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Used Car Week Hall of Famer Jerry Kroshus of Location Services
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, 04:19 PM
Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees is a conversation with Jerry Kroshus, who is CEO of Location Services. Cherokee Media President Bill Zadeits talks with Kroshus about his career journey in ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Famer Kathy Ruble of Ally
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, 07:52 PM
Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees, we catch up with Kathy Ruble, who is executive director of marketing, dealer financial services and communications at Ally. Ruble has been the longtime moderator ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: From Acquisition to Sale — Winning Used Car Tactics from Autotrader and vAuto experts
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, 05:28 PM
In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, host Bill Zadeits joins with Elizabeth Stegall of Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book and ICO, and Bethany Johnson from vAuto to preview their Used Car Week workshop. Listen now and you’ll get ... Listen Here

Cox Automotive examines how current labor market could influence next interest-rate decision

Smoke sees subprime delinquency & defaults rising
Tuesday, Jun. 6, 2023, 10:55 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The next opportunity for the Federal Reserve to modify interest rates arrives next Wednesday. Cox Automotive chief economist Jonathan Smoke recapped some of the most important information policymakers likely might consider when deciding whether or not to lift rates again, ... [Read More]

StoneEagle acquires Pencilwrench to smooth OEM warranty claims & more

Monday, Jun. 5, 2023, 12:00 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
StoneEagle grew its operation on Monday. The orchestrator of administration systems for F&I product providers as well as metrics and menus solutions for dealers nationwide, announced the acquisition of Pencilwrench, whose technology can help technicians and service advisors write accurate, ... [Read More]

6 agencies form Acrisure Protection Group

Monday, Jun. 5, 2023, 11:36 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Late last week, Acrisure, which combines people and high tech to deliver an array of products including insurance, reinsurance and  cyberservices, announced the formation of the Acrisure Protection Group. The group is designed to be a full-service finance and insurance ... [Read More]

Experian: Stronger credit consumers opting for shorter terms

Thursday, Jun. 1, 2023, 11:42 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
It’s not uncommon for consumers with softer credit scores to seek the longest contract terms possible to get a manageable monthly payment. Conversely, Experian is seeing consumers with strong credit scores ask for shorter terms to offset rising interest rates. ... [Read More]

FTC acknowledges regulatory petition involving spot deliveries

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Wednesday, May. 31, 2023, 12:00 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Spot deliveries now are back on the radar of federal regulators. The Federal Trade Commission acknowledged on Wednesday and began the request for comment process involving a petition it again received from six consumer advocates to create regulation involving what ... [Read More]

CFPB hands OneMain $20M penalty involving personal loan business

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Wednesday, May. 31, 2023, 11:58 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
OneMain Financial is being penalized by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for its infractions the regulator found associated with its personal loan business. The CFPB announced on Wednesday that OneMain — which also has a notable subprime auto finance ... [Read More]

Protective Asset Protection rolls out training schedule for remainder of 2023

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Thursday, May. 25, 2023, 03:03 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Protective Asset Protection recently expanded its F&I professional development program for dealers, with added in-person and online curriculum and an additional new team member for its training team. Protective’s training team created an advanced class for F&I Skills. As the ... [Read More]

Mandatory ELT processing gaining momentum

Thursday, May. 25, 2023, 11:45 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Cox Automotive senior director of government affairs Sarah Hunsicker gave both historical background and forward-looking perspectives about electronic lien and title (ELT) processing, which is now mandatory in 13 states. Hunsicker recapped in a company podcast with Deshaun Sheppard, a ... [Read More]

NAF Association emerges strong after nearly 3 years of change

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Wednesday, May. 24, 2023, 09:04 AM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
The National Automotive Finance Association began to navigate challenges triggered by COVID-19 like literally the rest of the world in March 2020. Then, matters became tremendously more complicated 15 months later when the only executive director the NAF Association ever ... [Read More]

Tom Hudson named first recipient of Jack Tracey Pinnacle Award

Tuesday, May. 23, 2023, 11:01 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Tom Hudson might not be practicing consumer finance law on a daily basis nowadays, but accolades continue to be given to the founding partner of Hudson Cook. On Tuesday, the National Automotive Finance Association announced that Hudson has been named ... [Read More]
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