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Equity Bottom-Up

Consumer Portfolio Services / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Consumer Portfolio Services is a specialty finance company focused on purchasing and servicing retail automobile contracts (mostly secured by late model used vehicles) sourced by the company's network of franchised and independent automobile dealers in the United States.</li><li>CPSS provides indirect financing to subprime customers of dealers, or individuals with limited credit histories or past credit issues.</li><li>Proprietary originations are generally funded on a long-term basis through the asset-backed securitization markets.</li></ul>

Consumer Portfolio Services is a specialty finance company focused on purchasing and servicing retail automobile contracts (mostly secured by late model used vehicles) sourced by the company's network of franchised and independent automobile dealers in the United States.CPSS provides indirect financing to subprime customers of dealers, or individuals with limited credit histories or past credit issues.Proprietary originations are generally funded on a long-term basis through the asset-backed securitization markets.

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