencing more than just “portfolio stress” since delinquencies, insurance costs, negative equity, and repossessions are all intensifying at the same time. Elias, who was ... Listen Here

Mercedes-Benz Financial to Provide iPads to Entire Dealer Network

Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — Thanks to  a successful pilot that was launched not long after the iPad became available, Mercedes-Benz Financial announced this week that it is handing out iPads to all 355 dealers to give them instant mobile access to ... [Read More]

Investment Firm Captures Majority Ownership in Flagship Credit Acceptance

Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
NEW YORK — Flagship Credit Acceptance, a national indirect auto finance company that originates and services non-prime loans, was taken over this week and given new leadership by investment firm Perella Weinberg Partners. To take majority ownership interest in Flagship, Perella ... [Read More]

ABA Says Both Direct and Indirect Auto Loan Delinquencies Show Drop

Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Bankers Association's Consumer Credit Delinquency Bulletin found that both direct and indirect auto loan delinquencies dropped in the second quarter. ABA revealed that direct auto loan delinquencies declined from 1.79 percent to 1.67 percent. Meanwhile, indirect ... [Read More]

Consumer Bankruptcy Filings Come in 11 Percent Higher than First Three Quarters of 2009

Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Through the first nine months of this year, the American Bankruptcy Institute revealed that U.S. consumer bankruptcy filings are 11 percent higher than during the same time span last year. According to data provided by the National Bankruptcy ... [Read More]

GM Successfully Acquires AmeriCredit

Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
FORT WORTH, Texas — General Motors Financial, formerly AmeriCredit, announced it has successfully been incorporated into General Motors. Basically, GM Financial is the surviving corporation of AmeriCredit's merger with Goalie Texas Holdco Inc. and became a wholly owned subsidiary of GM Holdings ... [Read More]

Fiat Taps Ally Financial as Preferred U.S. Financing & Remarketing Source

Thursday, Sep. 30, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Chrysler announced today that it has selected Ally Financial as the preferred financing provider for Fiat vehicles in the U.S. Ally plans to provide retail financing, leasing, wholesale financing, working capital and facility loans, in addition to ... [Read More]

Wells Fargo, Fifth Third Bank Pledge Credit Facilities to SNAAC

Thursday, Sep. 30, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CINCINNATI — Security National Automotive Acceptance Corp. recently received revolving credit facilities from both Wells Fargo Preferred Capital and Fifth Third Bank to expand its auto finance and insurance operations. The total amount SNAAC secured was $200 million. "We are extremely ... [Read More]

Sparta to Launch Non-Prime Lease Program to Help Powersports Dealers Move Inventory

Thursday, Sep. 30, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
NEW YORK — After conducting analysis spotting a significant need, Sparta Commercial Services this week is launching a new consumer leasing program targeted at the non-prime powersports market. Fueled by a multimillion-dollar line of credit it closed recently, Sparta believes it ... [Read More]

Fitch: Prime Auto Delinquencies Plummet 33 Percent Annually

Thursday, Sep. 30, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
NEW YORK — Fitch Ratings recently revealed that U.S. prime auto delinquencies declined 33 percent on a year-over-year basis. On a month-to-month basis, delinquencies inched higher just a bit, however, which Fitch attributes mostly to seasonal trends. Fitch found that prime ... [Read More]

Subprime Used-Vehicle Sales Begin to Rebound, Albeit Still Down Dramatically from 2007

Tuesday, Sep. 28, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
BANDON, Ore. — As of August, the share of used-vehicle sales to consumers with FICO scores under 619 apparently rose to the highest level since March 2008. However, on the new-car side, buyers with a FICO below 619 have risen only ... [Read More]

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