This 26-page ebook from Cherokee Media Group, sponsored by dotData, brings together insights from nine experts on how artificial intelligence...
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Edmunds: Pandemic-era problems still festering in form of negative equity
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NSD survey identifies ‘meaningful gap’ as F&I companies seek new revenue partnerships
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FlexPath DXP study: Subprime & super-prime consumers asking similar auto-finance questions nowadays
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This Month's Focus
Turbocharged Finance
DigniFi names chief product officer
Maritczak brings experience from EY & Ally to PCMI
Latest two moves by US Bank have dealers & OEMs in mind
SPONSORED EPISODE: What independent dealers need to be successful with Chris Vangellow of Frazer
In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Chris Vangellow, who is the Director of Product Management at Frazer, described what’s changed most about running an independent dealership over the past few years, especially from a technology perspective. ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Fame: Grace Huang of Cox Automotive
We begin our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees with Grace Huang, president of Cox Automotive Inventory Solutions, who joins Cherokee Media Group’s Joe Overby for a conversation about her career journey, the value of ... Listen Here
Ben Sporn of VIP Automotive Group Takes DIY Approach to AI
Ben Sporn is the chief marketing officer of VIP Automotive Group on Long Island, N.Y. , where he runs operations and artificial intelligence projects at his family’s 10-store dealer group. He also has a tech background, having worked for Google ... Listen Here
Former DealerSocket exec now COO at VisionMenu
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
VisionMenu welcomed a new chief operating officer this week. Taking on the position for the F&I software provider is Steven Meeker, who arrives as VisionMenu said it’s experiencing rapid growth that prompted the expansion of its executive team to meet ... [Read More]
CreditMiner & TransUnion partner to fight synthetic fraud
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
CreditMiner and TransUnion are working together in an attempt to keep fraud from infecting dealerships. The companies announced a new partnership this week that enables them to offer the automotive industry cutting-edge fraud prevention technologies via their API capabilities. CreditMiner ... [Read More]
Resource Hub
Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business
Turning Dealer Group Data into Demand
Stop letting messy data hold your dealership back from its true earning potential. While many multi-roof dealer groups struggle to...
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Evaluating VPP Cancellation Systems: 7 Questions Every Lender Should Ask
Selecting the right VPP cancellation system is critical to maintaining compliance, maximizing recoveries, and improving operational efficiency. As regulatory requirements...
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Auto lenders spent on AI. Here’s what paid off.
A panel of auto-lending leaders — CEOs of subprime auto finance companies, VPs of Collections, CROs, indirect-lending executives at two...
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Experian Automotive Dealer Fraud Threat Report
Fraud is Hitting Dealerships Hard When one bad deal can erase tens of thousands in profit, fraud becomes impossible to...
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AI-Financing Spotlight: How Tracy Honda Sells 12-15 More Deals Monthly
Discover how Tracy Honda is outperforming its market by leveraging AI-powered auto financing to drive faster approvals and close more...
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The AI Dealer Playbook: 5 Questions to Ask Before You Buy AI
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping dealership operations by automating communication, improving workflows, and supporting staff with tools like copilots and...
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Speaking the Same Language: How Dealers Structure Capital for Real Estate and Growth
Why Capital Structures Matters in Today’s Market Dealers actively expanding or acquiring real estate are often constrained not by opportunity—but...
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ARA looking for unity during ‘another year of turbulence’
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
American Recovery Association president Dave Kennedy directly opened a message to repossession agents, finance companies, forwarders and other service providers by saying: “This year is going to be another year of turbulence in our industry.” While auto defaults have risen ... [Read More]
RateGenius: Applications & savings via auto refinancing jump in 2020
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
RateGenius shared how much consumers saved when refinancing their vehicle’s retail installment sales contract in 2020. According to the firm’s report based on activities through its network of more than 150 finance companies nationwide, RateGenius said Americans saved an average ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Top 3 F&I data points from 2021 spotted by StoneEagle
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In his first appearance of the year on the Auto Remarketing Podcast, StoneEagle F&I senior vice president of business development Joe St. John acknowledged how enticing it would be to run a dealership again because of the F&I performances many ... [Read More]
KBRA spots more payment wobbling in December reporting
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
More evidence that consumers maintaining their monthly payments for their vehicles is continuing to wobble arrived this week from Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA). In its latest analysis looking at the automotive securitization market, KBRA found that December remittance reports ... [Read More]
Frank discussion about repossession fees and relations among agents, forwarders & finance companies
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Clashes involving repossession agents, forwarders and finance companies recently brought Jeremiah Wheeler of DRN | MVTRAC into the mix. When agents stopped scanning license plates as a way to create industry attention about repossession fees, the move left Wheeler with ... [Read More]
APCO Holdings & DealerPolicy partner to boost back-end gross potential
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
More opportunities to enhance the insurance opportunities within your dealership finance office recently arrived. DealerPolicy, a leading insurance marketplace for automotive retail, announced a strategic partnership with APCO Holdings, a leading provider and administrator of F&I products and home to the EasyCare ... [Read More]
defi SOLUTIONS & Open Lending expand partnership to help captives
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
For captive finance companies interested in buying paper lower on the credit spectrum, assistance is coming later this year from defi SOLUTIONS, which recently announced expansion of its partnership with Open Lending. The service providers highlighted the expansion includes an ... [Read More]
Auto defaults close 2021 by rising for 6 straight months
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Perhaps executives and managers associated with auto collections, repossessions and recoveries are sending each other messages with a GIF attached featuring the character Michael Scott from the popular TV show, “The Office,” with him yelling, “It’s happening!” According to December ... [Read More]
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