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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
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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
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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
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CFPB & Subprime Bubble Talk at NAF Association Conference
Friday, May. 29, 2015, 04:47 AM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
As one the leading experts in asset backed securities analysis took a stab at deflating the “subprime bubble” talk, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau official whose jurisdiction is the auto finance market answered pre-submitted questions for nearly an hour on ... [Read More]
5 Groups Seek Public Comment Period Over Bureau’s Arbitration Study
Friday, May. 29, 2015, 04:39 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Five trade groups, including the American Bankers Association, American Financial Services Association and the Consumer Data Industry Association, recently sent a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau offering five reasons why the CFPB should solicit public comment on its ... [Read More]
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Subprime Originations Up More Than 6%
Thursday, May. 28, 2015, 04:33 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While praising financing companies for their underwriting prowess, TransUnion’s latest auto report — viewed one quarter in arrears to ensure all accounts are included in the data — showed notable origination growth in the subprime risk tier. Contracts extended to ... [Read More]
57 Federal Lawmakers Want End of Arbitration
Tuesday, May. 26, 2015, 07:54 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
As one senator proposed legislation to bring the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau within the Congressional appropriations process, Sen. Al Franken led a group of 57 U.S. lawmakers who urged the CFPB to issue new rules “swiftly” that would eliminate the ... [Read More]
April Auto Defaults at Lowest Point in 10 Months
Tuesday, May. 26, 2015, 07:51 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian discovered auto loan defaults dropped 9 basis points in April to settle at its lowest level since June of last year. Analysts reported as a part of the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices that ... [Read More]
Global Asset & Auto Finance Market Is Looking Positive
Tuesday, May. 26, 2015, 07:49 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The newest analyst video from White Clarke Group shows the global asset and auto finance market is looking positive, despite political and economic tensions. White Clark Group explained the global leasing industry started 2015 with positive expectations that remain undaunted, ... [Read More]
NAF Association Updates Conference Plans After Texas Storms
Tuesday, May. 26, 2015, 03:20 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In light of the severe weather impacting the Lone Star State during the past several days, National Automotive Finance Association executive director Jack Tracey offered an update on the organization’s Non-Prime Auto Financing Conference, which begins on Wednesday afternoon in ... [Read More]
30 States, 3 Credit Bureaus Reach Settlement
Friday, May. 22, 2015, 03:49 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Ohio attorney general Mike DeWine and 30 other state attorneys general reached a settlement this week with the three main credit reporting agencies — Equifax, Experian and TransUnion — which have agreed to make a number of changes to their ... [Read More]
AFG & CU Direct Partner for Balloon Program
Friday, May. 22, 2015, 03:39 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Auto Financial Group — an online provider of innovative financing products including CarMark Auto Finance for credit unions and banks — recently formed a new partnership with CU Direct, a provider of lending, automotive and strategic solutions to the credit ... [Read More]
Exeter Finance Names New CFO
Friday, May. 22, 2015, 02:50 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Exeter Finance Corp. went outside of the auto finance sector to find its new chief executive officer last fall, and on Friday, the subprime operation repeated the process when choosing a new chief financial officer. Taking on the CFO role for ... [Read More]
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