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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

NAC completes 10th acquisition in the past 18 months

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Friday, Oct. 22, 2021, 02:21 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

This week, National Auto Care (NAC) senior vice president of mergers and acquisitions Courtney Hoffman announced the company’s 10th acquisition in the past 18 months. Now part of the company’s F&I agency portfolio is a firm positioned to help NAC ... [Read More]

Auto default rate ticks up just 1 basis point in September

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Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021, 02:49 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

If the auto default rate ticks up only at the pace analysts have seen during the past couple of months, it could take a year — maybe longer — for the metric to return to what it was at the ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Series on digital collections continues with ways to leverage artificial intelligence

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Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, 02:53 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The series of Auto Remarketing Podcasts featuring Dasceq founder and chief executive officer Abhishek Goel continues with a focus on how artificial intelligence (AI) can be the key ingredient in digital collections. Goel defines what AI is in connection with ... [Read More]

TransUnion: 18.7M consumers improved their credit scores while in hardship programs

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Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, 02:42 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Perhaps here’s something that both consumers and finance companies can take as a positive from COVID-19. Despite financial challenges brought forth by the pandemic, a new study from TransUnion indicated that 18.7 million U.S. consumers that entered a financial hardship ... [Read More]

KBRA’s September indexes point toward upcoming seasonality

KBRA september 2021 chart for web

Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021, 02:05 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) is seeing the likelihood strengthen that seasonal payment patterns are coming; that some of your contract holders might purchase holiday gifts rather than maintain their monthly vehicle payment. Analysts delved into the topic when they ... [Read More]

SameDay Auto Finance now using TruDecision solutions

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Monday, Oct. 18, 2021, 03:03 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

TruDecision landed another client that specializes in providing auto financing in the non-prime segment. The analytic platform-as-a-service provider announced last week that SameDay Auto Finance has integrated with the TruDecision Expert Auto Score in order increase service levels to dealers ... [Read More]

EFG welcomes new VP of risk and reinsurance

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Monday, Oct. 18, 2021, 03:00 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Last week, EFG Companies announced a new addition to its executive team as part of the company’s focus on wealth creation and business expansion for its clients. Now part of EFG is Chad Chaffin, who will serve as vice president ... [Read More]

AUL reaches its 3 millionth contract issued

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Friday, Oct. 15, 2021, 04:13 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

To say AUL Corp. has built some momentum during its three decades in F&I industry might be a bit of an understatement. After taking 28 years to sell its 2 millionth F&I policy, AUL president and chief executive officer Jimmy ... [Read More]

APCO Holdings highlighted among Atlanta’s 50 largest private companies

Friday, Oct. 15, 2021, 04:01 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

APCO Holdings can say it’s one of the most successful firms in the Southeast’s largest market since now the F&I provider has an accolade to back up the assertion. According to a news release, the Atlanta Business Chronicle has named ... [Read More]

Allied Solutions acquires majority interest in TrxNow with eye on Canada

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Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, 02:05 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The presenting sponsor of Repo Con at Used Car Week made a major move a month before the industry gathers in Las Vegas. Allied Solutions, one of the largest providers of insurance, financing, risk management and data enabled products to ... [Read More]

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