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Deeper dive into rising LTVs with TransUnion’s Satyan Merchant
One of the notable findings from TransUnion’s Q2 2026 Credit Industry Insights Report (CIIR) was how much loan-to-value ratios have changed in the past five years. Satyan Merchant, one of this year’s Automotive Intelligence Award recipients and senior vice president ... Listen Here
PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor on intersection of payments & technology
PayNearMe recently shared new search, explaining that hidden costs sustained by auto lenders can show up as failed payments, borrower support calls, late payments, collections follow-up, reconciliation work and manual recovery effort. PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor elaborated about ... Listen Here
Matt Babcock of Wolters Kluwer on how digital transformation continues to gain steam in auto financing
Matt Babcock, who heads up digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, returned for another visit on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Wolter Kluwer recently released its latest quarterly Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index. Babcock recapped the sustained upward trajectory the ... Listen Here
Economic roundup: Recession outlook & explaining Supreme Court decision about tariffs via automotive
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Experts from Comerica Bank, Edmunds and S&P Global Ratings tackled a variety of economic topics with connections to automotive, including the chance of a recession in the next 12 months, the Supreme Court’s decision about President Trump’s tariffs, and gross ... [Read More]
Yendo lands $200M funding commitment from i80 Group to continue growth of vehicle-secured credit card
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In October, Yendo announced a $50 million Series B funding round to fuel its efforts to grow as a company that claims to be behind the first-ever vehicle-secured credit card. Now at a time when private debt markets remain historically ... [Read More]
TransUnion projects slight dip in auto originations after robust 2025 volume
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Auto finance often moves counter to other segments of the credit market in positive ways, but not this time, according to TransUnion’s 2026 credit originations forecast released on Thursday. Among the five credit market segments specified in the forecast, only ... [Read More]
ARA, AIR, Wheeler, among others seeking to stop ‘serious threat’ to repossessions by local municipalities
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The American Recovery Association (ARA), the Alliance of Illinois Repossessors (AIR) and DRN|MVTRAC|SCM president Jeremiah Wheeler are all involved in what they see as “a serious threat to the entire repossession industry” that started as a local issue in Illinois ... [Read More]
Experts at Cox Automotive, Conference Board decipher latest credit & job information
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
It’s the puzzle that dealerships and finance companies have had to solve since the start of awarding credit to deliver a vehicle. You likely must have a car to get a job, and you likely have to have a job ... [Read More]
Debt Awareness Week meant to be ‘wake-up call’
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Perhaps some individuals already in your subprime auto finance portfolio are getting a “wake-up call” this week courtesy of consumer advocates who are orchestrating a financial education program. Debt Awareness Week began on Monday with officials at Debt.com, a resource ... [Read More]
FTC sends letters to 13 data brokers about PADFAA obligations
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Federal Trade Commission said last week that it sent letters to 13 data brokers warning them of their responsibility to comply with the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 (PADFAA). Officials recapped that the PADFAA prohibits ... [Read More]
Despite ‘mixed year’ for subprime, S&P Global Ratings watches auto ABS volume generate another record in 2025
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Saying the subprime sector “had a mixed year,” S&P Global Ratings reported that U.S. auto loan ABS issuance volume reached a record high for the second consecutive year. According to the firm’s newest report released last week and shared with ... [Read More]
ARA welcomes PAR North America’s revamped payment system
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
American Recovery Association president Todd Case is hoping PAR North America set a precedent this week that other forwarders and service providers follow that could significantly benefit repossession agents. PAR North America shifted its payment engine that’s now live nationwide ... [Read More]
Credit availability steady in January as negative equity climbs and terms stretch
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Cox Automotive spotted a steady start to the year on the credit front, despite some turbulence involving negative equity, down payments and contract terms. The January reading of the Dealertrack Credit Availability Index remained at 100.0, staying at its best ... [Read More]
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