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Cutting keys & cutting costs during repossessions and recoveries
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:42 PM
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
Four experts on automotive & the economy
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:39 PM
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
Sponsored Episode: Winning Trade-Ins and Trust – Navigating Today’s Affordability Challenges
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, 03:15 PM
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

CFPB hands $3M fine to Experian over credit scores

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Friday, Mar. 24, 2017, 03:39 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On Thursday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took action against Experian and its subsidiaries for what regulators said was “deceiving” consumers about the use of credit scores it sold to consumers. The CFPB said Experian claimed the credit scores ... [Read More]

RouteOne integrates with defi SOLUTIONS to boost eContracting

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Thursday, Mar. 23, 2017, 03:03 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
RouteOne announced on Thursday that defi SOLUTIONS is now an eContracting certified loan origination system (LOS) with RouteOne. The companies highlighted that finance sources utilizing defi’s LOS now can benefit from a streamlined eContracting implementation process. The companies noted that ... [Read More]

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The ART of AI: A Dealership Guide to Deploying AI With Confidence

AI is rapidly reshaping dealership operations, yet most stores are still in early experimentation mode. According to the Cox Automotive...
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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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Westlake sets new mark with $700M securitization

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Wednesday, Mar. 22, 2017, 02:23 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Within a week of leveraging additional vehicle location data and analytics to mitigate its risk, Westlake Financial Services announced on Tuesday that the finance company issued a $700 million asset-backed securitization backed by approximately $748.7 million of automotive loans and ... [Read More]

House hearing gathers experts to debate CFPB structure & more

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Wednesday, Mar. 22, 2017, 02:19 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Does Richard Cordray possess more power than President Trump? No matter what Trump’s possible tweets might be to the contrary, one of the Constitution experts who testified during a U.S. House hearing on Tuesday declared that, in fact, the director ... [Read More]

Annual subprime ABS performance dips for 4th straight year

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Tuesday, Mar. 21, 2017, 02:46 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with taking a longer-term look and investigating how all pools would perform through a credit cycle, S&P Global Ratings reported that collateral performance in the U.S. subprime auto loan asset-backed securities (ABS) sector weakened in 2016 for the fourth ... [Read More]

TrainAndCertify.org offers new certification program for VSC professionals

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Monday, Mar. 20, 2017, 03:25 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
TrainAndCertify.org, a national provider of training and certification programs for sales and customer service reps in various consumer-centric industries, recently announced its Certified Vehicle Protection Professional (CVPP) certification program. TrainAndCertify.org established the CVPP program via the Academy of Certified Vehicle ... [Read More]

13 industry groups & DOJ file briefs in CFPB constitutionality case

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Monday, Mar. 20, 2017, 03:23 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The parade of legal developments leading toward the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rehearing an important case involving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has started in earnest. First, the American Financial Services Association, along with ... [Read More]

AUL outlines 3 components F&I training offering

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Friday, Mar. 17, 2017, 02:40 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Warranty and vehicle service contract administrator AUL Corp. released its 2017 F&I training schedule on Thursday, marking the second year in a row the company is offering F&I training. AUL highlighted its training is designed to provide a tailored education ... [Read More]

Reynolds releases F&I libraries for Maine & Vermont

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Friday, Mar. 17, 2017, 02:39 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Earlier this week, Reynolds and Reynolds announced the release of the Reynolds LAW Maine F&I Library, just a short while after the firm unveiled a similar product for a neighboring state with the rollout of the Reynolds LAW Vermont F&I ... [Read More]

Where interest rates could be by end of 2019

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Thursday, Mar. 16, 2017, 01:40 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
With the federal funds rate ticking up by 0.25 percent to 1 percent as widely expected on Wednesday, Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen also described the expected median path for the federal funds rate through the close of 2019, which ... [Read More]
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