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Cutting keys & cutting costs during repossessions and recoveries
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:42 PM
Drawing standing-room-only attendance in the second-largest setting at Used Car Week 2025, Ryan Miller led a six-executive panel session that focused on one of the most complex challenges in all of repossessions and recoveries. Now available through this episode of ... Listen Here
Four experts on automotive & the economy
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:39 PM
Used Car Week 2025 again brought together experts who can explain which parts of the economy impact automotive most. This year’s event included views from Laura Wehunt of Black Book, Tim Gill of the American Financial Services Association, T.J. Cox ... Listen Here
Sponsored Episode: Winning Trade-Ins and Trust – Navigating Today’s Affordability Challenges
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, 03:15 PM
Affordability challenges are reshaping the automotive landscape—vehicle prices and payments are at all-time highs and negative equity is on the rise. In this episode, Micah Tindor offers a data-driven conversation with real-world strategies around acquisition tactics and long-term profitability to ... Listen Here

Comerica Bank & Salary Finance spot more evidence of tightening household budgets

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Tuesday, Apr. 5, 2022, 01:31 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Recent analysis from Comerica Bank and Salary Finance point to a similar assertion. There’s a reasonable chance many of the contract holders currently in your auto finance portfolio are having their monthly budget squeezed by several factors. With Comerica Bank ... [Read More]

2 Hudson Cook partners among experts for Chernek webinar series

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Monday, Apr. 4, 2022, 02:40 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Hudson Cook partners Patty Covington and Eric Johnson are among the keynote speakers on the docket for a two-day online series hosted by Chernek Consulting titled, “F&I Master Series Online Forum — The Digital Age.” Beginning on Wednesday, Covington, Johnson ... [Read More]

Napleton Auto to pay $10M to settle with FTC & Illinois AG

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Monday, Apr. 4, 2022, 02:38 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In what officials called a record-setting settlement, the Federal Trade Commission and the State of Illinois said on Friday that they are taking action against Napleton, a large, multistate auto dealer group based in Illinois. Officials said they’re making this move ... [Read More]

Q1 financing metrics poised to set numerous records

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Friday, Apr. 1, 2022, 02:28 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Most of the major financing metrics Edmunds tracks regularly are poised to set new records. With the retail price of new and used vehicles so high, Edmunds reported on Friday that the average amount financed and monthly payments recorded during ... [Read More]

Flying A Information Resources chooses ARA compliance program

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Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2022, 04:40 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The American Recovery Association (ARA) gained more traction on the compliance front this week. ARA announced through a news release that Flying A Information Resources has chosen the association’s compliance monitoring system to assist the firm in vetting and monitoring ... [Read More]

While auto remains small part of complaint database, CFPB hunting for ‘repeat offenders’ within financial services

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Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2022, 03:49 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau database indicated that the agency received 527,243 consumer complaints during the 12-month span that closed on Feb. 28. Of that amount, only 8,042 complaints — or 1.5% — fell into the categories that the CFPB ... [Read More]

Despite record auto credit availability, economic ‘spring chills’ projected

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Tuesday, Mar. 29, 2022, 02:12 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Credit availability for auto financing in February rose to the highest level that experts have seen in seven years. But fueled in part by soaring prices, including for new vehicles, conditions prompted one expert to project that the U.S. economy ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Experian’s Stuart Holmes on value of education to boost credit access

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Monday, Mar. 28, 2022, 12:49 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In the next installment of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Vehicle Finance Conference hosted by the American Financial Services Association earlier this month in Las Vegas, senior editor Nick Zulovich shared a conversation with Stuart Holmes, Experian’s senior ... [Read More]

PODCAST: AUL on maintaining F&I momentum

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Friday, Mar. 25, 2022, 02:21 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In a conversation recorded during NADA Show 2022 in Las Vegas, Paul McCarthy of AUL Corp. shared recommendations for dealers to help them keep the strong profit momentum they’re currently enjoying in the F&I department. The senior vice president of ... [Read More]

FTC gains court order to stop ‘deceptive’ credit repair firm

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Friday, Mar. 25, 2022, 02:13 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) took action against a firm that used a government website as part of its scheme connected with consumer credit reports. This week, the FTC obtained an order halting a credit repair scheme that allegedly bilked ... [Read More]
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