Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
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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
Chase Opens New Custom Finance Office
Thursday, May. 27, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
DES MOINES, Iowa — Chase Auto Finance unveiled a new office this week in Iowa's capital city. Executives stressed the new Custom Finance office in Des Moines is meant to serve the subprime financing needs of dealers throughout the Central Plains. ... [Read More]
Nowcom Highlights Capability of New Web-Based DMS
Thursday, May. 27, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
LOS ANGELES — Nowcom recently rolled out a new Web-based DMS, which the dealer management solutions provider contends is a major upgrade from its Dealer Desktop program. Among the new features of DealerCenter 7 is an inventory management tool with vehicle ... [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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AmeriCredit’s Berce to Keynote NAF Association Conference Next Week
Thursday, May. 27, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
HANOVER, Md. — The National Automotive Finance Association is preparing for its 14th Annual Below-Prime Credit Auto Financing Conference slated to kick off next week at the Renaissance Worthington Hotel in Fort Worth. The event will run June 2-4, with Dan ... [Read More]
SNAAC Names New CFO
Thursday, May. 27, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CINCINNATI — Security National Automotive Acceptance Corp. named a new chief financial officer today. Taking on this position is Adam Contino, who will be responsible for leading all finance business intelligence and information technology functions. Contino has 23 years of experience, ... [Read More]
SubPrime Auto Finance News Calls for Movers and Shakers Nominations
Tuesday, May. 25, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CARY, N.C. — SubPrime Auto Finance News is putting out the call for nominations of top subprime movers and shakers. Nominations can include auto finance executives, including those of non-prime companies, special finance and buy-here, pay-here dealers, as well as other ... [Read More]
Fiserv Rolls Out Numerous Loan Origination System Enhancements
Tuesday, May. 25, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
BROOKFIELD, Wis. — Earlier this week, Fiserv unveiled several enhancements to its Automotive Loan Origination System (LOS). Executives believe the modification can provide auto lenders with the flexibility to meet variable technology and market requirements. Some of the best-practice technologies now ... [Read More]
Economists Optimistic, Predict Gradual Recovery at Automotive Economic Forum
Tuesday, May. 25, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CHICAGO — The overall outlook of economists at the recent Automotive Economic Forecast and Financial Forum was positive — they all believe the economy is on the road to recovery — but they all also recognize that road will be a slow ... [Read More]
TransUnion: Quarterly Auto Loan Delinquency Rates Fall Significantly
Tuesday, May. 25, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CHICAGO — Mirroring positive trends from the latest S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices, officials from TransUnion on Tuesday noted a sharp decline in the national 60-day auto delinquency rate. The TransUnion rate — which calculates the ratio of vehicle loan borrowers 60 ... [Read More]
Non-Prime Chrysler Customers Can Now Get Financed Via Santander; Expanded Automaker Relationship with GMAC
Thursday, May. 20, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Thanks to a new partnership with Santander, starting today, Chrysler dealers can ramp up the number of credit-challenged customers they are getting behind the wheel of Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep models. Furthermore, a Chrysler spokesperson told SubPrime ... [Read More]
ABI: Quarterly, Year-Over-Year Bankruptcy Totals Continue to Climb
Thursday, May. 20, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The American Bankruptcy Institute revealed several double-digit increases regarding several time frame comparisons when looking at latest bankruptcy totals. Beginning with first-quarter results, ABI indicated U.S. bankruptcy cases jumped 17.5 percent over the same period in 2009. That rate ... [Read More]
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