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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

COMMENTARY: Simple, effective behavioral-based move to reduce default rates

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Tuesday, Apr. 20, 2021, 02:31 PM
Common Cents Lab
Defaults are a bad outcome for both lenders and borrowers, and research shows that the mismatched timing between a person’s income and their bills is one of the most common reasons for these financial shortfalls. A new behavioral science experiment ... [Read More]

Payment Insights from Equifax leverages more alternative data

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Monday, Apr. 19, 2021, 02:27 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Equifax recently expanded its offerings connected with alternative data so finance companies still can cater to consumers with thin files or soft credit backgrounds. Developed in partnership with Urjanet, Equifax introduced Payment Insights, a cloud-based solution that promotes greater financial ... [Read More]

SWBC expands auto presence with DIMONT acquisition

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Monday, Apr. 19, 2021, 02:25 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
SWBC now possesses a stronger foothold in the auto-finance market through acquisition. Last week, SWBC announced that it recently acquired the auto claims division of DIMONT, one of the largest providers of specialty insurance and loan administration services to the ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Risk mitigation in a post-pandemic world

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Thursday, Apr. 15, 2021, 02:17 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Thousands of individuals are getting their COVID-19 vaccinations daily, and business activities are gradually getting back toward what they were previously. However, for auto finance companies, there still is not a single anecdote to cure all of their risk, making ... [Read More]

TransUnion: Maintaining auto payment no longer top priority

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Thursday, Apr. 15, 2021, 02:14 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
TransUnion discovered another way this pestering pandemic influenced consumer behavior when it comes to individual’s auto financing. On Wednesday, TransUnion released findings of a payment hierarchy study focusing on the three most popular credit products in the U.S. — auto ... [Read More]

Car Capital gains more resources with $20M credit line

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Wednesday, Apr. 14, 2021, 03:49 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Nearly a month after Car Capital secured a funding round of almost $9 million, the new auto-finance technology company that strives to get any deal bought no matter the consumer credit background closed on a credit line more than double ... [Read More]

ACA International delves further into Supreme Court’s recent autodialer decision

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Wednesday, Apr. 14, 2021, 03:45 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Efforts by ACA International and other industry organizations connected with collections helped to generate what they called the “favorable ruling” earlier this month when the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously decided a case involving the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and definition ... [Read More]

6 highlights of depreciation & ABS forecast by Black Book & Fitch Ratings

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Tuesday, Apr. 13, 2021, 04:03 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Among a host of other projections and assessments, six main highlights surfaced on Tuesday when Black Book and Fitch Ratings released its joint U.S. vehicle depreciation and auto asset backed securities (ABS) report. With wholesale prices setting records, Black Book ... [Read More]

American Cycle Finance now leveraging Scienaptic’s AI-powered underwriting tool

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Monday, Apr. 12, 2021, 03:03 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Artificial intelligence is playing a role within the subprime market for financing motorcycles, too. On Monday, Scienaptic, an AI-powered credit decision platform provider, announced the deployment of its solution at American Cycle Finance (ACF). According to a news release, this ... [Read More]

700Credit & fusionZONE coordinate for soft-credit pulls to boost dealer leads

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Monday, Apr. 12, 2021, 03:02 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Responding in part to consumer demand for as much information as possible before finalizing their vehicle financing, 700 Credit announced a product alliance with fusionZONE Automotive’s digital retailing solution, FastLane Leads. FastLane Leads is designed to simplify the digital retail ... [Read More]
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