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SPONSORED EPISODE: Allied Solutions explains why origination is episodic, but servicing is continuous
John Elias, sales specialist in auto finance business development for Allied Solutions, is back as the guest for another sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Elias explains why current market conditions, affordability pressures and changing vehicle values are combining ... Listen Here
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

Auto defaults up 10 of the past 11 months

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While not at the upward pace of headline-grabbing metrics such as inflation or gas prices, nonetheless auto defaults are moving higher. And they have been now for 10 of the past 11 months. According to data through May 2022 for ... [Read More]

Proposed FTC rule out to ban ‘junk fees, bait-and-switch tactics’

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Four of the five leaders of the Federal Trade Commission support a proposed a rule to ban what the federal regulator called “junk fees and bait-and-switch advertising tactics that can plague consumers throughout the car-buying experience.” The commissioner who voted against ... [Read More]

From the editor: NARS highlights intriguing thoughts from finance companies & repo agents

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Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Tip of the conference cap to the American Recovery Association and the North American Repossessors Summit planning committee. They scheduled a pair of intriguing panel discussions to begin the 2022 edition of NARS, which unfolded for the first time at ... [Read More]

Experts see mixed observations when examining latest auto ABS data

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The latest analysis about the health of contract payments and the auto asset-backed securities market from Kroll Bond Rating Agency and S&P Global Ratings showed mixed observations from company experts. Beginning first with the update from S&P Global Ratings, analysts ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Identifying risk sources with Joseph Cioffi of Credit Chronometer

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
We wrap up our series of podcasts recorded during this year’s Non-Prime Auto Financing Conference, hosted by the National Automotive Finance Association, with a visit with Davis + Gilbert partner Joseph Cioffi. Cioffi, who also runs the Credit Chronometer, discussed where ... [Read More]

Explaining what 75 basis-point rise in interest rates might do within auto financing

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Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Experts from Cox Automotive and Edmunds offered perspectives on what might happen within auto financing after the Federal Reserve made its largest increase interest rates at a single point since 1994. The Federal Open Market Committee voted 8-1 this week ... [Read More]

Auto credit availability tightens in May

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
It appears May was a tipping point in the auto financing space. After loosening for 11 months in a row, access to auto credit tightened in May, according to the Dealertrack Credit Availability Index for all types of auto financing. ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Why CECL ‘is about to get real’

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
When discussing CECL — implementation of the Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) accounting standards — Agora Data senior vice president of strategic relationships Jim Bass said bluntly during this month’s Non-Prime Auto Financing Conference: “It’s about to get real.” Bass, ... [Read More]

Rising costs continue to erode consumer confidence

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Experts from Comerica Bank, Cox Automotive and TransUnion all relayed this week that a myriad of circumstances is eroding consumer sentiment of individuals who might be currently in your auto portfolio or who might be added soon. While TransUnion reported ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Talking auto ABS with Amy Martin of S&P Global Ratings

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Amy Martin, who is sector lead and senior director S&P Global Ratings, is a fixture at the Non-Prime Auto Financing Conference hosted by the National Automotive Finance Association. Before Martin made her way back on the conference stage, she spent ... [Read More]

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