TransUnion projects slight dip in auto originations after robust 2025 volume
Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026, 11:22 AM
ARA, AIR, Wheeler, among others seeking to stop ‘serious threat’ to repossessions by local municipalities
Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, 02:59 PM
Experts at Cox Automotive, Conference Board decipher latest credit & job information
Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, 10:54 AM
Cox Automotive on guiding the modern car buyer
One of the keynote presentations from Used Car Week 2025 featured Micah Tindor and Elizabeth Stegall of Cox Automotive for a session titled, “Guiding the Modern Buyer with Trust, Tech & Smarter Trade-Ins.” Valuable study findings and dealership recommendations now ... Listen Here
Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, 05:17 PM
Kevin Roberts of CarGurus on 2026 Used-Car Market
Kevin Roberts, who is director of economic and market intelligence at CarGurus, is back on the show to talk about the hot start to 2026 for the retail used-car market. Roberts and Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby discuss ... Listen Here
Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, 07:18 PM
Cox Automotive on the vanishing divide between wholesale & retail
Used Car Week 2025 extended the ongoing conversation about how the wholesale and retail portions of the used-car market aren’t quite as distinct as they used to be. Cherokee Media Group’s Bill Zadeits hosted a fireside chat about the subject ... Listen Here
Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, 09:43 AM
Portfolio among top Texas workplaces for 5th straight year
Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, 02:47 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Portfolio found a way to get its collective minds off of the frigid conditions currently in the Lone Star State at least for a little while this week. The provider of F&I products and reinsurance programs announced it was again ... [Read More]
US Equity Advantage unveils updated version of AutoPayPlus University
Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, 02:45 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
US Equity Advantage (USEA) approaches its business activities with the strategy that a well-done onboarding program enhances work performance, boosts job satisfaction, fosters company loyalty and lowers employee turnover rates. Based on that premise, the biweekly installment contract payment service ... [Read More]
TransUnion: Subprime lags, though overall auto originations rebound
Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, 04:34 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
TransUnion discovered that finance companies originated paper at an overall pace during the third quarter of last year resembling what analysts spotted during Q3 of 2019. When looking closer at the subprime market, however, TransUnion found originations are lagging. Analysts ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Nicholas Financial president and CEO on subprime vitality & more
Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, 04:44 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Nicholas Financial president and chief executive officer Doug Marohn is back on the podcast for a discussion about the pandemic, fraud and the vitality of the subprime auto finance market. To listen to this episode, click on the link available below, ... [Read More]
Why S&P Global Ratings remains upbeat about auto ABS loss metrics
Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, 04:40 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
S&P Global Ratings is observing what it dubbed “generally better-than-expected loss results,” according to its latest report on the auto loan ABS market. And analysts gave an upbeat forecast for the trends to continue this year as unemployment levels tick ... [Read More]
Prestige hires former Mercedes-Benz captive executive
Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, 03:54 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
An executive who spent nearly 20 years with a luxury OEM’s captive finance company now is part of the leadership team at Prestige Financial Services. On Friday, the affiliate of The Larry H. Miller Group of Companies named Bradley Bitner ... [Read More]
SAFCO welcomes Gang as senior risk officer
Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, 03:52 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
SAFCO added an executive whose experience includes time with one of the subprime auto finance company’s competitors as well as posts with a large bank and an automaker's captive. Entrepreneur and fintech veteran Kenneth Gang recently joined SAFCO as its ... [Read More]
Denson joins Venable’s financial services practice
Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, 03:22 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A legal expert who has appeared multiple times at Used Car Week and other industry events now is the newest partner at Venable. The law firm with locations in six states and the nation’s capital announced this week that Allen ... [Read More]
Westlake’s total portfolio closes 2020 above $12B
Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, 03:19 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Fueled by 14.7% growth year-over-year, Westlake Technology Holdings reported this week that the finance company with a diversified portfolio beyond just subprime paper ended 2020 with $12.14 billion in total managed assets. Westlake highlighted nine other major achievements generated by ... [Read More]
Non-Prime Auto Financing Conference to return in person for silver anniversary
Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, 08:40 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Industry associations are looking to bring some semblance of normalcy this year. Within days of the American Recovery Association rescheduling its two largest events to October with the intention of them being in person, the National Automotive Finance Association set ... [Read More]
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