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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With additional insight about affordability, FICO watches averages credit scores tick lower again
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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
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 03:07 PM
Hertz Rent2Buy Teams Up with Chase to Provide Financing Options
Tuesday, Jun. 8, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
PARK RIDGE, N.J. — Hertz announced Monday that it has teamed up with Chase Auto Finance to offer its Hertz Rent2Buy customers financing options. Hertz Rent2Buy is the company's online car sales program that gives customers the option of taking a vehicle ... [Read More]
Last Week to Nominate Subprime Movers and Shakers
Tuesday, Jun. 8, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CARY, N.C. — The deadline to nominate top subprime movers and shakers for special coverage in the July/August edition of SubPrime Auto Finance News is Thursday. Nominations can include auto finance executives and those with non-prime companies, in addition to special ... [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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DealerTrack Upgrades Compliance Solution
Thursday, Jun. 3, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. — DealerTrack recently unveiled several enhancements to its compliance solution, rolling them all into a new Compliance Dashboard. Company officials explained the Compliance Dashboard can provide an overview of compliance-related activity across a store's current deals on a ... [Read More]
Wisconsin Significantly Revises Auto-Title Loan Regulations
Thursday, Jun. 3, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin lawmakers recently altered a measure that now greatly regulates the use of auto-title loans. The bill that passed through the state legislature and the governor's office stipulates that vehicles can only be used as collateral for a purchase, ... [Read More]
Auto Master Partners with iMETRIK on System Integration
Thursday, Jun. 3, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
LAS VEGAS — Auto Master Systems and iMETRIK Solutions recently revealed a new integration partnership. Executives explained the partnership is designed to provide Auto Master clients with a single interface to gather GPS asset tracking data. The companies believe the agreement can ... [Read More]
Chrysler Continues Zero-Percent Financing
Thursday, Jun. 3, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — In an incentive package similar to its May deals, Chrysler is offering zero-percent financing through GMAC Financial Services on most of its 2010 lineup, the automaker announced this week. For Chrysler brand vehicles, the options are zero-percent ... [Read More]
Study: Pent Up Subprime Consumer Demand Could Show Itself in Used Sales
Tuesday, Jun. 1, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — A recent study by A.T. Kearney discovered that only a one-point increase in auto loan approval rates could lead to relatively healthy jump in sales. "At current loan rates, a one-point increase in loan approval rates can increase ... [Read More]
Prestige Financial Seeks Out Dealer Relationships as It Returns to Growth
Tuesday, Jun. 1, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
SALT LAKE CITY — After making some tough decisions and pulling back on loan volumes approved and dealer relationship numbers, Scot Seagrave, of Prestige Financial, said the company is ramping back up and reaching out to more dealers. The plan ... [Read More]
NICB, IGS Partner to Improve Vehicle Portfolio Monitoring
Tuesday, Jun. 1, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
DES PLAINES, Ill. — The National Insurance Crime Bureau and IGS, a Las Vegas-based provider of skip-tracing, asset location and collateral recovery services to lenders, recently formed a partnership to better monitor vehicle portfolios. The agreement is meant to offer auto ... [Read More]
Chase Auto Finance Expands Pennsylvania Footprint
Tuesday, Jun. 1, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
PITTSBURGH — Less than a week after announcing the opening of an office in the Midwest, Chase Auto Finance unveiled a new location on Tuesday in Pennsylvania. Executives explained this new Custom Finance office in Pittsburgh is meant to serve the ... [Read More]
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