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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

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]

KBB: More Consumers Turn to Used Units, Plan to Pay with Cash

Tuesday, Jul. 20, 2010, 12:00 AM

Nick Zulovich

IRVINE, Calif. — New research from the Kelley Blue Book Market Intelligence Group revealed today that more vehicle buyers are apparently turning to used units, as well as tending to pay in cash rather than financing their purchases. The study findings showed some startling ... [Read More]

DealerTrack to Host Webinar on Risk-Based Pricing Rule

Tuesday, Jul. 20, 2010, 12:00 AM

Nick Zulovich

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. — DealerTrack is taking measures so dealers who provide indirect auto financing can fully comply with the Federal Trade Commission's Risk-Based Pricing Rule. The federal mandate set to become effective at the start of next year will be ... [Read More]

Credit Acceptances Announces Early Results of Tender Offer

Tuesday, Jul. 20, 2010, 12:00 AM

Nick Zulovich

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — Credit Acceptance Corp. announced the preliminary results of its tender offer, which expired at 5 p.m. ET on Monday. The goal was the purchase up to 4 million shares of the company's outstanding common stock at a price ... [Read More]

First Investors Pushes Through Economic Downturn, Returns to Growth

Tuesday, Jul. 20, 2010, 12:00 AM

Nick Zulovich

HOUSTON — While net earnings were down for First Investors Financial Services for the three-month period ending April 30, the company's chief executive officer said the origination growth kicked back into gear in the third quarter and continues to ramp up. ... [Read More]

Wolters Kluwer Enhances Fair Lending Solution

Thursday, Jul. 15, 2010, 12:00 AM

Nick Zulovich

MINNEAPOLIS — Wolters Kluwer Financial Services announced this week that its Fair Lending Wiz software now includes an ethnicity proxy functionality. Management explained the enhancement can allow financial institutions to make a determination of whether a loan applicant is Hispanic when ... [Read More]

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