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Credit availability steady in January as negative equity climbs and terms stretch
Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, 10:55 AM
Despite ‘mixed year’ for subprime, S&P Global Ratings watches auto ABS volume generate another record in 2025
Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, 10:59 AM
Debt Awareness Week meant to be ‘wake-up call’
Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, 10:21 AM
Kevin Roberts of CarGurus on 2026 Used-Car Market
Kevin Roberts, who is director of economic and market intelligence at CarGurus, is back on the show to talk about the hot start to 2026 for the retail used-car market. Roberts and Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby discuss ... Listen Here
Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, 07:18 PM
Cox Automotive on the vanishing divide between wholesale & retail
Used Car Week 2025 extended the ongoing conversation about how the wholesale and retail portions of the used-car market aren’t quite as distinct as they used to be. Cherokee Media Group’s Bill Zadeits hosted a fireside chat about the subject ... Listen Here
Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, 09:43 AM
2025 Women in Remarketing honorees describe their careers, industry changes & more
One of the foundational parts of Used Car Week each year is the lively conversation among the Women in Remarketing honorees. Moderated again by Brenda Rios of award program sponsor, Ally, hear the valuable perspectives and wisdom from some of ... Listen Here
Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, 09:43 AM
Proposed FTC rule out to ban ‘junk fees, bait-and-switch tactics’
Friday, Jun. 24, 2022, 02:45 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Four of the five leaders of the Federal Trade Commission support a proposed a rule to ban what the federal regulator called “junk fees and bait-and-switch advertising tactics that can plague consumers throughout the car-buying experience.” The commissioner who voted against ... [Read More]
From the editor: NARS highlights intriguing thoughts from finance companies & repo agents
Thursday, Jun. 23, 2022, 03:00 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Tip of the conference cap to the American Recovery Association and the North American Repossessors Summit planning committee. They scheduled a pair of intriguing panel discussions to begin the 2022 edition of NARS, which unfolded for the first time at ... [Read More]
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Used Car Turn Vendor Management Checklist
Vehicles touch multiple vendors before they ever hit the lot, and when approvals, communication, and invoices are scattered, delays are...
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Experts see mixed observations when examining latest auto ABS data
Monday, Jun. 20, 2022, 03:23 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The latest analysis about the health of contract payments and the auto asset-backed securities market from Kroll Bond Rating Agency and S&P Global Ratings showed mixed observations from company experts. Beginning first with the update from S&P Global Ratings, analysts ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Identifying risk sources with Joseph Cioffi of Credit Chronometer
Friday, Jun. 17, 2022, 01:32 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
We wrap up our series of podcasts recorded during this year’s Non-Prime Auto Financing Conference, hosted by the National Automotive Finance Association, with a visit with Davis + Gilbert partner Joseph Cioffi. Cioffi, who also runs the Credit Chronometer, discussed where ... [Read More]
Explaining what 75 basis-point rise in interest rates might do within auto financing
Thursday, Jun. 16, 2022, 03:24 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Experts from Cox Automotive and Edmunds offered perspectives on what might happen within auto financing after the Federal Reserve made its largest increase interest rates at a single point since 1994. The Federal Open Market Committee voted 8-1 this week ... [Read More]
Auto credit availability tightens in May
Wednesday, Jun. 15, 2022, 01:59 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
It appears May was a tipping point in the auto financing space. After loosening for 11 months in a row, access to auto credit tightened in May, according to the Dealertrack Credit Availability Index for all types of auto financing. ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Why CECL ‘is about to get real’
Tuesday, Jun. 14, 2022, 01:44 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
When discussing CECL — implementation of the Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) accounting standards — Agora Data senior vice president of strategic relationships Jim Bass said bluntly during this month’s Non-Prime Auto Financing Conference: “It’s about to get real.” Bass, ... [Read More]
Rising costs continue to erode consumer confidence
Friday, Jun. 10, 2022, 01:42 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Experts from Comerica Bank, Cox Automotive and TransUnion all relayed this week that a myriad of circumstances is eroding consumer sentiment of individuals who might be currently in your auto portfolio or who might be added soon. While TransUnion reported ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Talking auto ABS with Amy Martin of S&P Global Ratings
Thursday, Jun. 9, 2022, 02:12 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Amy Martin, who is sector lead and senior director S&P Global Ratings, is a fixture at the Non-Prime Auto Financing Conference hosted by the National Automotive Finance Association. Before Martin made her way back on the conference stage, she spent ... [Read More]
InsightLPR confirms launch coming at NARS 2022
Wednesday, Jun. 8, 2022, 06:59 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
When InsightLPR unveiled its five-person executive team last month, the technology company providing proprietary license plate recognition (LPR) software, hardware and data products to help companies increase their value said it would be rolling out its solutions at the North ... [Read More]
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