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PODCAST: Experian’s Melinda Zabritski discusses ongoing stretching of terms

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Experian’s Melinda Zabritski discusses ongoing stretching of terms

Friday, Jun. 12, 2026, 09:35 AM

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

Forming the Transport Queens with Amber Gosney of SYCN Auto Logistics

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PODCAST: Autonomous vehicles & the used-car market with Peter Janczewski of Draiver

Tuesday, Jun. 2, 2026, 01:23 PM

We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. To get a better understanding of how autonomous technology ... Listen Here

From the editor: Reinforcing my affinity for repossession agents

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Wednesday, May. 5, 2021, 06:04 PM

Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor

If you have read the content for some time generated by us here at Cherokee Media Group, you might already know of my great affinity and respect for repossession agents. Rightfully so, much of our material highlights the exciting parts ... [Read More]

PODCAST: StoneEagle spots ‘silver lining’ in Q1 F&I metrics

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Tuesday, May. 4, 2021, 01:56 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

If you didn’t already know, StoneEagle F&I senior vice president of business development Joe St. John is one of the most enthusiastic executives anywhere in the automotive industry. Well, when St. John dissected the first-quarter data gathered via StoneEagleMETRICS, his excitement ... [Read More]

Credito Real USA Finance closes first securitization

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Monday, May. 3, 2021, 02:40 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

A deep subprime finance company that has been working with both franchised and independent dealerships, especially to cater to their Hispanic customers, now is venturing into securitizations. In business since 2007, Credito Real USA Finance announced last week that it ... [Read More]

Lender Compliance Technologies launches tool for F&I product cancellations and refunds

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Monday, May. 3, 2021, 02:35 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Lender Compliance Technologies (LCT) recently rolled out a tool geared to solve a problem that often causes major headaches for finance companies and their staff. The compliance solutions company unveiled what it calls Refund Control; comprehensive, finance company-controlled solution for ... [Read More]

Credit Acceptance’s leadership changes & $27M settlement

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Friday, Apr. 30, 2021, 02:30 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Credit Acceptance Corp. made two major announcements on Thursday afternoon; one involving top company leadership and the other in connection with a multi-million-dollar settlement with a state attorney general. First, the finance company that specializes in subprime paper said that ... [Read More]

Interest rates likely to stay low for 2 more years

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Thursday, Apr. 29, 2021, 03:17 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

As finance companies modify their ongoing strategies, perhaps what the Federal Reserve does with interest rates will give executives at least one consistent ingredient on which to build forward-looking plans. Members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decided unanimously ... [Read More]

Weltman & DRN hosting free webinar to prepare for potential repo surge

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Wednesday, Apr. 28, 2021, 03:16 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co. and DRN are joining forces for a free, two-part educational webinar in an effort to help the entire repossession and recovery industries prepare for what might be coming down the default pipeline this year. In ... [Read More]

3 ways US Equity Advantage expanded cybersecurity protections

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Wednesday, Apr. 28, 2021, 02:56 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

US Equity Advantage (USEA) acknowledged that the current digital landscape is rampant with expanding cyber threats and cybercriminals getting smarter by the day. As a result, the biweekly installment contract payment service recapped this week how it’s taking steps to ... [Read More]

Fitch Ratings: Despite resilient overall market, subprime auto ABS remains at risk

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Wednesday, Apr. 28, 2021, 02:54 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Generally, Fitch Ratings has an upbeat assessment of automotive asset-backed securities performance, but the subprime segment still has firm experts concerned. Fitch Ratings said this week that auto ABS has been more resilient than initially expected through the pandemic and ... [Read More]

Edmunds: Soaring prices for trades reduce negative-equity challenges

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Tuesday, Apr. 27, 2021, 02:21 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Dealerships often face the challenge of their potential buyers bringing a sizeable amount of negative equity with them via their trade, creating a hurdle to get a deal bought within their network of finance companies. Times have changed tremendously, based ... [Read More]

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