TransUnion: Gen Z using credit more than millennial counterparts at same age
Thursday, May. 9, 2024, 11:26 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The title of a project TransUnion released on Thursday at its 2024 Financial Services Summit (attended by nearly 300 global financial services executives) might have given some frightening flashbacks of struggles with algebra. The new TransUnion study — Solving for ... [Read More]
CFPB report: More complexity results in added costs for consumers
Wednesday, May. 8, 2024, 11:35 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a new report last week that suggested consumers tend to pay more for products that have more complex pricing structures, including auto financing. The CFPB said this report is based on experiments with multiple ... [Read More]
3 goals of RPM-MBSi partnership to help lenders, agents & forwarders
Wednesday, May. 8, 2024, 11:32 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, RPM and MBSi Corp. announced a new partnership, aligning their areas of expertise in the auto finance industry. The collaboration involving the non-asset-based logistics and transportation provider and the repossession assignment management software company is designed to help ... [Read More]
Car business could take brunt of impact from keeping rates high
Thursday, May. 2, 2024, 11:48 AM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
The job market improved in April, but the Federal Reserve doesn’t like how inflation is tracking, so policymakers decided not to lower interest rates this week. Comerica Bank is expecting rate cuts by the end of the year, but Cox ... [Read More]
APCO breaks into the glass world by acquiring Crystal Fusion Technologies
Wednesday, May. 1, 2024, 04:37 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
APCO Holdings continued to grow on Wednesday, announcing the acquisition of Crystal Fusion Technologies, which is a provider of automotive glass protection solutions. The provider and administrator F&I products and home to the EasyCare and GWC Warranty brands said this ... [Read More]
9 recipients of 2024 NARS Industry Awards
Wednesday, May. 1, 2024, 02:05 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The American Recovery Association handed out nine industry awards during this year’s North American Repossessors Summit. The 2024 NARS Industry Awards recognized repossession agents as well as representatives from finance companies and service providers. Along with explanations of each award ... [Read More]
EFG adds experienced trio to key dealer profitability positions
Wednesday, May. 1, 2024, 09:57 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
EFG Companies has added three senior executives with more than 70 years of experience in retail automotive sales and F&I management combined. Joining the firm recently named as a USA Today National Standard Top Employer are: —Adam Fifield as vice ... [Read More]