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 spots 6 new records as average amounts financed, payments & terms keep growing in Q3
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This Month's Focus
Turbocharged Finance
3 primary capabilities of PayNearMe’s AI Servicing and Collections Agent
Fueled by more than $100M in strategic financing, MCO names new president
ITOCHU invests in MOTER again to leverage connected-car technology
Jeremy Louisos of Preowned Auto Logistics Returns to Show
Our “PAL” Jeremy Louisos of Preowned Auto Logistics is back on the show for a wide-ranging conversation about his work on remarketing industry committees and conferences, top issues and hot topics in auto transport and much more. The interview is ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: Rethinking vehicle-protection plans for today’s wide inventory mix with GWC Warranty
Used-car inventory on dealer lots nowadays can range from older, higher-mileage vehicles to EVs, lifted trucks, and modified vehicles. The result is dealers are also having to change the vehicle-protection conversations with customers. In this special sponsored episode of the ... Listen Here
Recapping credit scores & other trends in auto finance with Shams Blanc of FICO
Shams Blanc, head of auto scores at FICO, made another appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast to elaborate more about the fall edition of the FICO Score Credit Insights report. Along with recapping what’s going on in auto finance, Blanc ... Listen Here
KAR ramps up recovery services with purchase of Clearplan
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
KAR Auction Services today announced it has boosted its asset recovery capabilities with the purchase of Clearplan. Based in Reno, Nev., Clearplan is a digital platform for recovery agents, drivers, forwarders and lenders that acts as a centralized, mobile “cloud-based ... [Read More]
Fed keeps interest rates steady
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
There’s no doubt about the Federal Reserve’s decision revealed this week to leave interest rates as they are at least for the time being. By a unanimous vote, the Federal Open Market Committee decided to maintain the target range for ... [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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How Location Services is blending diverse backgrounds into one recovery team
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
What Locations Services believes is the recipe for success in the repossession and recovery industries includes taking executives from an array of well-known companies such as Ally Financial, PAR North America and Remarketing of America and fueling them with the ... [Read More]
Top 100 markets where millennials carry most auto debt
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, LendingTree released its study on where millennials owe the most on their financed vehicles. And as they say, everything is bigger in Texas. The results, ranked by median balance, showed where millennials are the most and least burdened ... [Read More]
Consolidated Asset Recovery Systems and DRN enhance working relationship
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Two prominent industry names — Consolidated Asset Recovery Systems and Digital Recognition Network (DRN) — now are working even closer together. The two companies that will each have prominent appearances during Repo Con at Used Car Week 2018 announced on ... [Read More]
AGORA unveils validation report for seasoned contracts
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
AGORA Data is responding to the need for accurate information involving seasoned vehicle installment contracts. On Monday, the secondary loan marketplace announced what that company believes is the release of the first-ever loan validation report for seasoned loans. AGORA’s proprietary ... [Read More]
Secure Collateral Management to leverage MBSi’s compliance management system
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Secure Collateral Management already announced the skip-tracing and collateral recovery provider was moving into a new headquarters. And then Monday, Secure Collateral Management and MBSi Corp. — a member of the Automotive Intelligence Council and provider of repossession assignment software ... [Read More]
New-model prices keep rising as average APR hits highest point in 9 years
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Finance companies continue to fill and expand their portfolios, especially when buying paper attached to a new vehicle that’s becoming more difficult for consumers to afford as transaction prices and interest rates keep climbing. October data shared by Edmunds and ... [Read More]
ARA and TFA to host webinar to share plans for new association
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
At the beginning of October, the American Recovery Association (ARA) and Time Finance Adjusters (TFA) announced plans to form one organization that would launch in January. During a free webinar, the two organizations will present more details of the new ... [Read More]
PAR completes year-long task, unveils Platinum Compliance portal
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Lisa Scott took charge of PAR North America (PAR) last August with a specific objective near the top of her agenda as she began to oversee this segment of KAR Auction Services. “One of my goals was to enhance the ... [Read More]
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