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Experian’s Melinda Zabritski discusses ongoing stretching of terms
Friday, Jun. 12, 2026, 09:35 AM
The latest appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast by Melinda Zabritski, Experian’s head of automotive financial insights and Automotive Intelligence Award recipient, focused on auto-loan terms, which oftentimes are at least 72 months nowadays. Zabritski also compared a data point ... Listen Here
Forming the Transport Queens with Amber Gosney of SYCN Auto Logistics
Tuesday, Jun. 2, 2026, 01:30 PM
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PODCAST: Autonomous vehicles & the used-car market with Peter Janczewski of Draiver
Tuesday, Jun. 2, 2026, 01:23 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. To get a better understanding of how autonomous technology ... Listen Here

S&P Global Ratings examines auto ABS ratings after Hurricane Ian

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Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, 03:34 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
S&P Global Ratings acknowledged this week that it is too early to assess the full impact of Hurricane Ian on rated U.S. auto asset-backed securities (ABS). However, firm analysts currently believe that rating downgrades are unlikely, based on their assessment ... [Read More]

Informed.IQ makes inroads in subprime with CPS & DriveTime

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Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, 03:32 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Informed.IQ, a provider of artificial intelligence-based software for financial institutions, has made notable inroads with providers in the subprime auto finance space. First, continuing its focus on artificial intelligence and machine learning, Consumer Portfolio Services last month partnered with Informed.IQ ... [Read More]

4 topics of Protective’s 3rd F&I report

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Friday, Oct. 7, 2022, 01:52 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, Protective Asset Protection, a leading provider of F&I programs, services and dealer owned warranty company programs, released of its third F&I Industry Report. The project offered an in-depth look at four crucial topics, including: —Trends and insights shaping ... [Read More]

COMMENTARY: Most dealers aren’t aware of this specific FTC Safeguards Rule

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Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, 02:02 PM
Erica Cooper, GWC Warranty
As many dealers are aware, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently issued new requirements to its Safeguards Rule that take effect Dec. 9. The rule requires auto dealerships with more than 5,000 customer records in their database to develop, implement ... [Read More]

3 findings from ARA survey about vehicle storage costs

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Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, 03:58 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
American Recovery Association executive director Joel Kennedy recently reported findings from an industry survey about vehicle and lot storage costs. Kennedy explained that ARA is examining this entire category of expenses that includes everything from rent, security, insurance and staffing. ... [Read More]

F&I Sentinel expands credentialing team

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Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, 03:39 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A few days after reinforcing its engineering department, this week F&I Sentinel bolstered its product credentialing team by adding Michelle Covin, Sam Barnes and Alexander Bitar. F&I Sentinel said through a news release that Covin, Barnes and Bitar will serve ... [Read More]

Colorado dealer associations endorse Dealertrack titling tools

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Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, 03:35 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Cox Automotive is on a Rocky Mountain high — and in a good way. This week, the company announced the Colorado Automobile Dealers Association (CADA) and Colorado Independent Automobile Dealers Association (CIADA) have both exclusively endorsed Dealertrack’s in-state registration and ... [Read More]

New research about record inflation impacting consumers living paycheck to paycheck

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Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, 03:14 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The customers in your auto finance company portfolio or arriving at your dealership might not be feeling so great about their current family budget situation based on the latest research recently shared by LendingClub Corp. and the BMO Real Financial ... [Read More]

Edmunds modifies auto finance data collection, as Q3 metrics keep rising

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Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, 03:35 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Edmunds said its analysts have adjusted their auto finance data cleaning process to include new and used monthly payments up to $2,000 to account for changes to the market, as previously the limit was up to $1,500. Based on the ... [Read More]

Auto defaults make largest rise so far in 2022

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Friday, Sep. 30, 2022, 02:31 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Here’s another piece of auto finance industry data to consider as you close the books on another month and quarter. While perhaps still relatively modest, auto defaults made their largest month-over-month rise so far this year. According to data from ... [Read More]

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