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Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Satyan Merchant of TransUnion
Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, 07:01 PM
Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners wrap up with Satyan Merchant, who is senior vice president, automotive and mortgage business leader at TransUnion. Merchant recollected how his interest in data started when studying statistics on the back ... Listen Here
Top Reasons Dealers can benefit by attending the Used Car Summit
Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, 03:27 PM
On this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits has a conversation with Vanessa Rocha, VP, All-American Bonds and Insurance and a Board member with the Florida Independent Auto Dealers Association. Vanessa speaks to some of the big issues ... Listen Here
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

RouteOne Completes Westlake Integration

Tuesday, Sep. 1, 2009, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — RouteOne recently announced that it has completed integration with California-based Westlake Financial Services. Westlake funds contracts through a network of more than 5,000 new and used dealerships throughout the United States. It is the financial services arm ... [Read More]

Louisiana-Based Credit Union Partners with AppOne

Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
BATON ROUGE, La. — Wolters Kluwer Financial Services has gained another partner that will use its AppOne platform to provide indirect lending, credit approval and compliance processes to lenders and dealerships. The new partner is ASI Federal Credit Union, one of ... [Read More]

CNW: Average FICO Dips, More Women Turn to Plastic for Down Payments

Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
BANDON, Ore. — CNW Research discovered that as banks, captives, credit unions and others tried to leverage the Cash for Clunkers, they allowed average FICO scores to dip. More specifically, the average FICO score, including cash, finance and lease customers, came ... [Read More]

Repossessions: What’s the Alternative?

Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
SARASOTA, Fla. — In this difficult economy, more and more customers are struggling to make their buy-here, pay-here car payments. Repossessions are occurring at record levels as customers are simply surrendering their vehicles and walking away from the balance on their ... [Read More]

Fitch Ratings Revises Outlook for Ford and Ford Credit

Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CHICAGO — In a positive turn, Fitch Ratings announced it has revised its ratings outlook on Ford and Ford Credit from "Negative" to "Stable." Additionally, the company said the issuer default rating for Ford has been affirmed at "CCC." Fitch officials ... [Read More]

EZ Dealer Finance Launches Application Lending System

Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
OLD BRIDGE, N.J. — EZ Dealer Finance, a provider of auto lending solutions, recently announced the release of its EZ Dealer Application System. Basically, the company provides a Web site for independent and franchise dealers to submit loan applications. The staff has ... [Read More]

Mint Leasing Management Expects Stronger Second Half

Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
HOUSTON — For the second quarter of this year, Mint Leasing, a subprime leasing company, reported that its ability to generate revenues from new leases was "greatly restricted" by the lack of available financing. Company officials indicated that its line of ... [Read More]

A New Lender Offers Prestige Credit Commitment

Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
SALT LAKE CITY — Prestige Financial Services announced on Monday that a new lender has joined with Wells Fargo Preferred Capital and Bank of America Business Capital as institutions on its line of credit. The new company to join the credit ... [Read More]

ABI: Annual Bankruptcy Filings to Surge Past 1.4 Million

Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The total number of U.S. bankruptcies filed during the first six months climbed 36 percent over the same period in 2008, according to the American Bankruptcy Institute. Total filings reached 711,550 during the first half of the calendar ... [Read More]

J.D. Byrider Hires New VP of Franchise Development

Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CARMEL, Ind. — J.D. Byrider has hired a new vice president to run the company's franchise development. Taking on the position is Michael Pearce. He will be responsible for increasing the number of locations by licensing new franchisees to J.D. Byrider's ... [Read More]

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