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This Month's Focus

Artificial Intelligence

Alfa Recon leverages AI to strengthen data migration

Monday, May. 18, 2026, 11:11 AM

Alfa, provider of Alfa Systems, strengthened its data migration toolbox last week with the launch of Alfa Recon, a new artificial intelligence-enabled reconciliation module. Designed to help customers migrate legacy data and acquired portfolios to Alfa Systems more quickly, more ... Read More

Dealer group C-suite executives examine role of AI at auto retailers

Monday, May. 18, 2026, 10:23 AM

Artificial intelligence in auto retail, says Zeigler Auto Group chief operating officer Sam D’Arc, is in a similar place as digital retail was 4-5 years ago. There’s a lot of excitement, but perhaps not a complete understanding of how AI ... Read More

Dealers look to AI for customer experience boost

Monday, May. 18, 2026, 10:10 AM

Sam D’Arc doesn’t remember what his query was when he first used ChatGPT, but the response was fast and accurate. “It caused a little bit of awe and surprise in how well it extracted information into the answer to the ... Read More

Explaining lead deterioration & performance-based marketing for dealerships

Tuesday, May. 19, 2026, 02:02 PM

We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. AutoWeb / UsedCars.com president and COO Dan Ingle tackled ... Listen Here

Navigating used-car inventory management with John Ellis of Agile Auto

Tuesday, May. 19, 2026, 01:58 PM

We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. Agile Auto founder and CEO John Ellis acknowledged inventory ... Listen Here

Flipping EV battery risk into faster sales

Monday, May. 18, 2026, 07:49 PM

We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. AVILOO chief executive officer Brett Lippel focused on what ... Listen Here

New-car rates jump to near-decade high as delinquencies remain stable

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Thursday, Apr. 5, 2018, 02:29 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

As Edmunds spotted interest rates on new-vehicle financing climbing to the highest level in nearly a decade, the latest auto finance data from Equifax showed severe delinquency edged up only slightly in February. According to information shared this week with ... [Read More]

CFPB acting director requests 4 major changes to bureau operations

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Wednesday, Apr. 4, 2018, 02:54 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

As another state in the Northeast established an consumer protection agency that resembles the one at the federal level, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau included what he called a “request that Congress make four changes to ... [Read More]

ALS Resolvion integrates with Clearplan to boost repo efforts

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Wednesday, Apr. 4, 2018, 02:51 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Finding vehicles up for repossession is daunting, so service providers are continuing to merge their technologies in order for finance companies to improve recovery efforts. ALS Resolvion announced that it recently became the first repossession management firm to successfully integrate its in-house ... [Read More]

DIMONT and Auto Trakk announce partnership

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Wednesday, Apr. 4, 2018, 02:48 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Vehicle leasing in the subprime space is getting a boost by two service providers now collaborating. DIMONT, a provider of insurance claims recovery and collateral loss mitigation services, finalized a partnership this week with Pennsylvania-based Auto Trakk, a leading automotive ... [Read More]

Black Book’s 2018 depreciation forecast and 3 other findings from Fitch

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Tuesday, Apr. 3, 2018, 02:31 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Now with one quarter of 2018 in the books, Black Book and Fitch Ratings released their latest joint vehicle depreciation report. Along with three other major findings, Black Book forecasted an annual depreciation rate of 17 percent in 2018 as ... [Read More]

FTC responds to CFPB info request about CIDs

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Monday, Apr. 2, 2018, 02:41 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Industry associations and private and publicly traded companies aren’t the only entities replying to a request for information issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Last week, the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection (BCP) filed a comment to ... [Read More]

F&I roundup: Updates involving Darwin, RouteOne, Reynolds and Hendrick

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Monday, Apr. 2, 2018, 02:39 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Two leading providers of technology to help dealership F&I offices function smoothly — Darwin Automotive and Reynolds and Reynolds — each recently landed significant developments to boost their industry presence. First, Darwin Automotive announced that Darwin Online is now integrated ... [Read More]

Santander Consumer USA revamps website

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Monday, Apr. 2, 2018, 02:37 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

With so much discussion happening at recent industry conferences about enhancing how customers shop for and finance their vehicles, Santander Consumer USA took action. SCUSA unveiled a new company website with the singular goal of improving the overall customer experience. ... [Read More]

SpringboardAuto case study reinforces survey results about online financing satisfaction

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Thursday, Mar. 29, 2018, 03:14 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Earlier this year, SpringboardAuto released results of a survey that determined consumers want to finance their vehicle online and doing so significantly improves their overall car buying experience and perception of the dealership where they take delivery. And last week, ... [Read More]

Dissecting implications of latest appeals court actions involving TCPA

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Wednesday, Mar. 28, 2018, 03:45 PM

Eve Cann, Baker Donelson

In its long-awaited ruling addressing the Federal Communications Commission’s 2015 Declaratory Ruling and Order, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit partially upheld and partially set aside challenges to four specific provisions that had been intended to offer ... [Read More]

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