AFSA & NIADA welcome halt of discretionary publication of complaint narratives & visualizations by CFPB
Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, 10:34 AM
Edmunds on depth of ‘The Vanishing Affordable Used Car’
Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, 10:17 AM
PODCAST: Additional insight into FTC’s move involving disparate impact from Hudson Cook
Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, 09:25 AM
Additional insight into FTC’s move involving disparate impact from Hudson Cook
The Federal Trade Commission recently announced it will not pursue claims based on disparate-impact or “unfair discrimination” theories. In this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Hudson Cook partners Erica Kramer and Rob Tilley offered some historical perspectives and a ... Listen Here
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
ACA International delves further into Supreme Court’s recent autodialer decision
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Efforts by ACA International and other industry organizations connected with collections helped to generate what they called the “favorable ruling” earlier this month when the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously decided a case involving the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and definition ... [Read More]
6 highlights of depreciation & ABS forecast by Black Book & Fitch Ratings
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Among a host of other projections and assessments, six main highlights surfaced on Tuesday when Black Book and Fitch Ratings released its joint U.S. vehicle depreciation and auto asset backed securities (ABS) report. With wholesale prices setting records, Black Book ... [Read More]
American Cycle Finance now leveraging Scienaptic’s AI-powered underwriting tool
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Artificial intelligence is playing a role within the subprime market for financing motorcycles, too. On Monday, Scienaptic, an AI-powered credit decision platform provider, announced the deployment of its solution at American Cycle Finance (ACF). According to a news release, this ... [Read More]
700Credit & fusionZONE coordinate for soft-credit pulls to boost dealer leads
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Responding in part to consumer demand for as much information as possible before finalizing their vehicle financing, 700 Credit announced a product alliance with fusionZONE Automotive’s digital retailing solution, FastLane Leads. FastLane Leads is designed to simplify the digital retail ... [Read More]
CFPB suggests delay of recent debt collection rules
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Perhaps here’s some news on a Friday that might help finance companies and their collectors exhale a bit. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau this week proposed extending the effective date of two recent debt collection rules to give affected parties ... [Read More]
ANALYSIS: CFPB suffers first court loss after Seila Law
Ori Lev and James Williams, Mayer Brown
One of the great ironies of the Supreme Court’s decision in Seila Law versus CFPB, in which the Supreme Court held that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) structure was unconstitutional, is that it effectively provided no relief to Seila ... [Read More]
ARA partners with Bassford Remele to enhance compliance offerings
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Repossession agents and other recovery industry firms certainly do not have a shortage of options for training to remain up to date on compliance and other intricacies of what might be the most complicated segment of auto financing. This week, ... [Read More]
3 parts of Ally’s latest financial education efforts for children
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Perhaps there might be fewer consumers with soft credit profiles if Ally Financial’s latest initiatives to educate children are successful. In an effort to put the “lit” in Financial Literacy Month this April, Ally announced that it will lean further ... [Read More]
Credit report availability & scrutiny grow
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The three largest credit bureaus extended free weekly availability of credit reports for another year to help consumers across the country manage their financial health during the ongoing hardship caused by COVID-19. However, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau also is ... [Read More]
National Auto Care adds experts on fixed ops & profit participation
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
With at least one store owner praising the actions, National Auto Care (NAC) reinforced its team with experts focused on two areas of great interest to dealerships: profits and training. The F&I product provider announced the addition of two key ... [Read More]
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