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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

Fitch & KBRA see more positive signs within current & future auto ABS performance

Champ Titles raises $18M in Series C led by Point72 Ventures
Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, 02:42 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, Fitch Ratings and Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) offered their latest analysis of recent and potential future auto finance performance based on securitizations, with Fitch seeing the possibility of the subprime segment remaining “resilient,” while KBRA is anticipating ... [Read More]

TurboPass honors 6 dealers

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Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, 02:36 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On Thursday, TurboPass awarded six of its subscribing dealerships with an End of the Year Award, including honors for Independent Dealer of the Year, Franchise Dealer of the Year Newcomer of the Year Both the East and West regions of ... [Read More]

With another 50 basis-point interest rate rise, US economy could be near ‘terminal’ point

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Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022, 04:26 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
With another lift of 50 basis points on Wednesday, the Federal Reserve now has pushed the federal funds rate higher by 425 basis points this year to the 4.25% to 4.50% range. While Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell emphasized the ... [Read More]

TransUnion 2023 forecast: Auto finance on surer footing than credit cards & personal loans

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Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022, 04:24 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Auto finance appears to be in a much better state than credit cards and personal loans based on TransUnion’s 2023 Consumer Credit Forecast released on Wednesday. While experts are expecting delinquency rates for credit card and personal loans to rise ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Discussion with the Women in Collections & Recoveries honorees

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Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022, 04:17 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This special episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast was recorded during Used Car Week and features the Women in Collections & Recoveries honorees who were able to make the trip to San Diego in November. The panel discussion moderated by ... [Read More]

Subprime auto ABS ratings examined in 3 stressed scenarios

iA Financial backs AutoCanada's F&I; acquires used car stake
Monday, Dec. 12, 2022, 03:11 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
S&P Global Ratings went to its investment research laboratory recently because market participants have become increasingly concerned about subprime auto ABS given that the economy may be on the precipice of a recession wherein unemployment levels would likely rise and ... [Read More]

Location Services adds 8 executives to senior leadership team

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Friday, Dec. 9, 2022, 03:31 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Location Services recently hired eight executives in a wide array of specialties to help strengthen the senior leadership team of the recovery management and loss mitigation service company. Bringing 10 to 20 years of experience with them in some instances, ... [Read More]

14 potential changes surface from CFPB ombudsman post-examination survey

CFPB files lawsuit against US Auto Sales servicer
Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, 03:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Perhaps one segment of the annual report generated by the ombudsman of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau might be of particular interest to auto finance companies and their compliance departments. During the last fiscal year, the CFPB ombudsman launched its ... [Read More]

GWC Warranty unveils new resource to build transparency & loyalty

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Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022, 11:00 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
GWC Warranty wanted to give dealers recommendations to develop new processes designed to increase customer satisfaction and build loyalty. So this week, the provider and administrator of automotive F&I products released a free eBook titled, “A Dealer’s Guide to Transparency ... [Read More]

Texas repo assignment leads to discovery of elaborate fraud scheme

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Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022, 10:48 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
James Waldron recently recovered more than just a high-line Mercedes-Benz. The CEO of Texas-based 1st Adjusters helped to lead federal officials to quite a fraud scheme that included several other luxury vehicles. Advantage Automotive Analytics recapped the incident for SubPrime ... [Read More]
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