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SPONSORED EPISODE: Greenville Auto Auction Celebrates 16 Years—A look back and a look ahead
On this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits visits with Billy Willis and Kevin Stallings of Greenville Auto Auction. The auction celebrates 16 years in early September, and the guys talk about the history of the sale, ... Listen Here
Wide-ranging car-business conversation with Lotlinx chairman and CEO Len Short
Lotlinx chairman and CEO Len Short firmly believes car dealers are the most resilient operators in any business. During this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Short explained why he is anticipating dealers showing that resilience again because it’s needed ... Listen Here
Path to delivering education in Spanish with Ignite Dealer Compliance Group
Steve Levine has dozens of dealer clients with Spanish as their native language. Those dealers also have hundreds of Hispanic customers who cannot speak or understand English. To fill compliance and training gaps created by language challenges, the owner of ... Listen Here
IFS Hires New COO
Nick Zulovich
AUSTIN, Texas — Innovative Funding Services recently named a new chief operating officer. Appointed to the post was Robert McKie, who was previously the vice president of sales at Wells Fargo Financial in Eden Prairie, Minn. "With the incredible growth we ... [Read More]
Top 10 Articles of 2009 on SubPrimeNews.com
Nick Zulovich
In what was a very tumultuous year for the auto finance industry, reflected by the top 10 stories, companies went out of business, cut back on lending for more credit-challenged customers and much more. SubPrimeNews.com kept our thousands of readers up-to-date on ... [Read More]
Credit Acceptance Announces Completion of Asset-Backed Financing
Nick Zulovich
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — Earlier this month, Credit Acceptance announced the completion of a $110.5 million asset-backed non-recourse secured financing. For this transaction, the company said it contributed loans having a net book value of about $142.3 million to a wholly owned ... [Read More]
Navigator President: Company Has Made Significant Strides
Nick Zulovich
ATLANTA — In addition to saying the company is making strides since it has come out of bankruptcy, Navigator Acceptance president Bobby Lazenby announced the company is putting up for sale a $3.2 million portfolio, consisting of 470 seasoned, subprime auto ... [Read More]
TransUnion Cautions Those Expecting Abrupt Delinquency Turnaround Next Year
Nick Zulovich
CHICAGO — TransUnion is predicting that auto loan delinquencies, or borrowers 60 or more days past due, will climb by about 7 percent by the end of 2010. Given that this statistic is expected to come in at 0.86 percent at ... [Read More]
Prestige Financial Strikes Rare Subprime Securitization
Nick Zulovich
SALT LAKE CITY — Though investors have been extremely hesitant of late when it comes to the subprime auto asset-backed securities market, Prestige Financial Services apparently bucked this trend by tapping the credit markets for such a securitization earlier this month. Prestige Financial believes this ... [Read More]
ACS Introduces New Lender Platform for Dealers
Nick Zulovich
CINCINNATI — Automobile Consumer Services recently launched the DriveItNow.net Lending Gateway to give dealers access to financing and leasing sources. DriveItNow.net is designed to help alleviate the problem dealers are having with a tightened credit market by providing a platform of ... [Read More]
Credit Union Acceptance, Wolters Kluwer Broaden Partnership
Nick Zulovich
HOUSTON — For the second time this month, Wolters Kluwer Financial Services expanded a relationship with a credit union service organization. This time, the arrangement is with Credit Union Acceptance Co. so it can offer the AppOne platform in more markets. Now a ... [Read More]
LendingTreeAutos.com Goes Live
Nick Zulovich
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — On Monday, Tree.com announced the launch of LendingTreeAutos.com, which in addition to helping consumers obtain auto loans, will also assist consumers in deciding which vehicle to purchase next. The new site is designed to provide a variety of ... [Read More]
Lee Auto Malls Acquires Linnehan’s Credit Now
Nick Zulovich
AUBURN, Maine — Lee Auto Malls, a 73-year-old family dealership group, recently acquired the assets of Linnehan's Credit Now and Atlantic Acceptance Corp. to create one of the largest used-vehicle operations in the state. Lee already operates 12 franchise stores primarily ... [Read More]
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