AI is rapidly reshaping dealership operations, yet most stores are still in early experimentation mode. According to the Cox Automotive...
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Connecting auto finance, risk management & interest rates ahead of Fed’s last policy meeting of year
Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, 10:23 AM
COMMENTARY: A dealer's 2026 strategy guide for F&I in the new age of affordability
Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, 09:55 AM
Growing volume of paper booked in Q3 has terms stretching toward 2033
Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, 10:58 AM
Cutting keys & cutting costs during repossessions and recoveries
Drawing standing-room-only attendance in the second-largest setting at Used Car Week 2025, Ryan Miller led a six-executive panel session that focused on one of the most complex challenges in all of repossessions and recoveries. Now available through this episode of ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:42 PM
Four experts on automotive & the economy
Used Car Week 2025 again brought together experts who can explain which parts of the economy impact automotive most. This year’s event included views from Laura Wehunt of Black Book, Tim Gill of the American Financial Services Association, T.J. Cox ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:39 PM
Sponsored Episode: Winning Trade-Ins and Trust – Navigating Today’s Affordability Challenges
Affordability challenges are reshaping the automotive landscape—vehicle prices and payments are at all-time highs and negative equity is on the rise. In this episode, Micah Tindor offers a data-driven conversation with real-world strategies around acquisition tactics and long-term profitability to ... Listen Here
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, 03:15 PM
Southern California dealer group to pay FTC $1.4 million over advertising issues
Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, 04:34 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Federal Trade Commission flexed its regulatory muscle again this week. Officials said a southern California-based dealership group will pay $1.4 million to settle FTC charges that it violated a 2014 administrative order prohibiting the company from misrepresenting how much ... [Read More]
Interest rate rise in December appears likely
Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, 04:21 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
With the Federal Reserve again passing on the chance to move interest rates higher this month, S&P Global Ratings is expecting the Federal Open Market Committee to tick the target range for the federal funds rate up by 25 basis ... [Read More]
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Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business
Turn Battery Risk Into Trust: Your Edge in the Used EV Market
Independent battery health certification is the new gold standard for used EV dealerships. The latest AVILOO detect Magazine reveals how...
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How GMs Start Their Day with Mastermind & Make More Deals
Successful General Managers know that how you start the day sets the tone for dealership performance. This checklist outlines the...
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Rising Repos, Shrinking Margins: A Guide to Reduce Collections and Servicing Costs with AI Agents
As delinquencies rise and margins tighten, leading auto lenders use AI agents to cut collections and servicing costs without compromising...
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Out-of-State Titling: 12 Steps Every Title Clerk Should Follow (The Easy Way)
Out-of-state titling isn’t easy. With every state having different DMV requirements, document packets, and deadlines, it’s easy for mistakes to...
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Free Guide: How Smart Dealers Can Profit from Customer Car Insurance
Turn Customer Auto Insurance into Dealership Profit If you're not profiting from auto insurance in your dealership, now’s the time...
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Go In-House With Your Photos
Your Photo Vendor Didn’t Show Up Again? Let’s Fix That. Stop relying on vendors and start owning your inventory. This...
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The Auto Dealer’s Complete Checklist for Evaluating AI
The Auto Dealer’s Complete Checklist for Evaluating AI highlights key questions dealership leaders should ask technology partners during the selection...
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TD Auto Finance’s top exec among AFSA award winners
Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, 04:17 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Andrew Stuart, president and chief executive officer of TD Auto Finance, was among three recipients of a 2017 American Financial Services Association Distinguished Service Award (DSA) during AFSA’s 101st annual meeting. The other two executives given the association’s highest honor ... [Read More]
PointPredictive hosts roundtable to curtail auto-finance fraud
Friday, Nov. 3, 2017, 03:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The fight against fraud in auto finance continued last week. PointPredictive held its second Auto Lending Fraud Roundtable last week in Dallas with finance companies representing 48 percent of total automotive originations in the U.S. They met to further collaborate ... [Read More]
Trump’s signature nullifies CFPB arbitration rule
Friday, Nov. 3, 2017, 03:29 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
President Trump followed through this week by signing H.J. Res. 111, which nullifies the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's rule prohibiting the use of a pre-dispute arbitration agreement to prevent a consumer from filing or participating in certain class action suits. ... [Read More]
Black Book releases economic scenario-based residuals data tool
Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, 02:15 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Black Book rolled out a new solution on Wednesday meant to mitigate the stress — perceived and actual — that lease providers might have about residual values. Black Book release its new economic scenario-based residuals that’s now available to finance ... [Read More]
CFPB’s 7 principles for consumer-authorized financial data sharing and aggregation
Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, 02:35 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently offered its assessment regarding a potential information path auto finance company collectors and recovery professionals might use during the skip-tracing process to mitigate delinquencies and potential charge-offs. The CFPB outlined seven principles for when ... [Read More]
GWC Warranty promotes manager to VP post
Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, 02:31 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
GWC Warranty, a provider of used-vehicle service contracts and related F&I products sold through dealers, recently promoted Cynthia Bodden to the position of area vice president of sales for the company’s Mid-Atlantic region. In her role, the company highlighted that ... [Read More]
Sword Apak elevates exec to global sales manager
Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, 02:29 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Sword Apak, which provides financial systems to the global asset finance and banking sectors, recently appointed Kris Turner to head up its expanding global sales efforts, where momentum has seen the company’s interest expand across the United States, Europe and ... [Read More]
Nearly 60 percent of GM Financial’s Q3 originations fell within prime
Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, 02:35 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
In the words of General Motors Financial president and chief executive officer Dan Berce, the paper the captive is adding “continues to skew to more prime originations.” Berce made his latest proclamation when GM Financial shared its third-quarter results, which ... [Read More]
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