AFSA & NIADA welcome halt of discretionary publication of complaint narratives & visualizations by CFPB
Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, 10:34 AM
Edmunds on depth of ‘The Vanishing Affordable Used Car’
Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, 10:17 AM
PODCAST: Additional insight into FTC’s move involving disparate impact from Hudson Cook
Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, 09:25 AM
Additional insight into FTC’s move involving disparate impact from Hudson Cook
The Federal Trade Commission recently announced it will not pursue claims based on disparate-impact or “unfair discrimination” theories. In this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Hudson Cook partners Erica Kramer and Rob Tilley offered some historical perspectives and a ... Listen Here
Deeper dive into rising LTVs with TransUnion’s Satyan Merchant
One of the notable findings from TransUnion’s Q2 2026 Credit Industry Insights Report (CIIR) was how much loan-to-value ratios have changed in the past five years. Satyan Merchant, one of this year’s Automotive Intelligence Award recipients and senior vice president ... Listen Here
PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor on intersection of payments & technology
PayNearMe recently shared new search, explaining that hidden costs sustained by auto lenders can show up as failed payments, borrower support calls, late payments, collections follow-up, reconciliation work and manual recovery effort. PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor elaborated about ... Listen Here
EFG Companies brings on chief information officer
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
EFG Companies announced the expansion its C-suite leadership on Tuesday. Coming aboard as chief information officer to reinforce company’s commitment and support of the rapidly evolving consumer protection product industry is Joe Vide. According to a news release, Vide will ... [Read More]
Younger Americans more positive about their financial future
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While Cox Automotive mentioned that overall consumer sentiment has been steadily improving, TransUnion discovered the youngest generations continue to be more optimistic about their financial future in the next 12 months than their older counterparts. The latest TransUnion Consumer Pulse ... [Read More]
FTC distributing payments to consumers impacted by shutdown dealers in Ariz. & NM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Federal Trade Commission announced last week that it began sending payments to consumers impacted by dealerships operating in Arizona and New Mexico that the regulator shut down two years ago. The FTC said it is sending payments totaling more ... [Read More]
Open Lending stretches terms to 84 months
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Open Lending is stretching terms to help credit unions book more paper, especially with potential customers who land in the near or non-prime credit tiers. Last week, the lending enablement and risk analytics solutions provider announced it will offer its ... [Read More]
TurboPass adds 2 new board members
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
TurboPass announced the appointment of two new members to its board of directors this week. Now part of the leadership structure for the fintech firm that helps dealerships and finance companies during the underwriting process are Mark Vazquez, who is ... [Read More]
Launcher reinforces CARFAX integration to boost underwriting
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Launcher, a technology provider specializing in originations, recently enhanced its integrated access to CARFAX Vehicle History Reports inside its core product — appTRAKER Loan Origination System — so finance companies have “additional ammo in their artillery.” According to a news ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Why ‘rehashing the deal’ remains valuable F&I tool
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Becky Chernek of Chernek Consulting appeared on the Auto Remarketing Podcast for her monthly visit to discuss F&I strategy. During this episode, Chernek explained why “rehashing the deal” can be a valuable process that can help dealerships, finance companies and ... [Read More]
White paper examines cloud technology for managing consumer debt communications
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Nordis Technologies recently unveiled a new white paper that asserted cloud-based customer communications management (CCM) technology enables billing and collections firms to keep up with proliferating rules and requirements for how they are allowed to communicate with consumers about delinquent ... [Read More]
Cox Automotive: Auto credit tightens for fourth straight month
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Cox Automotive spotted a potential reason if your store is having more trouble getting deals bought through your network of finance companies. Access to auto credit declined for the fourth straight month in August, according to the Dealertrack Credit Availability ... [Read More]
Primeritus elevates Conners to be COO
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The leadership transformation of Primeritus Financial Services continued with an announcement the provider of recovery management, skip-tracing and remarketing shared on Monday. Already with a new chief executive officer and chief financial officer in place, Primeritus said it has promoted ... [Read More]
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