Experts see Middle East conflict making current car & credit markets even more challenging
Tuesday, Mar. 24, 2026, 10:27 AM
With additional insight about affordability, FICO watches averages credit scores tick lower again
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 11:27 AM
PODCAST: Industry Elite honoree Jennifer Turnage on why accurate financial information can make or break any business
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 01:05 PM
Industry Elite honoree Jennifer Turnage on why accurate financial information can make or break any business
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Jennifer Turnage, who is chief executive officer of Primeritus Financial Services. Turnage talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Nick Zulovich about the importance ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 05:01 PM
Industry Elite honoree Kelly Wyatt on 25-year career with GM Financial
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Kelly Wyatt, who is chief digital officer with GM Financial. Wyatt shares a conversation with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Nick Zulovich about being ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 04:43 PM
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
CFPB unveils ‘humility pledge’ for supervision division
Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, 11:48 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Perhaps compliance departments at auto lenders and other companies involved in financial services had something extra to be thankful for last week. Just ahead of Thanksgiving, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau made significant changes to how its supervision division conducts ... [Read More]
AutoPayPlus welcomes new agency development manager
Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, 11:47 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
AutoPayPlus by US Equity Advantage continued its recent string of moves by announcing the appointment of Steven Weir as agency development manager. In this role, the automated financial concierge service said Weir will be responsible for building and supporting strong ... [Read More]
Weltman, Weinberg & Reis adds 5 attorneys to Chicago office, donates to Feeding America network
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025, 01:48 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with making donations to local food banks and pantries in the Feeding America network, Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., added to its stable of legal professionals at its Chicago office. This month, the firm welcomed five new attorneys: Tresina ... [Read More]
Auto snippets from TransUnion’s October 2025 Credit Industry Snapshot
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025, 10:07 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Are auto-finance providers taking on more risk or are there simply more consumers who fall into the subprime credit tier? Here some more data to consider. As Cox Automotive’s information showed credit access improved a bit in October, TransUnion’s October ... [Read More]
October data from Cox Automotive & VantageScore shows expanded credit access but growing delinquency
Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, 10:21 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
You can make your own judgements about the state of the credit market based on October data from Cox Automotive and VantageScore. In October, Cox Automotive reported, the Dealertrack Credit Availability Index resumed its upward trend of improved credit access ... [Read More]
InterVest to acquire Flagship Credit Acceptance with Landy set to be CEO
Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, 10:40 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The next chapter in Jim Landy’s career in auto finance will arrive through another acquisition involving a lender and an investment firm. Last week, Flagship Credit Acceptance announced that affiliates of InterVest Capital Partners, a New York-based specialty finance investment ... [Read More]
PAR hires Dave Baker as vice president
Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, 01:26 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
OPENLANE subsidiary PAR has a new vice president — someone familiar to the repossession and recovery industries. Coming aboard with three decades of experience spanning corporate operations, law enforcement, and compliance management is Dave Baker, who will serve as the ... [Read More]
Equifax launches new anti-money laundering solutions to help banks, credit unions & financial services companies
Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, 10:16 AM
Nick Zulovich
Equifax doesn’t want financial services firms and related industries to land in trouble for not meeting anti-money laundering (AML) mandates. So on Friday, Equifax introduced new AML compliance solutions designed to ease the burden of regulatory compliance by flagging potential ... [Read More]
TransUnion trying to clean up credit washing with new fraud detection solution
Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, 10:16 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
TransUnion is trying to help the financial services industry clean up the proliferation of credit washing that’s impacting auto finance and beyond. To combat credit washing — the practice of removing legitimate, accurate and non-obsolete credit data from credit profiles ... [Read More]
Credit One Bank survey asks, ‘Would you date someone with bad credit?’
Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, 10:15 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Being in the subprime credit tier not only can make it more difficult to secure auto financing, but it might make it more challenging to have a personal relationship, too. In a new nationwide survey of 1,000 young adults, Credit ... [Read More]
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