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Industry Elite: Sean Morgan of Westlake Financial

Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 03:07 PM

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

Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Tom Kontos of Auto Auction Holdings

Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 01:56 PM

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

Industry Elite: Mike Clark Jr. of C&C Cars

Friday, Mar. 20, 2026, 03:50 PM

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

CFPB renews intensity for finding vehicle-repossession violations

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Tuesday, Mar. 1, 2022, 03:32 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau used strong language in a news release Monday upon issuing a compliance bulletin on vehicle repossessions. The CFPB said it is “moving to thwart illegal repossessions in the heated auto market.” The bureau said it ... [Read More]

Calera Capital invests in F&I Sentinel

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Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, 04:36 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

F&I Sentinel — a leading compliance solutions provider with respect to the financing of F&I products — announced its founders have partnered with Calera Capital, a leading middle-market private equity firm. According to a news release distributed on Monday, terms ... [Read More]

KBRA describes January data as ‘seasonal’

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Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, 04:35 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Kroll Bond Rating Agency had the opportunity to use an adjective to describe its latest auto-finance data that’s quite familiar to executives and managers. Analysts included the word “seasonal” when recapping its January indices that are based on information accumulated ... [Read More]

TransUnion launches tools to track BNPL transactions

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Friday, Feb. 25, 2022, 02:01 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

TransUnion is trying to give auto-finance companies and other lenders and service providers the clearest glimpse possible of how well consumers handle their payments and other credit obligations. As a result, TransUnion introduced its new point-of-sale suite of solutions since ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Importance of vehicle history context in auto finance

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Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, 07:26 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

VINData vice president Edie Hirtenstein and LAUNCHER.SOLUTIONS president Nikh Nath join the show to talk about the new partnership between their respective companies. Launcher teamed up with VINData to provide its finance company customers with a deeper view into vehicle ... [Read More]

Experian spots notable jumps in Q4 data

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Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, 02:58 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

To use the industry vernacular, Experian’s newest State of the Automotive Finance Market report reinforced how much more money is on the street nowadays. According to Experian’s fourth-quarter report released on Thursday, the average amount financed and monthly payments both jumped significantly ... [Read More]

NARS 2022 update: Theme and award nominations

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Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022, 04:42 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The American Recovery Association (ARA) is looking to honor some of the industry’s best during the annual North American Repossessors Summit (NARS), which will be conducted in a new location with a new theme. Along with seeking speaker submissions and ... [Read More]

Cox Automotive reaches finance-company milestone with titling tool

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Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022, 04:39 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Cox Automotive shared a pair of developments this week connected with Dealertrack. Along with an enhanced integration with 700 Credit, Cox Automotive said Dealertrack reached a new milestone with the addition of its 100th finance company using Dealertrack Accelerated Title. ... [Read More]

Launcher partners with VINData to give greater vehicle history context to finance companies

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Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022, 03:48 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

LAUNCHER. SOLUTIONS has teamed up with VINData to provide its finance company customers with a deeper view into vehicle history, title data, vehicle values and more, all to help them manage risk and decisioning. Through Launcher’s appTRAKER Loan Origination System, ... [Read More]

TransUnion to acquire Verisk Financial Services for $515M

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Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, 02:32 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The acquisition train just keeps gaining steam throughout the automotive industry. The latest momentum builder arrived on Tuesday when TransUnion said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Verisk Financial Services, the financial services business unit of Verisk, in ... [Read More]

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