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Experian’s Melinda Zabritski discusses ongoing stretching of terms
Friday, Jun. 12, 2026, 09:35 AM
The latest appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast by Melinda Zabritski, Experian’s head of automotive financial insights and Automotive Intelligence Award recipient, focused on auto-loan terms, which oftentimes are at least 72 months nowadays. Zabritski also compared a data point ... Listen Here
Forming the Transport Queens with Amber Gosney of SYCN Auto Logistics
Tuesday, Jun. 2, 2026, 01:30 PM
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PODCAST: Autonomous vehicles & the used-car market with Peter Janczewski of Draiver
Tuesday, Jun. 2, 2026, 01:23 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. To get a better understanding of how autonomous technology ... Listen Here

PODCAST: 3 lender executives on affordability & more in auto finance

Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, 12:12 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Used Car Week 2025 featured a panel focused on the state of auto finance. Led by Jennifer Martin of the NAF Association, Christopher Mitcham of Santander Consumer USA, Mary Leigh Phillips of Bridgecrest Acceptance and Amy Brooks of Chase Auto ... [Read More]

Former Virginia independent dealer receives 6-year prison sentence for running fraud scheme impacting two dozen lenders

Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, 11:07 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A dealer is being punished for committing fraud that prosecutors said had involved more than two dozen auto-finance providers, resulting in more than $2 million losses. Officials from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia said last ... [Read More]

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Evaluating VPP Cancellation Systems: 7 Questions Every Lender Should Ask

Selecting the right VPP cancellation system is critical to maintaining compliance, maximizing recoveries, and improving operational efficiency. As regulatory requirements...
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Auto lenders spent on AI. Here’s what paid off.

A panel of auto-lending leaders — CEOs of subprime auto finance companies, VPs of Collections, CROs, indirect-lending executives at two...
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Experian Automotive Dealer Fraud Threat Report

Fraud is Hitting Dealerships Hard When one bad deal can erase tens of thousands in profit, fraud becomes impossible to...
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AI-Financing Spotlight: How Tracy Honda Sells 12-15 More Deals Monthly

Discover how Tracy Honda is outperforming its market by leveraging AI-powered auto financing to drive faster approvals and close more...
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The AI Dealer Playbook: 5 Questions to Ask Before You Buy AI

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping dealership operations by automating communication, improving workflows, and supporting staff with tools like copilots and...
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Speaking the Same Language: How Dealers Structure Capital for Real Estate and Growth

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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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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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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NCC sees Consumer Document Exchange potentially savings stores more than $100K annually

Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, 11:07 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
NCC, a leading provider of integrated credit, compliance, desking, and fraud prevention solutions for automotive retailing, announced the launch of Consumer Document Exchange. Along with a claim of potentially saving a store more than $100,000 annually, the company highlighted the ... [Read More]

COMMENTARY: Cut auto-loan servicing costs by tackling your largest preventable expense

Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, 10:03 AM
Dawn Fretwell, PayNearMe
Most auto lenders know their transaction fees down to the penny. Far fewer can tell you what a failed payment actually costs. Why? Because the expenses hide behind the manual workarounds required to resolve payment-blocking issues. Payment friction is often ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Auto-finance leaders on growth, risk & recovery

Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, 10:29 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
It’s a question any business must answer, but it’s especially important in auto finance. How do you balance growth and risk? A trio of industry executives — Mike Goins of TD Bank, Jeff Marsh of Millennium Capital and Recovery and ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Expectations for repossessions in the US & Canada with Purr’s Chris Schellenberger

Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, 03:06 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Purr founder and CEO Chris Schellenberger opened Used Car Week 2025 on the Live Stage presented by SYCN Auto Logistics. Schellenberger, whose unique business model offers a retail consignment platform for repossessed vehicles, discussed what the repo industry could be ... [Read More]

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]

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