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SPONSORED EPISODE: Five questions to ask before choosing a transportation partner
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, 09:15 PM
This sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast features two experts from Central Dispatch who offer valuable guidance for choosing a transportation partner. Shanna Wise, who oversees business strategy execution, and Blake Bentley, who leads enterprise client account success, take ... Listen Here
Inside Auto Auction M&A with Mach10 CEO George Pero
Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, 02:01 PM
The auto auction industry has seen a spike in M&A over the last three years, similar to the consolidation in auto retail that has been going on much longer. And our guest today has experience with both. George Pero is ... Listen Here
Insight into Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index
Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, 04:17 PM
While the year-over-year figure reflects broader market volatility, Matthew Babcock, who oversees digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, explained the strong quarter-over-quarter increase of the Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index signals market re-engagement. Babcock elaborated about ... Listen Here

Westlake Financial Enters New State

Tuesday, Apr. 14, 2009, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
LOS ANGELES — Westlake Financial Services recently announced its expansion into a new state — the Louisiana market. This brings Westlake's operations to a total of 36 states. Contracts for Louisiana will be accepted starting April 20. Geoff Branda, vice president of IT ... [Read More]

Fed: Interest Rates at Auto Finance Companies Plummet to New Low

Thursday, Apr. 9, 2009, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The average interest rate on new-vehicle loans at auto finance companies hit an all-time low of 3.17 percent, according to the Federal Reserve this week. As a comparison, unless the latest preliminary statistic is a Federal Reserve typo, ... [Read More]

CPS CEO Says Company Greatly Reducing New-Contract Purchases from Dealers

Thursday, Apr. 9, 2009, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
IRVINE, Calif. — During the fourth quarter of 2008, Consumer Portfolio Services reported it purchased $7.3 million of contracts from dealers, compared with $33.6 million during the third quarter and $265.8 million during the fourth quarter of 2007. Overall for the year, ... [Read More]

Louisiana Credit Union First to Join AppOne’s Credit Union Platform

Thursday, Apr. 9, 2009, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
BATON ROUGE, La. — AppOne, a part of Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, announced that it has added the first credit union on its credit union platform. Joining this platform is Dow Louisiana Federal Credit Union. Using the AppOne platform, DLFCU is ... [Read More]

DBRS Upgrades Three Classes from Two Auto ABS Transactions

Thursday, Apr. 9, 2009, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
NEW YORK — In a bit of positive news, DBRS announced it has upgraded three classes from two auto asset-backed securities transactions. These include: —$4,705,917 Goldman Sachs Auto Loan Trust 2005-1, Class B from AA to AA (high) —$2,449,479 Goldman Sachs ... [Read More]

Ford Cuts Almost $10 Billion in Debt; Rating Agencies Respond

Tuesday, Apr. 7, 2009, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
DEARBORN, Mich. — On Monday, Ford announced that its debt restructuring initiatives will reduce its debt by about $9.9 billion from $25.8 billion. Moreover, the company said this will lower Ford's annual cash interest expense by more than $500 million, which ... [Read More]

Triad Financial Names Director of Portfolio Services

Tuesday, Apr. 7, 2009, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas — Triad Financial recently announced that it has named a new executive to oversee the company's third-party servicing efforts. Taking on this position is Stephen Smith. In his role as director of portfolio servicing, he will manage ... [Read More]

New FICO Scores Could Predict 5-15% More Auto Loan Delinquencies

Tuesday, Apr. 7, 2009, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
MINNEAPOLIS — FICO recently announced the release of its newest scores, which are targeted specifically for the auto lending and bankcard industries. Credit reporting agency TransUnion is making the scores available to lenders and issuers under the names FICO Risk Score, Classic ... [Read More]

Consumer Bankruptcy Filings Continue to Build

Tuesday, Apr. 7, 2009, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — March consumer bankruptcy filings came close to doubling those of the same time frame a year ago, according to the American Bankruptcy Institute, which relies on data from the National Bankruptcy Research Center. More specifically, U.S. consumer bankruptcy filings ... [Read More]

Kia Motors America Secures Financing

Thursday, Apr. 2, 2009, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
IRVINE, Calif. — Kia Motors America announced today that it has successfully closed a $305 million revolving credit line with a group of leading U.S.-based financial institutions. Of the funding group, Wells Fargo Foothill, a part of Wells Fargo & Co., ... [Read More]
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