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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

Equifax to incorporate BNPL info into credit reports

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Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022, 03:20 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Scores of consumers now are leveraging Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) offerings by some retailers. To help auto finance companies evaluate applicants who might have BNPL commitments during the underwriting process, Equifax recently announced that the company is furthering its ... [Read More]

REPAY acquires Payix in deal that could be worth $115M

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Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, 05:11 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The first business day of 2022 included an acquisition involving two firms focused on getting payments for their automotive clients as well as customers in other industries. Repay Holdings Corp. (REPAY), a provider of vertically-integrated payment solutions, on Monday announced ... [Read More]

National Auto Care finished 2021 with 1 more acquisition

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Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, 04:32 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
National Auto Care (NAC) made one more acquisition before closing out 2021. Capping a string of moves throughout the year, NAC senior vice president of mergers and acquisitions Courtney Hoffman announced that the company — which provides  F&I products, administration, ... [Read More]

Auto defaults make largest monthly rise in more than a year

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Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, 04:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Experts from Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA), S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian all noticed some deterioration in auto finance performance before 2021 finished. Released four days before Christmas, data through November for the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices showed ... [Read More]

Former EFG executive takes role at AutoPayPlus

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Friday, Dec. 17, 2021, 02:24 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
John Stephens is bringing more than 30 years of automotive experience to AutoPayPlus by US Equity Advantage. The biweekly payment processing provider announced this week that Stephens has joined the company as chief sales officer. Most recently, Stephens served as ... [Read More]

Auto-financing context around Fed’s last move of 2021

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Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, 03:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Cox Automotive chief economist Jonathan Smoke again offered context about the potential influence on auto financing that the Federal Reserve last policy action of the year might have. On Wednesday, the Federal Open Market Committee decided unanimously to keep the ... [Read More]

PODCAST: AFSA’s Celia Winslow on CFPB subprime auto report & more

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Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021, 02:55 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
American Financial Services Association senior vice president Celia Winslow appeared on this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast to discuss what the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reported when the regulator examined subprime auto financing earlier this year. Winslow also shared ... [Read More]

Parthenon Capital Partners acquires KBRA

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Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021, 03:41 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
One of the closest observers of the auto securitization market now has new ownership after forming in the wake of the global financial crisis. Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) announced on Tuesday that it has entered a deal with growth-oriented ... [Read More]

AUL charitable giving surges past $1M since 2012

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Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, 04:00 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
You could say AUL Corp. is in a giving mood. AUL president and chief executive officer Jimmy Atkinson announced on Friday that the F&I provider just surpassed $1 million in total charitable contributions since 2012. This year, AUL said it ... [Read More]

Santander updates share acquisition deadlines

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Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, 03:58 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Almost four months later, the journey of Santander Consumer USA shifting from a publicly traded company to a private firm still isn’t over the financial finish line. The company announced last week that it has extended the expiration date of its ... [Read More]
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