AI is rapidly reshaping dealership operations, yet most stores are still in early experimentation mode. According to the Cox Automotive...
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Sponsored Episode: Winning Trade-Ins and Trust – Navigating Today’s Affordability Challenges
Affordability challenges are reshaping the automotive landscape—vehicle prices and payments are at all-time highs and negative equity is on the rise. In this episode, Micah Tindor offers a data-driven conversation with real-world strategies around acquisition tactics and long-term profitability to ... Listen Here
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, 03:15 PM
Sponsored Episode: Winning Talent Strategies for Car Dealerships – with CDK & Industry Leaders
In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, host Bruce Johnson from CDK sits down with Tyler Jones, President of EV Auto, and Joe Brown, CMO at Frank Leta, to explore proven strategies for attracting and retaining top talent ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, 10:00 AM
Dissecting evolving credit scores with Shams Blanc of FICO
As much as auto-finance underwriting has become sophisticated, a potential starting point to determine if the applicant will be offered an installment contract is the credit score. Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, described the ... Listen Here
Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, 03:34 PM
DMS & Enova partner with eye toward non-prime underwriting
Friday, Mar. 26, 2021, 02:50 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Digital Matrix Systems (DMS) and Enova Decisions announced a partnership tailored to support the risk-management needs of non-prime finance companies. To help finance companies make decisions quickly with high accuracy and minimal exposure to fraud, DMS and Enova Decisions pointed ... [Read More]
Nationwide Acceptance taps CoreLane Technologies to streamline funding
Friday, Mar. 26, 2021, 02:49 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Like Humphrey Bogart said in the film, “Casablanca,” it appears CoreLane Technologies and Nationwide Acceptance are on their way to a beautiful friendship. The provider of innovative transactional connectivity solutions for dealers and finance companies announced a partnership this week ... [Read More]
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Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business
Turn Battery Risk Into Trust: Your Edge in the Used EV Market
Independent battery health certification is the new gold standard for used EV dealerships. The latest AVILOO detect Magazine reveals how...
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How GMs Start Their Day with Mastermind & Make More Deals
Successful General Managers know that how you start the day sets the tone for dealership performance. This checklist outlines the...
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Rising Repos, Shrinking Margins: A Guide to Reduce Collections and Servicing Costs with AI Agents
As delinquencies rise and margins tighten, leading auto lenders use AI agents to cut collections and servicing costs without compromising...
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Out-of-State Titling: 12 Steps Every Title Clerk Should Follow (The Easy Way)
Out-of-state titling isn’t easy. With every state having different DMV requirements, document packets, and deadlines, it’s easy for mistakes to...
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Free Guide: How Smart Dealers Can Profit from Customer Car Insurance
Turn Customer Auto Insurance into Dealership Profit If you're not profiting from auto insurance in your dealership, now’s the time...
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Go In-House With Your Photos
Your Photo Vendor Didn’t Show Up Again? Let’s Fix That. Stop relying on vendors and start owning your inventory. This...
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The Auto Dealer’s Complete Checklist for Evaluating AI
The Auto Dealer’s Complete Checklist for Evaluating AI highlights key questions dealership leaders should ask technology partners during the selection...
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CFPB & FTC recap debt-collection enforcement in annual report to Congress
Wednesday, Mar. 24, 2021, 03:51 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In collaboration with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) this week released the 2020 annual report to Congress on the administration of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). Officials said the report highlights efforts ... [Read More]
700Credit integrates Experian Boost into QuickQualify
Wednesday, Mar. 24, 2021, 03:38 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The QuickQualify platform offered by 700Credit now includes data via the Experian Boost tool. According to a news release distributed this week, 700Credit’s web-based consumer prequalification solution that does not require a consumer’s Social Security Number or date of birth ... [Read More]
StoneEagle F&I hires St. John as senior vice president of business development
Wednesday, Mar. 24, 2021, 03:36 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
With an eye toward mergers and acquisitions, StoneEagle F&I hired a new industry professional to lead the company’s business development enterprises, including sales, marketing and affiliate partnerships. On Wednesday, the provider of F&I technology solutions welcomed Joe St. John as ... [Read More]
Counter to other credit segments, auto defaults drop for second straight month
Tuesday, Mar. 23, 2021, 02:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
It probably wouldn’t be surprising if finance company executives and managers looked at the latest auto default reading from S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian and responded by saying, “What? Wait a second. Really?” According to data through February for ... [Read More]
Eisenfelder set to become CEO of APCO Holdings
Monday, Mar. 22, 2021, 05:40 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Eight months after joining APCO Holdings, Scot Eisenfelder is poised to become its chief executive officer. The provider and administrator of automotive F&I products and home to the EasyCare, GWC Warranty and MemberCare brands announced on Monday that Eisenfelder has ... [Read More]
Subprime auto financing on Fitch watch list for possible deterioration
Monday, Mar. 22, 2021, 02:38 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Fitch Ratings pinpointed subprime auto financing as one of five areas to watch should consumer indicators deteriorate; especially as federal assistance winds down and accommodations by finance companies expire. Analysts made that assertion in a report shared with SubPrime Auto ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Alsbrooks Hanson on entrepreneurial transitions & inspiring future female leaders
Thursday, Mar. 18, 2021, 03:35 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Award-winning entrepreneur Stephanie Alsbrooks Hanson, who recently became president of Tricolor Financial, described her journey from forming a startup to departing for the next challenge after building it into a multi-million-dollar organization. On this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, ... [Read More]
PODCAST: How 2020 presented unique situations for auto-finance data tracking
Thursday, Mar. 18, 2021, 03:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Experian senior director of automotive financial solutions Melinda Zabritski returned for another appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast to discuss not only the credit bureau’s auto-finance data collected throughout 2020, but also how she and her team are navigating through ... [Read More]
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