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This Month's Focus

Artificial Intelligence

COMMENTARY: Inventory acquisition in the AI age

Friday, May. 29, 2026, 01:00 PM

While many dealers have always “trusted their gut,” the old instinct-driven approach to buying used car inventory is quickly becoming obsolete. For decades, dealers relied on a familiar formula: when a vehicle sold, replace it with another one just like ... Read More

AI at car dealerships: a ‘crawl, walk, run’ evolution with data at foundation

Friday, May. 29, 2026, 11:54 AM

When it comes to practical applications of artificial intelligence for car dealers, it’s a marathon, not a sprint. Or a “crawl, walk, run” approach, says QuoreAI founder and CEO Todd Smith. “There’s no (case where you) plug in AI and ... Read More

Marketing for car dealerships in the age of AI

Wednesday, May. 27, 2026, 11:34 AM

There’s no doubt that artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the way companies do business — and the automotive industry is no exception. In fact, most dealers have already embraced AI models and incorporated them into their daily operations. From analyzing data ... Read More

Forming the Transport Queens with Amber Gosney of SYCN Auto Logistics

Tuesday, Jun. 2, 2026, 01:30 PM

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PODCAST: Autonomous vehicles & the used-car market with Peter Janczewski of Draiver

Tuesday, Jun. 2, 2026, 01:23 PM

We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. To get a better understanding of how autonomous technology ... Listen Here

SPONSORED EPISODE: The new definition of value in used-car retailing and the role of compliance

Tuesday, Jun. 2, 2026, 12:47 PM

For this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, GWC Warranty senior vice president and managing director James Virgoe shared some of his personal experiences of buying a vehicle earlier this year to illustrate how the definition of “value” ... Listen Here

Car Capital restarts originations in Midwest & Southeast with 3 new top executives

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Friday, May. 12, 2023, 10:24 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Car Capital paused originations, reduced its workforce and shifted contract servicing to Westlake Financial last November because of “difficult capital market conditions.” On Thursday, Car Capital reemerged with a new leadership team set to do business now in the Midwest ... [Read More]

MBSi begins president transition process

Friday, May. 12, 2023, 10:23 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

MBSi Corp. announced that a top leadership transition began this week. After more than eight years of leadership and growth at MBSi, the provider of repossession assignment software and vendor compliance solutions to the auto finance industry said president Cort ... [Read More]

Dealertrack Credit Availability Index drops to lowest point in 2 years

Thursday, May. 11, 2023, 11:15 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Three ingredients that analysts put in the headwind category had more impact than the trio of trends in the helpful category, resulting in access to auto finance credit tightening in April to the lowest point in more than two years. ... [Read More]

Solutions by Text announces 3 new hires & 1 executive promotion

Wednesday, May. 10, 2023, 11:57 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Last week, Solutions by Text enhanced its leadership team with three new senior level hires and a promotion. The compliance-first provider of enterprise text messaging and payments solutions focused on consumer financial services appointed Danielle Repetti as chief revenue officer, ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Repossessions now highlighted in academia

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Wednesday, May. 10, 2023, 11:56 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

What’s sometimes considered to be a dangerous task of repossessing vehicles now has been highlighted in what some might view as the high-brow world of academia. In this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, International Recovery Systems resident Jeremy Cross ... [Read More]

McGlinchey Stafford adds to Calif.-based enterprise litigation & investigations group

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Wednesday, May. 10, 2023, 11:51 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

This week, McGlinchey Stafford reinforced its enterprise litigation and investigations group in the firm’s Irvine, Calif., office. Joining the firm as members are attorneys Kere Tickner and Michelle McCliman with the pair being supported by paralegal Kirsten Zell and legal ... [Read More]

Subprime softens even more in new-car world

Monday, May. 8, 2023, 04:59 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Dealerships and auto finance companies already were not completing many deliveries and installment contracts for new vehicles with consumers who fell into the subprime and deep subprime credit tiers. Now following the significant jump in interest rates, Cox Automotive pinpointed ... [Read More]

Sound Credit Union now leverages Open Lending to book nearly $3M in paper monthly

Monday, May. 8, 2023, 11:28 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Last week, Open Lending Corp. released the results of a case study that shows how Sound Credit Union grew its direct and indirect automotive finance volume and yield with Lenders Protection. Officials said Sound Credit Union implemented Lenders Protection in ... [Read More]

KBRA promotes 2 executives within structured finance business

Monday, May. 8, 2023, 11:27 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

KBRA announced multiple personnel moves on Monday. The ratings agency and observer of the securitizations market for automotive and other industry segments said Rosemary Kelley has been named head of structured finance business development. In this newly created role, the ... [Read More]

FTC goes to Congress seeking additional $160M in annual funding

Thursday, May. 4, 2023, 04:01 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) wants a larger operating budget and more personnel, and chair Lina Khan made her case last week during a hearing hosted by the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government that’s part of U.S. House ... [Read More]

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