Cox Automotive and Moody’s Analytics are trying to use their collective brainpower to create a new way of analyzing and tracking vehicle affordability. The companies recently launched what they’re calling the Vehicle Affordability Index, which is designed to quantify price ... [Read More]

Along with making five additions to its executive team, this week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued its final advisory opinions policy. In making the move publicly, the CFPB said it was looking to address regulatory uncertainty in the bureau’s ... [Read More]

The chair of the Federal Communications Commission plans to leave the regulator when the next president is inaugurated. On Monday, FCC chairman Ajit Pai announced that he intends to leave the agency on Jan. 20 after holding the chair position ... [Read More]

The coronavirus pandemic certainly has impacted the workplace and made completing day-to-day tasks challenging at times. Credit Acceptance and Flagship Credit Acceptance not only have overcome those obstacles, each finance company recently received honors for the quality of its work ... [Read More]

In a message sent to SubPrime Auto Finance News on Tuesday, U.S. Equity Advantage (USEA) and chief executive officer Robert Steenbergh explained how they ended up entering into a consent order with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau when the payment ... [Read More]

On Monday, Wolters Kluwer released the fourth phase of its revamped website; a process that began in June aimed at offering a unified digital experience for visitors. Wolters Kluwer highlighted its website focuses on showcasing expert solutions and the company’s ... [Read More]

For the second time this month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a consent order with a firm involved with auto-finance payments. And similar to the one the CFPB reached at the beginning of November, bureau officials see the possibility ... [Read More]

Fitch Ratings, Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) and S&P Global Ratings each offered perspectives on the securitization market this week. After sharing metrics their analysts gathered, each firm pointed to two trends moving in opposite directions. All three highlighted how ... [Read More]

When taken together as I did this morning, a quartet of assertions made by TransUnion, Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell, the U.S. Department of Labor and Edmunds executive director of insights Jessica Caldwell described how topsy-turvy this pandemic has made the ... [Read More]

The most recent TransUnion financial hardship survey conducted in late October pinpointed how short of funds individuals and families financially impacted by the pandemic are toward meeting their monthly obligations. According to the online survey of 3,100 adults conducted by ... [Read More]