As subprime space keeps changing, how long can average terms stretch?
Monday, May. 4, 2026, 11:16 AM
TransUnion updates auto performance, shares research about K-shaped path of overall consumer credit market
Thursday, Apr. 30, 2026, 10:10 AM
Reviewing FICO & FSA data to see how much student loans could be impacting your auto-finance portfolio
Tuesday, May. 5, 2026, 10:13 AM
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This Month's Focus
Artificial Intelligence
CARS Protection Plus taps Circuitry.ai Warranty Decision Intelligence to help adjusters resolve claims faster
Wednesday, May. 6, 2026, 10:38 AM
DealerOn’s dual launch includes AI search visibility platform, ‘intelligent layer’ touching full dealership
Tuesday, May. 5, 2026, 03:28 PM
Newest Experian tool designed to reduce risk within AI-driven commerce
Monday, May. 4, 2026, 11:19 AM
FICO’s Shams Blanc on lenders sharpening underwriting & more
Fresh off being in Miami as part of the Used Car Industry Summit that Cherokee Media Group hosted this spring, Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, appeared again on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Blanc discussed ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Apr. 29, 2026, 03:54 PM
Byron Oldham of Honest Autos & FIADA
Byron Oldham is president of the family-owned Honest Autos dealership and is president of the board at the Florida Independent Automobile Dealers Association. In this episode, Oldham talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about the upcoming Southeast ... Listen Here
Monday, Apr. 27, 2026, 07:47 PM
Automotive CFO-To-Go Kathi Kruse talks dealership finance, accounting in ‘lightning round’
Kathi Kruse, the Automotive CFO-To-Go who brings her financial expertise — born through years of experience as a dealership chief financial officer — to dealers needing help in that area, is back on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. In this episode, ... Listen Here
Sunday, Apr. 19, 2026, 04:27 AM
McGlinchey Stafford to wind down law firm after more than 50 years
Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, 10:00 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Here’s an example of how dramatically situations can change for even well-established service providers connected with auto finance. On Dec. 15, McGlinchey Stafford announced the hire of four associates who previously clerked or worked at the law firm across three ... [Read More]
December auto-credit availability climbs to best level in more than 3 years
Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, 10:39 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Jonathan Gregory recapped 2025 from the credit-granting perspective since the December Dealertrack Credit Availability Index reached its highest point of year and reflected the best level since October 2022. The Cox Automotive senior manager of economic and industry insights on ... [Read More]
StoneEagle’s newest F&I solutions are being deployed at NADA 2026
Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, 11:17 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
StoneEagle plans to unveil what it’s calling an enhanced interplay between StoneEagleMENU and StoneEagleMETRICS at the 2026 NADA Show in Las Vegas next month. The F&I solutions provider highlighted that its revamped tool generates a deeper connection of METRICS intelligence ... [Read More]
TransUnion sees auto delinquency rising for fifth straight year
Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, 11:16 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
TransUnion acknowledged its 2026 Consumer Credit Forecast originated through a “complex backdrop,” with unemployment being one of the primary ingredients in analysts’ prediction of auto-finance delinquency rising for the fifth year in a row. And perhaps that “complex backdrop” got ... [Read More]
Primeritus Financial Services adds Hester to strategic sales team
Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, 01:21 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Primeritus Financial Services reinforced its human capital before 2025 closed. The provider of recovery, skip-tracing and remarketing services to the finance community hired Jeremy Hester to be part of its strategic sales team as senior national strategic sales executive. The ... [Read More]
PODCAST: How AI can improve repossessions with Geoff Weathersby of SVR Tracking
Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, 01:17 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Artificial intelligence helps individuals and businesses in many ways nowadays. Can AI help to sharpen the repossession process, too? Geoff Weathersby thinks so. The chief operating officer of SVR Tracking explained how on the Live Stage presented by SYCN Auto ... [Read More]
DriveItAway & Free2move launch in 9 more markets ‘at the moment consumers need it most’
Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, 11:13 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Last July, DriveItAway Holdings joined forces with Free2move, the global mobility brand of Stellantis, to launch Free2move Powered by DriveItAway, a national initiative that aims to “transform dealerships into next-generation mobility hubs.” In December, the companies announced the expansion of ... [Read More]
Initial 2026 auto financing outlook still muted despite two positive trends
Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, 10:57 AM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
In December, consumers’ pay rose and average rates on auto financing dropped. Sounds like wonderful ingredients to get vehicles delivered and contracts booked, huh? Well, Cox Automotive interim chief economist Jeremy Robb is among the cautious contingent not ready to ... [Read More]
Protective finalizes Portfolio acquisition, its eighth since 2015
Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, 09:28 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The unofficial first business day of 2026 marked the closing of an F&I product provider acquisition first announced the day before Halloween. Protective Life Corp., a U.S. subsidiary of Dai-ichi Life Holdings, said on Monday that it has completed the ... [Read More]
Edmunds: More than 26% of Q4 used- & new-car deliveries backed by monthly payments topping $1,000
Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, 11:29 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The first auto-finance number to know less than a week into 2026 might be $1,000. That’s because of the record number of consumers who took delivery of used and new cars during the fourth quarter with monthly payments of $1,000 ... [Read More]
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