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DigniFi names chief product officer
DigniFi announced the appointment of Jefim Piekarz as chief product officer on Tuesday. The fintech company specializing in access to automobile, powersports and RV repair financing said Piekarz will lead DigniFi’s product and engineering teams, advancing product strategy, technology development, ... Read More
Maritczak brings experience from EY & Ally to PCMI
PCMI continued to revamp its executive team on Tuesday. The provider of lender compliance technology and F&I administration software added Alex Maritczak as senior director of business development, bringing more than 30 years of automotive finance and financial services experience ... Read More
Latest two moves by US Bank have dealers & OEMs in mind
U.S. Bank made a pair of moves last week geared to boost its position in automotive with dealerships and OEMs. First, U.S. Bank said it is launching redesigned BMW, MINI and BMW Motorrad Mastercard credit card products that offer cardholders ... Read More
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
SPONSORED PODCAST: Securing the Vehicle Handoff with Secure Vehicle Transfer
In this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits speaks with Lainey Sibble and Eric Schwartz from Central Dispatch about the newest technology impacting vehicle transport: Secure Vehicle Transfer. Learn more about this impactful technology and how it’s helping ... Listen Here

Latest Credit Acceptance ABS financing & update on dealer fees

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
After revealing a change in its latest quarterly report about how dealer fees are collected, Credit Acceptance Corp. also recently shared the details about its completion of a $351.7 million asset-backed non-recourse secured financing. Pursuant to this transaction, Credit Acceptance ... [Read More]

Capital One survey shows soft buyer confidence in securing financing

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Consumers appear to have a notable desire to purchase a vehicle amid the upcoming holiday shopping season. Their sureness that a finance company will underwrite the contract so they can take delivery doesn’t appear to be on the same level. ... [Read More]

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AI & Auto Finance: An Expert Guide to Using This Technology

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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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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October auto default rate stays on par with historical trendline

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While a bit higher than the year-ago reading, the latest auto-finance default rate included among the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices is on par with what the metric has been in October multiple times during the past five years. This ... [Read More]

Federal and state regulators approve merger of BB&T and SunTrust

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A banking merger first announced back in February finally received a blessing from federal regulators on Tuesday. The Federal Reserve Board met and approved the application by BB&T Corp. of Winston-Salem, N.C., to merge with SunTrust Banks of Atlanta, becoming ... [Read More]

Russi resurfaces as part of Resolvion’s board

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Resolvion — the newly formed provider of loss mitigation services stemming from the recent merger of ALS Resolvion and Del Mar Recovery Solutions — added a well-known executive to its board. Resolvion announced on Wednesday that Tim Russi, former vice ... [Read More]

Geostamping capability among latest enhancements from RDN and Clearplan

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Coming on the heels of multiple discussions during Used Car Week 2019 about improving efficiencies during the recovery process, a pair of KAR Global business units rolled out key platform enhancements meant to accomplish that objective. Recovery Database Network (RDN) ... [Read More]

KBRA: Seasonal impact on October ABS indices intensifies

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The seasonal impact Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) expected to see when analysts assembled their latest prime and non-prime indices of the automotive asset-backed securities (ABS) market arrived in October. KBRA reported auto loan ABS credit performance weakened again in ... [Read More]

Steadiness a theme in TransUnion Industry Insights report

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Daryl Lubinsky, Correspondent
Subprime, near-prime and prime year-over-year origination growth all saw year-over-year declines for the first time since a six-quarter pullback that lasted from the third quarter of 2016 to the fourth quarter of 2017, according to a new report from TransUnion. But ... [Read More]

ALS Resolvion and Del Mar Recovery Solutions announce merger

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
American Recovery Association executive director Les McCook has proven to be quite prophetic stemming from a comment he made during the Innovations in Recovery Summit hosted by ALS Resolvion in late September. McCook said, “In the next 24 months, there ... [Read More]

Copart selected as Innovator of the Year for solution that benefits entire customer base

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Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
The newest accolade to be handed out during Used Car Week is going to an operation that’s been a publicly traded company for 25 years. But one of the reasons Copart has been successful for that span is being able ... [Read More]

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