SPONSORED EPISODE: Bracing for more than ‘portfolio stress’ with John Elias of Allied Solutions
John Elias, sales specialist in auto finance business development with Allied Solutions, acknowledged lenders might be experiencing more than just “portfolio stress” since delinquencies, insurance costs, negative equity, and repossessions are all intensifying at the same time. Elias, who was ... Listen Here
Monday, Jun. 22, 2026, 07:11 PM
Agora Data’s Matt Burke on becoming NAF Association president
Agora Data’s Steve Burke was one of the founders of the National Automotive Finance Association 30 years ago. Now in 2026, Steve Burke’s son, Matt, not only is a top executive at Agora Data, but he is also now president ... Listen Here
Friday, Jun. 19, 2026, 01:00 AM
Experian’s Melinda Zabritski discusses ongoing stretching of terms
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
Friday, Jun. 12, 2026, 09:35 AM
Experian on outstanding accounts being current in Q2
Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, 03:37 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
When analysts touched on delinquencies as a part of Experian’s latest State of the Automotive Finance Market report, the declaration they made about that particular metric likely pleased finance companies greatly. However, for repossession agents and forwarding companies, the assertion ... [Read More]
Santander Consumer USA to become private through $12.7B stock deal
Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, 02:49 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The days of Santander Consumer USA Holdings (SC) as a publicly traded subprime auto finance company are numbered. SC revealed just before the Fourth of July that it had received a non-binding proposal from its majority shareholder — Santander Holdings ... [Read More]
KBRA spots some seasonal movement in newest ABS indices
Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, 03:17 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) released its auto finance ABS indices for July, as analysts used a description that might make many executives and managers a little more confident about how the entire market is behaving. [Read More]
Auto defaults climb for the first time in 2021 — barely
Friday, Aug. 20, 2021, 02:21 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
For the first time this year, S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian spotted a rise in auto defaults. But the uptick analysts noticed was the smallest amount possible. [Read More]
Experian on used financing: Rising amount financed, monthly payment & term in Q2
Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, 04:11 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The significant rise in wholesale prices experts have been discussing for much of the year spilled into auto financing. According to Experian’s latest State of the Automotive Finance Market report released on Thursday, analysts spotted notable increases in several categories ... [Read More]
TransUnion spots positive Q2 trends for delinquency & subprime growth
Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, 03:23 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The financial services industry — including auto financing — is rebounding strongly from the early impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to TransUnion’s Q2 2021 Quarterly Credit Industry Insights Report (CIIR). In fact, analysts discovered the metric that many finance ... [Read More]
ACA International adds collections industry award winner to board
Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, 03:13 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The ACA International board of directors selected an interim director during its meeting last week. The organization that brings together third-party collection agencies, law firms, asset buying companies, creditors and vendor affiliates welcomed Tim Haag to serve on its board. ... [Read More]
DriveItAway partners with another fintech firm to help consumers rebuild credit
Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021, 02:41 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
DriveItAway is continuing to forge partnerships to help dealerships turn vehicles while giving consumers the opportunity to secure transportation and rebuild their credit. Via a news release distributed Tuesday, the provider of subscription to ownership technology that can enable anyone, ... [Read More]
Right Direction Financial Services to leverage Scienaptic AI-powered platform
Monday, Aug. 16, 2021, 02:07 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
After recently forging a relationship with an independent dealership group, Scienaptic bolstered its client roster of independent finance companies on Monday. The credit decision platform provider fueled by artificial intelligence now is working with Right Direction Financial Services, which looks ... [Read More]
Cox Automotive/Moody’s Analytics Vehicle Affordability Index sets new record in July
Monday, Aug. 16, 2021, 02:05 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
No matter where the individual might land on the credit spectrum, the financial capability needed to acquire a new vehicle is now at the most difficult point ever seen by experts from Cox Automotive and Moody’s Analytics. According to the ... [Read More]
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