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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

Industry Elite: Chuck Tapp of America’s Group

Friday, Mar. 20, 2026, 01:04 PM

Next up on our series with the inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honorees is America’s Group CEO Chuck Tapp. In this episode, we revisit Tapp’s fireside chat with Cherokee Media Group president Bill Zadeits at Used Car Week 2025. They ... Listen Here

Industry Elite: Grace Huang of Cox Automotive

Thursday, Mar. 19, 2026, 04:49 PM

Kicking off our podcasts with the inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honorees is a conversation with Grace Huang, president of Cox Automotive Inventory Solutions. Huang talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about her journey from business consultant ... Listen Here

AFSA & CBA caution Senators about expanded use of MLA to create rate cap

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Friday, Jul. 30, 2021, 03:02 PM

Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor

Earlier this year, compliance expert Randy Henrick dissected the complex new law in Illinois that’s creating challenges for dealerships, finance companies and service providers. Now some members of the U.S. Senate want to use a similar path to create nationwide ... [Read More]

Santander leveraging AutoFi technology to maintain positive performance trajectories

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Thursday, Jul. 29, 2021, 04:21 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Coming off a quarter that included the most profitable one in company history, Santander Consumer USA Holdings wants to keep its momentum by leveraging technology to serve customers throughout the credit spectrum. Along with sharing its second-quarter results, this week ... [Read More]

ARA & Privacy4Cars partner to protect consumer personal information

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Wednesday, Jul. 28, 2021, 04:05 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Repossessions agents now can secure more than just personal property from inside a repossessed vehicle. On Wednesday, the American Recovery Association (ARA) announced a partnership with Privacy4Cars, a technology company focused on identifying and resolving data privacy issues across the ... [Read More]

Servicing Solutions adds new VP of sales

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Wednesday, Jul. 28, 2021, 04:03 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Servicing Solutions recently bolstered its team with the addition of Jeremy Hettman as vice president of sales, bringing nearly 20 years of consultative sales experience to the company. In this key role, Servicing Solutions said that Hettman will lead business ... [Read More]

SAFCO lands $204.5M in new financing via 2 providers

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Friday, Jul. 23, 2021, 02:03 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Southern Auto Finance Co. (SAFCO) now has more financial resources to operate in the subprime auto finance space. The company announced this week that it finalized new partnerships with Capital One and One William Street that are providing a new ... [Read More]

Former CFPB director joins firm focused on cryptocurrency & machine learning

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Friday, Jul. 23, 2021, 02:02 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau now has a new position in the private sector. Kathy Kraninger — who also is scheduled to appear for a fireside chat during the Non-Prime Auto Financing Conference hosted by the ... [Read More]

KBRA: Delinquency seasonality could be coming later this year

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Thursday, Jul. 22, 2021, 03:20 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

A day after S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian reported that auto defaults sunk to a new all-time low in June, Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) released its latest indexes based on performance in the securitization market, illustrating how the ... [Read More]

ARA seeking nominations for 2021 NARS Industry Awards

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Wednesday, Jul. 21, 2021, 02:39 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The American Recovery Association announced that nominations still are open for the 2021 NARS Industry Awards, which will honor exceptional members of the repossession industry during the North American Repossessors Summit set for October. Submissions can be made for five ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Experian’s Michele Bodda on employment & income trends

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Wednesday, Jul. 21, 2021, 02:36 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Perhaps one of the most difficult challenges for finance companies to overcome through the pandemic was verifying an applicant’s employment and income. Michele Bodda, president of Experian Mortgage, Employer Services and Verification Solutions, appeared on this episode of the Auto ... [Read More]

UPDATED: Both auto & mortgage defaults now at all-time lows

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Tuesday, Jul. 20, 2021, 02:49 PM

Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor

If finance companies based their decisions on how to run and staff their collections and recovery departments based only the metrics included in the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices, they truly might be a one-man — or woman — band ... [Read More]

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