AFSA explains 4 top problems associated with credit reporting to House lawmakers, offers 4 possible solutions
Friday, May. 1, 2026, 10:07 AM
TransUnion updates auto performance, shares research about K-shaped path of overall consumer credit market
Thursday, Apr. 30, 2026, 10:10 AM
VantageScore spots ‘subtle migration’ of consumers toward lower credit tiers in March
Monday, Apr. 27, 2026, 10:37 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
This Month's Focus
Artificial Intelligence
Newest Experian tool designed to reduce risk within AI-driven commerce
Monday, May. 4, 2026, 11:19 AM
Fed’s Bowman outlines 3 steps now that Anthropic’s Mythos adds more possible AI risk to banking
Monday, May. 4, 2026, 11:18 AM
Tekion adds another new partner with integration of DAS Technology’s customer experience platform
Friday, May. 1, 2026, 10:12 AM
Servicing Solutions adds new VP of sales
Wednesday, Jul. 28, 2021, 04:03 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Servicing Solutions recently bolstered its team with the addition of Jeremy Hettman as vice president of sales, bringing nearly 20 years of consultative sales experience to the company. In this key role, Servicing Solutions said that Hettman will lead business ... [Read More]
SAFCO lands $204.5M in new financing via 2 providers
Friday, Jul. 23, 2021, 02:03 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Southern Auto Finance Co. (SAFCO) now has more financial resources to operate in the subprime auto finance space. The company announced this week that it finalized new partnerships with Capital One and One William Street that are providing a new ... [Read More]
Former CFPB director joins firm focused on cryptocurrency & machine learning
Friday, Jul. 23, 2021, 02:02 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau now has a new position in the private sector. Kathy Kraninger — who also is scheduled to appear for a fireside chat during the Non-Prime Auto Financing Conference hosted by the ... [Read More]
KBRA: Delinquency seasonality could be coming later this year
Thursday, Jul. 22, 2021, 03:20 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A day after S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian reported that auto defaults sunk to a new all-time low in June, Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) released its latest indexes based on performance in the securitization market, illustrating how the ... [Read More]
ARA seeking nominations for 2021 NARS Industry Awards
Wednesday, Jul. 21, 2021, 02:39 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The American Recovery Association announced that nominations still are open for the 2021 NARS Industry Awards, which will honor exceptional members of the repossession industry during the North American Repossessors Summit set for October. Submissions can be made for five ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Experian’s Michele Bodda on employment & income trends
Wednesday, Jul. 21, 2021, 02:36 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Perhaps one of the most difficult challenges for finance companies to overcome through the pandemic was verifying an applicant’s employment and income. Michele Bodda, president of Experian Mortgage, Employer Services and Verification Solutions, appeared on this episode of the Auto ... [Read More]
UPDATED: Both auto & mortgage defaults now at all-time lows
Tuesday, Jul. 20, 2021, 02:49 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
If finance companies based their decisions on how to run and staff their collections and recovery departments based only the metrics included in the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices, they truly might be a one-man — or woman — band ... [Read More]
National Auto Care reinforces M&A team to add more to F&I portfolio
Monday, Jul. 19, 2021, 02:47 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
National Auto Care (NAC) made four agency acquisitions last year, and the F&I provider wants to be in a position to finalize even more this year. With M&A growth in mind, NAC on Monday announced the addition of Walter Hoffman, ... [Read More]
Senate Banking Committee Republicans want answers from CFPB director nominee
Friday, Jul. 16, 2021, 03:20 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Senate wrangling over the nominee to be the new director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau became even more intense this week. The dozen Republican members of the Senate Banking Committee sent a letter to Rohit Chopra stemming from ... [Read More]
American Recovery Service names Osborne as chief services officer
Friday, Jul. 16, 2021, 03:16 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
American Recovery Service (ARS) recently expanded its executive team by promoting Cortney Osborne to be chief services officer. With nearly 20 years of industry experience and moderator of the Women in Auto Finance honoree panels during Used Car Week, ARS ... [Read More]
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