Duane Freeman, senior vice president for national accounts at Bank of America Dealer Financial Services, has joined the Auto Finance Summit’s speaker faculty. He will participate in the Executive Dialogue session, which will map the future of auto finance.



The panel will hash out issues like managing margin compression, maintaining discipline in the face of percolating competition, and understanding recent changes to the dealership landscape.



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Peter Kidd, Jim Landy, and Greg Skurkovich are the latest additions to the Auto Finance Summit speaker faculty.



Kidd, senior vice president in charge of the consumer auto business at Fifth Third Bank, will take part in a CEO session that maps the future of auto finance. The panel will tackle issues like managing margin compression, maintaining discipline in the face of percolating competition, and understanding recent… Continue

Mike Kane, vice president of consumer credit operations for Ally Financial, and Brian Alink, senior director of customer service operations for Capital One Auto Finance, have joined the roster of stellar speakers at the upcoming Auto Finance Summit.



Kane and Alink will participate in a…

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Senior executives from Capital One Auto Finance, General Motors Financial, and Mitsubishi Motors Credit of America have joined the speaker faculty at the upcoming Auto Finance Summit.



Kevin Borgmann, president of Capital One Auto Finance, will present a session called “Maintaining Share in an…

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The agenda has been set for the 2011 Auto Finance Summit, the industry’s premier event, with a particular focus on growth amid heightened competition.



Now in its 11th year, the Auto Finance Summit — sponsored, in part, by AutoFinanceNews.net — draws the entire automotive lending and leasing community for meaningful discussion and debate on the future of the industry.…

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The Auto Finance Summit, the premier event for the lending and leasing industry, will take place this year on Oct. 26-27, at the Encore at Wynn Las Vegas.



In its 11th year, the Auto Finance Summit is where auto finance executives go to network and learn about the challenges and opportunities facing the industry.



With the market rebounding, the 2011 Auto Finance Summit is poised to be our best ever. Sessions will focus on growth and innovation amid…

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Shaun Bugbee, a vice president at BMW Financial, and Bruce Harris, chief risk officer at VW Credit, have joined the roster of stellar speakers at the upcoming Auto Finance Summit.



Bugbee will participate in a discussion entitled “The Prognosis for Leasing Amid Strong Tailwinds.” The panel will address topics including the Detroit Three’s return to leasing, residual trends and auction values, and the outlook for fleet leasing.



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2010 will mark the 10th annual Auto Finance Summit, presented by Auto Finance News and AutoFinanceNews.net, and we are determined to make it as beneficial to attendees and the industry as possible. That's why we invite you to submit your own ideas for session topics. We're absolutely going to heed your input, so comment often and honestly.



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It's been more than two years since the credit cycle started turning. It was in late 2006 when there was a realization that credit had been too easy and that originations would slow and losses would rise. Two long years have passed without any positive sentiments for the future. Two very long years.



At the Auto Finance Summit this week, I felt for the first time since 2006 that the long downward momentum in consumer credit was finally turning around. I can cite several examples, but… Continue

Rick Wade, a member of President Obama's Task Force on the Auto Industry, will address the 2009 Auto Finance Summit.



Wade, who is also the senior advisor and deputy chief of staff of the Department of Commerce, will speak on the future of the auto industry in the eyes of the federal government. The speech offers a unique opportunity to better understand the Obama administration's plans for the auto… Continue

Tim Russi, executive vice president of North American automotive operations at GMAC LLC, and Paul McCarthy, a senior economist at Ford Motor Credit Co., have joined the Speaker Faculty of the 2009 Auto Finance… Continue

Sanjiv Yajnik, president of Capital One Auto Finance, will deliver the Keynote Address at the 2009 Auto Finance Summit.



The Summit takes place Oct. 12-13 in Las Vegas.



Yajnik has been president of Capital One Auto Finance since 2007. He first joined Cap One in 1998, and was schooled at the University of Western Ontario. He… Continue

We are very pleased to announce that Balboa Insurance is the Diamond Sponsor for the 2009 Auto Finance Summit.



Balboa Insurance is a provider of risk mitigation products and services for the auto finance community.



Also participating as sponsors of the 2009 Auto Finance Summit are Fiserv and Experian Automotive.



The 2009 Auto Finance… Continue