StoneEagle spots new highs in dealer F&I average gross profit, income halfway through 2026
Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, 10:21 AM
Wise F&I regional VP chosen as 2026 NAMAD Woman of the Year
Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, 10:42 AM
FTC issues consumer alert over phantom dealerships that experts have seen for more than a year
Wednesday, Sep. 2, 2026, 09:55 AM
SPONSORED EPISODE: Rethinking vehicle-protection plans for today’s wide inventory mix with GWC Warranty
Used-car inventory on dealer lots nowadays can range from older, higher-mileage vehicles to EVs, lifted trucks, and modified vehicles. The result is dealers are also having to change the vehicle-protection conversations with customers. In this special sponsored episode of the ... Listen Here
Recapping credit scores & other trends in auto finance with Shams Blanc of FICO
Shams Blanc, head of auto scores at FICO, made another appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast to elaborate more about the fall edition of the FICO Score Credit Insights report. Along with recapping what’s going on in auto finance, Blanc ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: Greenville Auto Auction Celebrates 16 Years—A look back and a look ahead
On this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits visits with Billy Willis and Kevin Stallings of Greenville Auto Auction. The auction celebrates 16 years in early September, and the guys talk about the history of the sale, ... Listen Here
FTC begins distribution of $3.3M dealership settlement over ‘junk fees and discriminatory practices’
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In October, the Federal Trade Commission announced an action against Passport Automotive Group for what the regulator called in a news release as “deceiving consumers by tacking hundreds to thousands of dollars in illegal junk fees onto car prices and ... [Read More]
TransUnion: As originations soften, focus turns to vintage performance
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
It’s been about a decade since TransUnion saw auto finance origination volume at this low of a level. The automotive portion of the Q1 2023 Quarterly Credit Industry Insights Report (CIIR) from TransUnion showed that Q4 2022 originations — viewed ... [Read More]
California CU gains certification to help underbanked open checking accounts
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
For California customers in your auto finance portfolio who might not have a checking account already, they might have an option to get one through California Credit Union. The institution said last week that it received certification by the national ... [Read More]
FTC sues VoIP provider that allegedly facilitates robocalls impersonating Social Security Administration
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Federal officials are responding to an operation that allegedly is sending robocalls saying they originate from the Social Security Administration. Last week, the Federal Trade Commission sued to stop a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) provider XCast Labs that the ... [Read More]
Car Capital restarts originations in Midwest & Southeast with 3 new top executives
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Car Capital paused originations, reduced its workforce and shifted contract servicing to Westlake Financial last November because of “difficult capital market conditions.” On Thursday, Car Capital reemerged with a new leadership team set to do business now in the Midwest ... [Read More]
MBSi begins president transition process
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
MBSi Corp. announced that a top leadership transition began this week. After more than eight years of leadership and growth at MBSi, the provider of repossession assignment software and vendor compliance solutions to the auto finance industry said president Cort ... [Read More]
Dealertrack Credit Availability Index drops to lowest point in 2 years
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Three ingredients that analysts put in the headwind category had more impact than the trio of trends in the helpful category, resulting in access to auto finance credit tightening in April to the lowest point in more than two years. ... [Read More]
Solutions by Text announces 3 new hires & 1 executive promotion
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Last week, Solutions by Text enhanced its leadership team with three new senior level hires and a promotion. The compliance-first provider of enterprise text messaging and payments solutions focused on consumer financial services appointed Danielle Repetti as chief revenue officer, ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Repossessions now highlighted in academia
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
What’s sometimes considered to be a dangerous task of repossessing vehicles now has been highlighted in what some might view as the high-brow world of academia. In this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, International Recovery Systems resident Jeremy Cross ... [Read More]
McGlinchey Stafford adds to Calif.-based enterprise litigation & investigations group
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, McGlinchey Stafford reinforced its enterprise litigation and investigations group in the firm’s Irvine, Calif., office. Joining the firm as members are attorneys Kere Tickner and Michelle McCliman with the pair being supported by paralegal Kirsten Zell and legal ... [Read More]
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