Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
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Edmunds on why appeal of used EVs could surge as gas prices keep rising & affordability remains challenging
Wednesday, Mar. 11, 2026, 10:30 AM
PODCAST: Carleton’s Tim Yalich on how critical accurate payment information is to today’s car shoppers
Tuesday, Mar. 10, 2026, 10:57 AM
Already the top factor holding back dealership business, potential economic headwinds build
Monday, Mar. 9, 2026, 10:53 AM
Industry Elite: Sean Morgan of Westlake Financial
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Sean Morgan, who is executive vice president of finance and operations at Westlake Financial. Morgan talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby ... Listen Here
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 03:07 PM
Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Tom Kontos of Auto Auction Holdings
Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners continue with Tom Kontos, who now is analytics advisor for Auto Auction Holdings. Convinced to come out of retirement and get back in the business last fall with the growing wholesale ... Listen Here
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 01:56 PM
Industry Elite: Mike Clark Jr. of C&C Cars
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Mike Clark Jr., operations manager of C& C Cars in Pinellas Park, Fla. Clark is a third-generation dealer and helps run the family business ... Listen Here
Friday, Mar. 20, 2026, 03:50 PM
FTC begins refund processing from Vroom settlement
Monday, Mar. 17, 2025, 09:32 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Vroom settled charges with the Federal Trade Commission in July that the former online used-car retailer failed to follow the Mail, Internet, and Telephone Order Rule, the Pre-Sale Availability Rule, and the Used Car Rule. Last week, the FTC said ... [Read More]
Arra Finance highlights ‘significant progress’ in subprime market since acquisition by Obra Capital
Friday, Mar. 14, 2025, 10:49 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
It’s been about seven months since Obra Capital acquired Arra Finance, so the indirect subprime auto finance company shared an update this week about how it’s going. Arra Finance said it’s made “significant progress” in successfully relaunching and leveraging its ... [Read More]
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The Dealer’s Guide to Smarter GPS Tracking
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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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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Former Reynolds, Wolters Kluwer exec named Carleton’s VP of business development
Friday, Mar. 14, 2025, 10:48 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Carleton reinforced its executive team this week, hiring Tim Yalich as vice president of business development. In this role, the provider of compliant financial calculations and lending document generation software said Yalich will be responsible for driving strategic growth initiatives ... [Read More]
Subprime space at center of latest credit availability trends
Thursday, Mar. 13, 2025, 10:25 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Jonathan Gregory explained why the latest reading of the Dealertrack Credit Availability Index had a notable connection to the subprime space — beyond the fact that the February figure signified the highest level of auto credit access since December 2022. ... [Read More]
Dobbins’ newest software offering designed to unify financing, sales & service
Wednesday, Mar. 12, 2025, 09:45 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Allen Dobbins is back in the automotive software space. On Tuesday, Dobbins led the launch of Emotive ERP, an all-in-one software platform specifically designed for independent auto finance companies Having previously built and orchestrated operations at AutoStar Solutions, Sigma Payment ... [Read More]
PODCAST: GM Financial’s Paul Gillespie reflects on upcoming retirement & career of more than 40 years
Tuesday, Mar. 11, 2025, 10:00 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Paul Gillespie has been involved with banking and auto finance for more than 40 years. He was an executive at AmeriCredit when General Motors purchased the company 15 years ago to form GM Financial. Gillespie’s installment contract is about to ... [Read More]
COMMENTARY: Projecting impact on repossessions as debt burdens grow
Monday, Mar. 10, 2025, 09:51 AM
Andy Sinclair, Repo Report
During tax season, the auto-repossession sector typically sees a dip in repossessions as customers receive additional cash and pay down their obligations. Recent data from Fitch Ratings and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York indicate a concerning rise in ... [Read More]
Protective Asset Protection launches hybrid solution that combines benefits of reinsurance and dealer-owned warranty companies
Friday, Mar. 7, 2025, 10:07 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Protective Asset Protection unveiled another wealth-building program option for dealerships on Thursday. Called the Protective DOWC Re Program, the company highlighted this solution merges the best of traditional reinsurance with the benefits of a Protective dealer-owned warranty company (DOWC), giving ... [Read More]
Reynolds’ O’Loughlin inducted in F&I Hall of Fame
Friday, Mar. 7, 2025, 10:06 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Terry O’Loughlin, director of compliance for Reynolds Document Services, is now a Hall of Famer. Reynolds and Reynolds highlighted this week that O’Loughlin has been inducted into the F&I Hall of Fame by the Bobit Dealer Group. During the inductee ... [Read More]
Why car business currently faces ‘noise’ and ‘chaos’
Thursday, Mar. 6, 2025, 10:27 AM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Experts are using words such as “noise” and “chaos” when describing developments coming out of Washington and what consumers are currently thinking as they try to explain what might unfold next in the car business and the general economy. Bottom ... [Read More]
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