Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
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Edmunds on why appeal of used EVs could surge as gas prices keep rising & affordability remains challenging
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PODCAST: Carleton’s Tim Yalich on how critical accurate payment information is to today’s car shoppers
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Already the top factor holding back dealership business, potential economic headwinds build
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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
Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Tom Kontos of Auto Auction Holdings
Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners continue with Tom Kontos, who now is analytics advisor for Auto Auction Holdings. Convinced to come out of retirement and get back in the business last fall with the growing wholesale ... Listen Here
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 01:56 PM
Industry Elite: Mike Clark Jr. of C&C Cars
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Mike Clark Jr., operations manager of C& C Cars in Pinellas Park, Fla. Clark is a third-generation dealer and helps run the family business ... Listen Here
Friday, Mar. 20, 2026, 03:50 PM
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services Acquires AppOne
Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
MINNEAPOLIS — Wolters Kluwer Financial Services announced it has purchased the AppOne Companies. With the acquisition of AppOne, Wolters Kluwer Financial Services expects to integrate its compliance content with AppOne's leading process automation suite. This will provide the indirect lending market ... [Read More]
Prestige Continues Expansion
Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
SALT LAKE CITY — Thanks to strong dealership response to its product offerings, Prestige Financial Services said it is continuing to provide innovate offerings in the non-prime through deep subprime auto finance marketplace. The company's lending territory also continues to expand, ... [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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GMAC Names COO
Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
NEW YORK — GMAC Financial Services announced it has named a new chief operating officer. Taking that position is Alvaro de Molina, effective immediately. In this newly created role, officials said de Molina will be responsible for GMAC's real estate ... [Read More]
Conference to Bring Bankers Together to Discuss Challenging Marketplace
Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Financial service marketers from throughout the country are slated to come together in a forum to discuss ideas about adapting in the changing consumer marketplace at the American Bankers Association Marketing Conference to be held at the ... [Read More]
GE Money’s Warranty Services Partners with AppOne
Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
DENVER — GE Money's Warranty Services division announced it has formed a new partnership with AppOne to provide a technology solution that connects independent dealers with lenders. The alliance was created enable independent dealers access to Warranty Services' vehicle service ... [Read More]
Lenders Respond to Credit Market Woes
Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
NEEDHAM, Mass. — After surveying various lenders, TowerGroup reported that the biggest concern right now of financial service institutions is market volatility, as many lenders are watching the subprime mortgage market to see how the recent downturn plays out and whether ... [Read More]
More Consumers Seek Bankruptcy Protection
Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Struggling with high gas prices and the soaring cost of staples, many consumers are treading quickly to keep their heads above the water. These factors and more added to the recent downfall in the subprime mortgage sector ... [Read More]
What BHPH Operators Should Learn from Subprime Mortgage Crisis
Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
HOUSTON — Over the last 30 days I have been asked numerous times if the subprime mortgage meltdown will extend to subprime auto loans. A few months ago, I wrote an article called, "When Underwriters Become Undertakers." In retrospect, my ... [Read More]
First Data Now Offers Notify Solutions for the Auto Finance Industry
Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
DENVER — First Data Corp. recently announced that First Data Solutions, its information and analytics unit, is making its Notify Solutions product available to all First Data Solutions clients. According to officials, Notify Solutions provides timely bankruptcy and deceased notifications ... [Read More]
AmeriCredit Continues $500 Million Repurchase Facility
Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
FORT WORTH, Texas — AmeriCredit announced it has extended its $500 million repurchase facility structured by Barclays Capital. The company said it uses this facility to finance the repurchase of receivables from securitization transactions that have reached the 10-percent clean-up ... [Read More]
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