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Used Car Week Hall of Fame honoree Jared Kalfus of Black Book
We finish our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees with a conversation featuring Black Book president Jared Kalfus. Kalfus describes what it takes to be successful in sales and why face-to-face conversations are still vitally ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: Prospects for more auto refinancing with Gravity Lending
In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast brought to you by Allied Solutions, we turn our attention to auto refinancing. Brad Paxman oversees 90 lender relationships for Gravity Lending, which is an auto refinance and fintech company ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Fame: Bob McConkey of McConkey Auction Group
Next up on our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees is a conversation with Bob McConkey, president and CEO of the McConkey Auction Group. McConkey, along with MAG chief operating officer David Pendergraft and DAA ... Listen Here

Surveys: Optimism improving, but inflation & recession concerns remain

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
With nearly a month of 2024 already in the books, experts are still trying to ascertain what might be ahead this year. While consumer sentiment is improving, top executives and finance companies still remain a bit guarded, especially when a ... [Read More]

DriveSmart Warranty gives trip to Daytona to winners of online racing campaign

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
DriveSmart Warranty waved the checkered flag and online race winners will be going all the way to Daytona. On Friday, the administrator of vehicle protection services announced contestant Tucker Minter and streamer Casey Kirwan were the grand prize winners of ... [Read More]

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AI & Auto Finance: An Expert Guide to Using This Technology

This 26-page ebook from Cherokee Media Group, sponsored by dotData, brings together insights from nine experts on how artificial intelligence...
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Turning Dealer Group Data into Demand

Stop letting messy data hold your dealership back from its true earning potential. While many multi-roof dealer groups struggle to...
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Evaluating VPP Cancellation Systems: 7 Questions Every Lender Should Ask

Selecting the right VPP cancellation system is critical to maintaining compliance, maximizing recoveries, and improving operational efficiency. As regulatory requirements...
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Auto lenders spent on AI. Here’s what paid off.

A panel of auto-lending leaders — CEOs of subprime auto finance companies, VPs of Collections, CROs, indirect-lending executives at two...
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Experian Automotive Dealer Fraud Threat Report

Fraud is Hitting Dealerships Hard When one bad deal can erase tens of thousands in profit, fraud becomes impossible to...
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AI-Financing Spotlight: How Tracy Honda Sells 12-15 More Deals Monthly

Discover how Tracy Honda is outperforming its market by leveraging AI-powered auto financing to drive faster approvals and close more...
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The AI Dealer Playbook: 5 Questions to Ask Before You Buy AI

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping dealership operations by automating communication, improving workflows, and supporting staff with tools like copilots and...
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Speaking the Same Language: How Dealers Structure Capital for Real Estate and Growth

Why Capital Structures Matters in Today’s Market Dealers actively expanding or acquiring real estate are often constrained not by opportunity—but...
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Credit availability closes 2023 on notable slide

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Evidently finance companies weren’t in much of a giving mood this holiday season since credit availability deteriorated in December, according to the Dealertrack Auto Credit Availability Index. Cox Automotive reported that index declined in November and dropped another 0.9% to ... [Read More]

New FTC rule delayed by dealer activity in federal appeals court

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Dealers will get their time in court. Late on Thursday, the Federal Trade Commission issued an order postponing the effective date of the Combating Auto Retail Scams (CARS) Rule while a legal challenge against the rule is pending from the ... [Read More]

COMMENTARY: Why lenders should leverage the power of multi-channel digital communications

Solutions by Text secures $110M led by Edison & StepStone
Andres Huertas, Conecta Marketing Group
Digital marketing of lending products is an area that not only has bigger regulatory compliance — CFPB, FCC, states, you name it — but also bigger scrutiny from companies like Google and Facebook. (They even have a unique set of ... [Read More]

USED CAR WEEK 2023 PODCAST: Boosting repo percentages via compliance

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
We continue our series on the Auto Remarketing Podcast highlighting some of the panels and presentations from Used Car Week 2023. This episode features a presentation and discussion with Holly Balogh and Stamatis Ferarolis of RISC titled, “Improve Repossession Percentages ... [Read More]

Nowlake partners with Salient to use generative AI

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Nowlake, the fintech division of Westlake Technology Holdings and underpinning for the finance company, finalized a partnership this week with Salient to bring generative artificial intelligence to its customer offerings. An expert in voice technology, Salient said its solution was ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Tackling complaints with Hudson Cook’s Patty Covington

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Hudson Cook partner Patty Covington is back on the Auto Remarketing Podcast to tackle a tricky situation for finance companies. Covington explained how there are different kinds of complaints finance companies often face. She then offered some recommendations for how ... [Read More]

F&I Sentinel to acquire cancellation tool from Cox Automotive

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
For the second time in a little more than a month, Cox Automotive is liquidating an asset. On Tuesday, F&I Sentinel announced it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Express Recoveries from Cox Automotive. As part of the transaction, ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Wide-ranging F&I conversation with Travis Wools of Protective Asset Protection

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, we reconnect with Travis Wools of Protective Asset Protection to recap the company’s latest dealer survey about F&I and more. Wools shared how dealers are approaching traditional F&I activities as well as ... [Read More]

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