Why Capital Structures Matters in Today’s Market Dealers actively expanding or acquiring real estate are often constrained not by opportunity—but...
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As subprime space keeps changing, how long can average terms stretch?
Monday, May. 4, 2026, 11:16 AM
TransUnion updates auto performance, shares research about K-shaped path of overall consumer credit market
Thursday, Apr. 30, 2026, 10:10 AM
Reviewing FICO & FSA data to see how much student loans could be impacting your auto-finance portfolio
Tuesday, May. 5, 2026, 10:13 AM
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This Month's Focus
Artificial Intelligence
CARS Protection Plus taps Circuitry.ai Warranty Decision Intelligence to help adjusters resolve claims faster
Wednesday, May. 6, 2026, 10:38 AM
DealerOn’s dual launch includes AI search visibility platform, ‘intelligent layer’ touching full dealership
Tuesday, May. 5, 2026, 03:28 PM
Newest Experian tool designed to reduce risk within AI-driven commerce
Monday, May. 4, 2026, 11:19 AM
FICO’s Shams Blanc on lenders sharpening underwriting & more
Fresh off being in Miami as part of the Used Car Industry Summit that Cherokee Media Group hosted this spring, Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, appeared again on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Blanc discussed ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Apr. 29, 2026, 03:54 PM
Byron Oldham of Honest Autos & FIADA
Byron Oldham is president of the family-owned Honest Autos dealership and is president of the board at the Florida Independent Automobile Dealers Association. In this episode, Oldham talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about the upcoming Southeast ... Listen Here
Monday, Apr. 27, 2026, 07:47 PM
Automotive CFO-To-Go Kathi Kruse talks dealership finance, accounting in ‘lightning round’
Kathi Kruse, the Automotive CFO-To-Go who brings her financial expertise — born through years of experience as a dealership chief financial officer — to dealers needing help in that area, is back on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. In this episode, ... Listen Here
Sunday, Apr. 19, 2026, 04:27 AM
CreditMiner & TransUnion partner to fight synthetic fraud
Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, 04:38 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
CreditMiner and TransUnion are working together in an attempt to keep fraud from infecting dealerships. The companies announced a new partnership this week that enables them to offer the automotive industry cutting-edge fraud prevention technologies via their API capabilities. CreditMiner ... [Read More]
ARA looking for unity during ‘another year of turbulence’
Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, 04:35 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
American Recovery Association president Dave Kennedy directly opened a message to repossession agents, finance companies, forwarders and other service providers by saying: “This year is going to be another year of turbulence in our industry.” While auto defaults have risen ... [Read More]
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Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business
Dealer Playbook: 5 Takeaways for Auto Retailers Using AI
The May issue of Auto Remarketing — “Shifting Gears: AI’s Role in Retail Automotive” — explores how top auto retailers...
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How TO Maximize Your Digital Sales!
How much revenue is slipping through the cracks in your digital sales process? Our latest guide reveals the most common...
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Loan Origination Automation Guidelines for Modern Lenders
Lenders are under pressure to move faster, handle higher volumes, and reduce manual tasks. Automation can help, but only if...
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Turn Service Visits Into Sales Growth: A GM’s Checklist
Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
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RateGenius: Applications & savings via auto refinancing jump in 2020
Monday, Jan. 24, 2022, 04:48 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
RateGenius shared how much consumers saved when refinancing their vehicle’s retail installment sales contract in 2020. According to the firm’s report based on activities through its network of more than 150 finance companies nationwide, RateGenius said Americans saved an average ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Top 3 F&I data points from 2021 spotted by StoneEagle
Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, 09:34 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In his first appearance of the year on the Auto Remarketing Podcast, StoneEagle F&I senior vice president of business development Joe St. John acknowledged how enticing it would be to run a dealership again because of the F&I performances many ... [Read More]
KBRA spots more payment wobbling in December reporting
Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, 08:19 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
More evidence that consumers maintaining their monthly payments for their vehicles is continuing to wobble arrived this week from Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA). In its latest analysis looking at the automotive securitization market, KBRA found that December remittance reports ... [Read More]
Frank discussion about repossession fees and relations among agents, forwarders & finance companies
Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, 04:33 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Clashes involving repossession agents, forwarders and finance companies recently brought Jeremiah Wheeler of DRN | MVTRAC into the mix. When agents stopped scanning license plates as a way to create industry attention about repossession fees, the move left Wheeler with ... [Read More]
APCO Holdings & DealerPolicy partner to boost back-end gross potential
Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, 04:29 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
More opportunities to enhance the insurance opportunities within your dealership finance office recently arrived. DealerPolicy, a leading insurance marketplace for automotive retail, announced a strategic partnership with APCO Holdings, a leading provider and administrator of F&I products and home to the EasyCare ... [Read More]
defi SOLUTIONS & Open Lending expand partnership to help captives
Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, 04:11 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
For captive finance companies interested in buying paper lower on the credit spectrum, assistance is coming later this year from defi SOLUTIONS, which recently announced expansion of its partnership with Open Lending. The service providers highlighted the expansion includes an ... [Read More]
Auto defaults close 2021 by rising for 6 straight months
Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, 04:14 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Perhaps executives and managers associated with auto collections, repossessions and recoveries are sending each other messages with a GIF attached featuring the character Michael Scott from the popular TV show, “The Office,” with him yelling, “It’s happening!” According to December ... [Read More]
SCUSA gives $35M grant to ‘bridge the digital divide’
Monday, Jan. 17, 2022, 04:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Santander Consumer USA is looking to be a financial resource not just in vehicle deliveries. Coinciding with the Martin Luther King Holiday, SCUSA announced on Monday that it is partnering with technology and community nonprofit Comp-U-Dopt to help “bridge the ... [Read More]
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