AI is rapidly reshaping dealership operations, yet most stores are still in early experimentation mode. According to the Cox Automotive...
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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
Sponsored Episode: Winning Talent Strategies for Car Dealerships – with CDK & Industry Leaders
In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, host Bruce Johnson from CDK sits down with Tyler Jones, President of EV Auto, and Joe Brown, CMO at Frank Leta, to explore proven strategies for attracting and retaining top talent ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, 10:00 AM
Dissecting evolving credit scores with Shams Blanc of FICO
As much as auto-finance underwriting has become sophisticated, a potential starting point to determine if the applicant will be offered an installment contract is the credit score. Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, described the ... Listen Here
Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, 03:34 PM
3 new features of GrooveCar’s vehicle-buying platform
Monday, Jul. 24, 2017, 03:11 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
GrooveCar added three new features to its vehicle-buying platform for credit unions; enhancements the company says are designed to continue to support the platform’s mission of boosting credit union engagement and lead generation. The highly responsive design has made the ... [Read More]
SCUSA refutes claims made in union-led report
Friday, Jul. 21, 2017, 07:20 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Stemming from an effort to unionize workers, Santander Consumer USA on Friday afternoon vehemently refuted claims contained in a report distributed by the AFL-CIO, National Employment Law Project and Committee for Better Banks about how the finance company’s collections department ... [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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Republicans out to stop CFPB arbitration rule
Friday, Jul. 21, 2017, 02:51 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
House and Senate lawmakers wasted little time in using Congressional Review Act (CRA) authority to start an effort to stop the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s final rule prohibiting the use of class action waivers in arbitration clauses. The CRA permits ... [Read More]
Great Recession repeat not expected as payment performance likely softens
Friday, Jul. 21, 2017, 02:43 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
As experts and policymakers shared a variety of economic trend updates and observations, Fitch Ratings summarized that record-setting payment performance isn’t likely to simply last forever. But at the same time, Fitch reiterated that deterioration of auto finance performance — ... [Read More]
Survey shows strong support for ‘futuristic’ payment technologies
Thursday, Jul. 20, 2017, 01:52 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
How contract holders in your auto finance portfolio make future payments continues to be an evolving topic, as a recent survey conducted by Viewpost showed. Viewpost, a network for invoicing, payments and cash management, produced a survey of American consumers ... [Read More]
New arbitration rule now on path to be in effect in September
Wednesday, Jul. 19, 2017, 03:10 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Well, the clock now is officially running with regard to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s final rule prohibiting the use of class action waivers in arbitration clauses. The rule appeared in the Federal Register on Wednesday, meaning that barring a ... [Read More]
4 more enhancements to GWC Warranty’s Dealer Portal
Wednesday, Jul. 19, 2017, 03:05 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Used-vehicle service contract and related finance and insurance product provider GWC Warranty has released Dealer Portal 2.1 — the latest batch of enhancements to GWC’s online dealer resource center. The company highlighted Dealer Portal 2.1 contains a series of new ... [Read More]
ACA International elects 2017-2018 board of directors and officers
Wednesday, Jul. 19, 2017, 03:04 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
ACA International elected its new 2017-2018 board of directors and officers this past week as part of the 2017 Convention & Expo in Seattle. New members joining the board for three-year terms are: • Albert Cadena, president and chief executive ... [Read More]
June auto default rate sets 10-year low
Tuesday, Jul. 18, 2017, 03:25 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Perhaps the auto loan component of the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices is becoming a game of “how low can you go?” A month after the rate tied a 10-year low, S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian released data through ... [Read More]
5 reforms when FTC issues civil investigative demands
Monday, Jul. 17, 2017, 08:12 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
If a federal investigation into your dealership or finance company ever happens, perhaps here is some good news regarding how it might unfold. Federal Trade Commission acting chairman Maureen Ohlhausen on Monday announced several internal process reforms in the agency’s ... [Read More]
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