A Buyer’s Guide for Independent Dealer, BHPH, and Auto Finance Leaders Reducing Risk, Unlocking Opportunity Independent dealers and finance companies...
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4 experts on dealer M&A, retail buy-sell landscape
Dealership acquisitions and ownership changes seem to surface multiple times per week nowadays. How those deals come to fruition was the focus of a Used Car Week 2025 panel discussion led by Cherokee Media Group’s Joe Overby. Sharing their insights ... Listen Here
Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, 05:32 PM
3 lender executives on affordability & more in auto finance
Used Car Week 2025 featured a panel focused on the state of auto finance. Led by Jennifer Martin of the NAF Association, Christopher Mitcham of Santander Consumer USA, Mary Leigh Phillips of Bridgecrest Acceptance and Amy Brooks of Chase Auto ... Listen Here
Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, 05:09 PM
Smoothing dealer path to buying cars from consumers with Anthony Monteiro of AutoAcquire AI
More dealers are seeking inventory by buying directly from consumers. But some managers are still struggling with how to best execute a plan. To help dealers of all sizes in various markets, AutoAcquire AI CEO Anthony Monteiro appeared on the ... Listen Here
Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, 05:57 PM
Westlake describes benefits of leveraging DRN’s vehicle location data and analytics
Wednesday, Mar. 15, 2017, 02:29 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Digital Recognition Network (DRN) recently embedded DRNsights, powered by vehicle location data plus analytics, into Westlake Financial’s servicing platform to manage risk and reduce losses. The companies shared that Westlake’s recent monthly performance report showed DRN’s data assisted Westlake with ... [Read More]
UPDATED: Sage Automotive Group, FTC settle for $3.6M
Tuesday, Mar. 14, 2017, 07:29 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Federal Trade Commission announced on Tuesday that the Sage Automotive Group — which includes nine Los Angeles-based dealerships, its holding and management companies and two individuals — has agreed to pay more than $3.6 million in order to settle ... [Read More]
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Used Car Turn Vendor Management Checklist
Vehicles touch multiple vendors before they ever hit the lot, and when approvals, communication, and invoices are scattered, delays are...
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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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Payix launches mobile collections app and payment processing solutions
Tuesday, Mar. 14, 2017, 02:06 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Payix co-founders Chris Chestnut and Preston Cecil sat in Chestnut’s home a little more than a year ago. The pair had worked together at Innovate Auto Finance, a North Texas company that specializes in purchasing auto portfolios of all sizes ... [Read More]
How ‘fairly stable consumers’ could impact subprime
Monday, Mar. 13, 2017, 03:37 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Certain macroeconomic trends — especially employment and consumer confidence — prompted Santander Consumer USA president and chief executive officer Jason Kulas to say that he sees a “fairly stable consumer” after he examined the finance company’s portfolio as well as ... [Read More]
GWC Warranty rolls out free compliance training for top dealer clients
Monday, Mar. 13, 2017, 03:35 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Used-vehicle service contract and related finance and insurance products provider GWC Warranty introduced a new exclusive benefit for its top dealers. Members of the WealthBuilder and Elite Dealer Programs now have access to free, online, on-demand compliance training. Through GWC ... [Read More]
Del Mar Recovery Solutions & MBSi broaden partnership
Friday, Mar. 10, 2017, 04:20 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, repossession services provider Del Mar Recovery Solutions announced that the company expanded its partnership with MBSi Corp. to encompass MBSi’s new suite of products. For the past several years, Del Mar Recovery Solutions has utilized MBSi’s iRepo platform ... [Read More]
Negative auto ABS trends continue in January
Friday, Mar. 10, 2017, 04:18 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
S&P Global Ratings reported on Thursday that collateral performance in the U.S. prime and subprime auto loan asset-backed securities (ABS) sectors continued to weaken in January. “Surprisingly, delinquencies did not decline from December to January as they usually do,” the ... [Read More]
Equifax rolls out suite of 3 advanced analytics tools
Thursday, Mar. 9, 2017, 02:15 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On Thursday, Equifax announced the global launch of a portfolio of analytics tools dubbed Equifax Ignite that’s available now in the U.S., Canada and the U.K., and coming to Australia in the fall. The company explained that Equifax Ignite challenges ... [Read More]
CFPB’s supervisory highlights focus on credit reporting
Wednesday, Mar. 8, 2017, 03:23 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently released a report detailing the problems in the credit reporting industry that the bureau said it has uncovered and corrected through its oversight work. Since launching its supervision of the credit reporting market, ... [Read More]
Wise F&I’s products now accessible through Darwin Automotive
Wednesday, Mar. 8, 2017, 03:19 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Wise F&I, which offers an array of voluntary protection products including guaranteed asset protection (GAP), appearance care service contracts, tire and wheel protection, vehicle service contracts, theft deterrent systems, key replacement and other ancillary products, recently announced its products are ... [Read More]
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