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Cutting keys & cutting costs during repossessions and recoveries
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:42 PM
Drawing standing-room-only attendance in the second-largest setting at Used Car Week 2025, Ryan Miller led a six-executive panel session that focused on one of the most complex challenges in all of repossessions and recoveries. Now available through this episode of ... Listen Here
Four experts on automotive & the economy
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:39 PM
Used Car Week 2025 again brought together experts who can explain which parts of the economy impact automotive most. This year’s event included views from Laura Wehunt of Black Book, Tim Gill of the American Financial Services Association, T.J. Cox ... Listen Here
Sponsored Episode: Winning Trade-Ins and Trust – Navigating Today’s Affordability Challenges
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, 03:15 PM
Affordability challenges are reshaping the automotive landscape—vehicle prices and payments are at all-time highs and negative equity is on the rise. In this episode, Micah Tindor offers a data-driven conversation with real-world strategies around acquisition tactics and long-term profitability to ... Listen Here

Fed: Average Amount Financed on Car Loan Plummets

Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Reserve announced the latest auto finance trends on Wednesday, and in an interesting turn, the average amount financed at auto lenders showed a significant drop. This figure came in at $24,405 on new-car loans in August, ... [Read More]

AppOne Gains Kansas-Based Credit Union

Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
BATON ROUGE, La. — In the all-important need to open up credit availability and get the economy moving again, Wolters Kluwer Financial Services announced it has gained a new financial institution to use its AppOne platform. The most recent lending facility to ... [Read More]

Bankruptcy Filings Hit New Nine-Month Record Since 2005

Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — For the first time since 2005, bankruptcy filings jumped past the 1 million mark during the first three calendar quarters of a year, according to the American Bankruptcy Institute. Relying on data on from the National Bankruptcy Research ... [Read More]

Former AmeriCredit Exec Joins XpressCredit as Director of Lender Development

Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — XpressCredit today announced the hiring of a former AmeriCredit executive as director of lender development. Taking on this position is Rory Noske. Noske brings more than 18 years of experience, developing business relationships in the auto financial services ... [Read More]

DealerTrack Adds Red Flags Reporting

Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. — DealerTrack customers now have access to Red Flags Reporting. The Red Flags Rules are expected to be enforced starting Nov. 1.  The addition is designed to help dealers in providing an audit trail and ensuring employees are complying with the Red ... [Read More]

CarBiz Names New COO, Reports Upswing in 2Q Earnings

Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
SARASOTA, Fla. — CarBiz recently announced that it has appointed a new chief operating officer, and the company also reported that its second-quarter earnings climbed significantly year-over-year. Named as COO was Paul Whitley, who was previously the director of finance for ... [Read More]

Fitch: U.S. Auto ABS Delinquencies in August Close to 10-Year High

Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
NEW YORK — Sixty-plus-day delinquency levels on U.S. prime auto loan ABS jumped 10.4 percent in August to 0.85 percent, which approached the 10-year record high set back in the first quarter, Fitch Ratings reported this week. The decade high is ... [Read More]

ABA Says Auto Loan Delinquency Rates Improved

Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Although overall consumer delinquencies reached a record mark during the second quarter, auto loans — both direct and indirect — showed significant improvement during the period, according to the American Bankers Association. Specifically, direct auto loan delinquencies dropped 55 basis ... [Read More]

Drive Financial Introduces Revamped Finance Program

Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
DALLAS — Drive Financial rolled out its revamped finance program for dealers late last week, and some of the changes include restructured tiers and various provisions that give dealers greater flexibility in setting up deals for customers. To shed some light ... [Read More]

How is Floor Plan ABS Performing?

Tuesday, Sep. 29, 2009, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
NEW YORK — While fears abounded about dealers' ability to pay floor planning, especially at General Motors and Chrysler, with sales being down so much historically, the early payment analysis is in. And largely, it is positive. According to DBRS, the ... [Read More]
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