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Cars Commerce’s Grant Goering on the convergence of retail and wholesale
Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, 04:17 PM
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How AI can improve repossessions with Geoff Weathersby of SVR Tracking
Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, 06:02 PM
Artificial intelligence helps individuals and businesses in many ways nowadays. Can AI help to sharpen the repossession process, too? Geoff Weathersby thinks so. The chief operating officer of SVR Tracking explained how on the Live Stage presented by SYNC Auto ... Listen Here
Talking titles with Dave Spencer of Vitu
Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, 04:35 PM
Some folks might consider title work the most boring part of automotive. Well, on the Live Stage presented by SYNC Auto Logistics at Used Car Week 2025, Vitu vice president of national sales Dave Spencer explained how exciting — and ... Listen Here

Former Assurant, GE exec joins AUL as CFO

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Monday, Jul. 2, 2018, 02:34 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
AUL Corp. president and chief executive officer Jimmy Atkinson continued to bolster the company’s top management team. The administrator of vehicle service contracts recently appointed David Chang to the position of chief financial officer. Chang, who brings more than 20 ... [Read More]

PointPredictive chooses FICO expert to lead artificial intelligence scoring team

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Monday, Jul. 2, 2018, 02:33 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
PointPredictive recently added to its roster of experts tasked with helping auto finance companies combat fraud and other risks to their operations. PointPredictive announced that Mike Kennedy has joined the company as vice president of analytics to spearhead the growing ... [Read More]

S&P Global Ratings spots 1990s flashback in subprime ABS space

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Thursday, Jun. 28, 2018, 03:06 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In some circles, 1990s fashion is back in style nowadays, and S&P Global Ratings is seeing trends within the subprime auto ABS market that resemble the time when Umbro shorts, the discman and tight-rolled pantlegs became popular. According to a ... [Read More]

8 personnel moves at Millennium Capital and Recovery

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Wednesday, Jun. 27, 2018, 03:43 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Nationwide recovery management and skip tracing firm Millennium Capital and Recovery Corp. made a total of eight personnel moves this week as five executives ascended into new positions, and three managers joined the company. According to a news release, the ... [Read More]

Pre-approvals remain critical to shoppers during their buying journey

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Wednesday, Jun. 27, 2018, 03:39 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The auto financing process certainly has evolved significantly for the days of paper faxes, but Equifax emphasized that pre-approvals and credit checks remain a critical component of the automotive shopping process. Equifax unveiled additional analysis in its ongoing study of ... [Read More]

Platinum Auto Finance bolsters resources near Florida base

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Tuesday, Jun. 26, 2018, 02:18 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Platinum Auto Finance recently made a series of strategic moves, including an expansion in markets near its base in Florida while closing one of its facilities in North Carolina. The expansion portion of the subprime auto finance company’s strategy involves ... [Read More]

Auto defaults drop to lowest point since last July

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Monday, Jun. 25, 2018, 03:21 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Auto defaults dropped last month for the third consecutive month as the May reading now has settled below the 1-percent mark for the fourth year in a row. According to data through May released by S&P Dow Jones Indices and ... [Read More]

Another federal judge calls CFPB unconstitutional

legal analysis
Friday, Jun. 22, 2018, 03:28 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
In a case unrelated to auto finance, a ruling by a New York federal judge released this week found the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to be unconstitutionally structured; an action that disagreed with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals stating ... [Read More]

Kennedy: Why aren’t finance companies using traditional methods to fight fraud?

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Thursday, Jun. 21, 2018, 03:28 PM
Joel Kennedy, Spinnaker Consulting Group
During the recent National Automotive Finance Association Non-Prime Financing Conference, I led “Fraud Friday” sessions where I presented my taxonomy of fraud and showcased two panels highlighting more of the unique and innovative solutions in the space today. While there ... [Read More]

COMMENTARY: Considering all-in-one pricing for repossession services

best practices
Wednesday, Jun. 20, 2018, 04:12 PM
Mike Levison, ALS Resolvion
During the past 12 to 18 months, there has been a real increase in interest by lenders around the idea of establishing “all-in-one pricing” (AiO) with their repossession forwarders. Most of this interest has been spurred by concerns expressed by ... [Read More]
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