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Inside Auto Auction M&A with Mach10 CEO George Pero
Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, 02:01 PM
The auto auction industry has seen a spike in M&A over the last three years, similar to the consolidation in auto retail that has been going on much longer. And our guest today has experience with both. George Pero is ... Listen Here
Insight into Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index
Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, 04:17 PM
While the year-over-year figure reflects broader market volatility, Matthew Babcock, who oversees digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, explained the strong quarter-over-quarter increase of the Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index signals market re-engagement. Babcock elaborated about ... Listen Here
Zapmoto Co-Founder & CEO Clint Curtis
Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, 07:52 PM
We throw the keys to the valet on this episode. Clint Curtis is the co-founder and CEO of Zapmoto, which provides valet pickup and delivery of vehicles for servicing at car dealerships. He joins the Auto Remarketing Podcast for a ... Listen Here

Using math and time to overcome VSC objections

time is money
Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017, 02:21 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The training team at GWC Warranty acknowledged even the best F&I presentations are oftentimes countered with an objection over the added monthly cost of a vehicle service contract. The company also understands how dealers emphasize that overcoming this common customer ... [Read More]

Pennsylvania creates CFPB-like unit within AG’s office

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Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017, 04:13 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While some lawmakers on Capitol Hill continue to work toward a major restructuring or perhaps even a complete dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, one of the leaders of the American Recovery Association cautioned the industry about developments this ... [Read More]

Q2 delinquencies rise while industry is ‘recalibrating’

delinquency key and money picture
Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017, 02:53 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Stemming from subprime financing activity, TransUnion’s Q2 Industry Insights Report showed the magnitude of diminishing originations and rising delinquencies. Or as Brian Landau, senior vice president and automotive business leader for TransUnion, explained it to SubPrime Auto Finance News this ... [Read More]

EFG Companies unveils tool so dealers can self-adjudicate claims

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Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017, 02:51 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, EFG Companies launched what it’s calling EFG Express Claims, one of the industry’s first claims automation systems that can enable dealerships to self-adjudicate claims and receive automatic approvals. The company explained EFG Express Claims can automate the claims ... [Read More]

COMMENTARY: Watching for signs of commercial-side weakness

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Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, 03:12 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
We often report on the delinquency rates of vehicle installment contracts held by consumers. Later this week, TransUnion plans to share its second-quarter data with SubPrime Auto Finance News. But what about the repayment activity by dealerships associated with the ... [Read More]

KPA buys Automotive Compliance Consultants

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Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, 01:58 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Automotive Compliance Consultants — listed among the SubPrime 175 published by SubPrime Auto Finance News as well as the Power 300 published in Auto Remarketing — has a new owner, according to a news release distributed on Tuesday. KPA Services, ... [Read More]

J.D. Power’s latest dealer study underscores importance of underwriting department

analyst and 3 screens
Monday, Aug. 14, 2017, 03:10 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Answering questions such as "What's needed to complete this customer's financing?" appears to be a main theme of which finance companies scored well in the J.D. Power 2017 U.S. Dealer Financing Satisfaction Study and which ones did not. Analysts determined great ... [Read More]

Capital One closes $23M floor plan revolver with Missouri dealer

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Monday, Aug. 14, 2017, 03:07 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On Monday Capital One announced that the finance company provided a $23 million floorplan line of credit to Johnny Londoff Chevrolet, a second-generation family owned dealership that has been in business for more than 60 years in Florissant, Mo., a ... [Read More]

CARite taps Westlake for installment contract financing

carite store for SPN
Friday, Aug. 11, 2017, 02:28 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A dealership chain specializing in subprime leasing now has a captive-like relationship with one of the market’s larger finance companies to serve customers who would rather make a purchase through a vehicle installment contract. On Thursday, Westlake Financial Services and ... [Read More]

MUSA Auto Finance launches dealer portal to expedite leasing

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Friday, Aug. 11, 2017, 02:24 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
MUSA Auto Finance, a company specializing in new and pre-owned vehicle leasing, launched its online portal on Thursday where dealers can submit applications, receive decisions and print pre-populated lease contracts. MUSA Auto Finance highlighted this portal can automate a typically complicated ... [Read More]
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