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This Month's Focus

Artificial Intelligence

Alfa Recon leverages AI to strengthen data migration

Monday, May. 18, 2026, 11:11 AM

Alfa, provider of Alfa Systems, strengthened its data migration toolbox last week with the launch of Alfa Recon, a new artificial intelligence-enabled reconciliation module. Designed to help customers migrate legacy data and acquired portfolios to Alfa Systems more quickly, more ... Read More

Dealer group C-suite executives examine role of AI at auto retailers

Monday, May. 18, 2026, 10:23 AM

Artificial intelligence in auto retail, says Zeigler Auto Group chief operating officer Sam D’Arc, is in a similar place as digital retail was 4-5 years ago. There’s a lot of excitement, but perhaps not a complete understanding of how AI ... Read More

Dealers look to AI for customer experience boost

Monday, May. 18, 2026, 10:10 AM

Sam D’Arc doesn’t remember what his query was when he first used ChatGPT, but the response was fast and accurate. “It caused a little bit of awe and surprise in how well it extracted information into the answer to the ... Read More

Assuring potential buyers about used EV battery health with David Giacobbe of Voltest

Wednesday, May. 20, 2026, 04:01 PM

We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. One of the key questions buyers ask dealers about ... Listen Here

Why vehicle recalls are becoming more complex and frequent

Wednesday, May. 20, 2026, 03:52 PM

We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. This conversation features Cherokee Media Group’s Andrew Friedlander and ... Listen Here

Why now is the time used-car leasing might gain sustained momentum

Wednesday, May. 20, 2026, 03:25 PM

We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. FlexPath DXP chief executive officer Tarry Shebesta draws on ... Listen Here

Crescent Bank taps Open Lending to accelerate approval process

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Wednesday, Mar. 8, 2023, 05:09 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Open Lending finalized a partnership on Tuesday with Crescent Bank, an institution offering auto financing to consumers across 32 U.S. states. As rising interest rates and vehicle prices inhibit access to vehicle ownership for consumers in near- and non-prime credit ... [Read More]

3 economists upbeat about current employment scene

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Tuesday, Mar. 7, 2023, 03:09 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Cox Automotive chief economist Jonathan Smoke as well as Comerica Bank chief economist Bill Adams and senior economist Waran Bhahirethan offered perhaps some reassuring assessments of what the overall employment landscape looks like. All three shared their perspectives ahead of ... [Read More]

Cox Automotive cautious about taking ‘sky is falling’ approach with repossessions

Smoke sees subprime delinquency & defaults rising

Friday, Mar. 3, 2023, 04:04 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

While acknowledging there has been some portfolio softening, Cox Automotive chief economist Jonathan Smoke cautioned about taking an approach “to create the view that the sky is falling.” Smoke explained his reasoning in a company podcast posted on Friday with ... [Read More]

Experian: Credit unions now pace all auto financing

Thursday, Mar. 2, 2023, 04:41 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Experian made the official declaration on Thursday. In the fourth quarter of 2022, credit unions held the largest percentage of the vehicle finance market for the first time. According to Experian’s State of the Automotive Finance Market Report: Q4 2022, ... [Read More]

FTC sues to stop ‘interconnected web’ of service providers carrying robocalls pitching phony debt relief services

Minnesota AG sues dealer, Ignite warns of legal risk

Wednesday, Mar. 1, 2023, 03:42 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The Federal Trade Commission recently sued to stop an “interconnected web” of operations responsible for delivering tens of millions of unwanted Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and ringless voicemail (RVM) phony debt service robocalls to consumers nationwide. The Department of ... [Read More]

EFG Companies unveils F&I Profit Guarantee to bolster dealers’ bottom lines

Wednesday, Mar. 1, 2023, 03:40 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Oftentimes, compensation doesn’t arrive unless sales objectives are met or exceeded. EFG Companies is changing that situation. On Tuesday, EFG Companies announced the launch of F&I Profit Guarantee in which EFG compensates new clients if revenue goals are not met ... [Read More]

AutoAlert & 700Credit boost alliance for improved dealer experience

Wednesday, Mar. 1, 2023, 03:38 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

AutoAlert and 700Credit announced an expanded integration alliance on Tuesday. With this new alliance, AutoAlert has incorporated 700Credit’s credit reports, compliance, and prescreen platforms into its CRM platform, AutoAlert CXM, to provide a “seamless” dealer experience. AutoAlert CXM is an ... [Read More]

4 potential reasons why younger consumers are delinquent

Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, 03:46 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

An analysis by five experts at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York showed consumers in their 20s and 30s represent the age groups with the most auto finance contracts 90 days or more past due. Those fourth-quarter findings are ... [Read More]

FTC sees annual fraud figure jump by more than 30%

Monday, Feb. 27, 2023, 04:48 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Newly released Federal Trade Commission data showed that consumers reported losing nearly $8.8 billion to fraud in 2022, an increase of more than 30% year-over-year. The FTC said consumers reported losing more money to investment scams — more than $3.8 ... [Read More]

9 finance companies asked to share info for CFPB auto finance data pilot

CFPB seeking more data about repossessions & contract modifications

Friday, Feb. 24, 2023, 02:44 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The next step in building what the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is calling its auto finance data pilot put the onus on nine finance companies. According to a bureau blog post pushed online Thursday, the CFPB said it issued orders ... [Read More]

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