TruDecision’s Parry defends current status of subprime auto finance

Monday, May. 11, 2026, 11:52 AM

Metrics that formed April’s Dealertrack Credit Availability Index ‘masked a more complex picture’

Tuesday, May. 12, 2026, 10:08 AM

NAF Association reveals next recipients of Jack Tracey Pinnacle Award & Summit Leadership Award

Friday, May. 8, 2026, 10:56 AM

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This Month's Focus

Artificial Intelligence

Alfa Recon leverages AI to strengthen data migration

Monday, May. 18, 2026, 11:11 AM

Alfa, provider of Alfa Systems, strengthened its data migration toolbox last week with the launch of Alfa Recon, a new artificial intelligence-enabled reconciliation module. Designed to help customers migrate legacy data and acquired portfolios to Alfa Systems more quickly, more ... Read More

Dealer group C-suite executives examine role of AI at auto retailers

Monday, May. 18, 2026, 10:23 AM

Artificial intelligence in auto retail, says Zeigler Auto Group chief operating officer Sam D’Arc, is in a similar place as digital retail was 4-5 years ago. There’s a lot of excitement, but perhaps not a complete understanding of how AI ... Read More

Dealers look to AI for customer experience boost

Monday, May. 18, 2026, 10:10 AM

Sam D’Arc doesn’t remember what his query was when he first used ChatGPT, but the response was fast and accurate. “It caused a little bit of awe and surprise in how well it extracted information into the answer to the ... Read More

Explaining lead deterioration & performance-based marketing for dealerships

Tuesday, May. 19, 2026, 02:02 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. AutoWeb / UsedCars.com president and COO Dan Ingle tackled ... Listen Here

Navigating used-car inventory management with John Ellis of Agile Auto

Tuesday, May. 19, 2026, 01:58 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. Agile Auto founder and CEO John Ellis acknowledged inventory ... Listen Here

Flipping EV battery risk into faster sales

Monday, May. 18, 2026, 07:49 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. AVILOO chief executive officer Brett Lippel focused on what ... Listen Here

Westlake Financial completes $100M ‘landmark transaction’ with HFC Acceptance

Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, 11:02 AM

Nick Zulovich

Instead of booking subprime auto paper, Westlake Financial sold approximately $100 million of subprime auto loans in what it called a “landmark transaction.” Westlake on Tuesday announced the successful sale to HFC Acceptance that included what the companies dubbed a ... [Read More]

Allied Solutions hires former PAR North America COO

Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, 09:55 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

One of the honorees among the 2023 Women in Collections and Recoveries has a new executive position. Allied Solutions posted on social media this week that Jessie Herdrich Irwin joined the company as its vice president of recovery operations. The ... [Read More]

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

Another former Manheim Canada exec joins Otolane

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]

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