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What might be next for Amazon Autos
Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, 03:52 PM
Cherokee Media Group’s Bill Zadeits hosted a fireside chat with Fan Jin, global leader of Amazon Autos, during Used Car Week 2025. Their wide-ranging conversation about the past, present and future of the online platform and its involvement with automakers ... Listen Here
Auto-finance leaders on growth, risk & recovery
Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, 03:07 PM
It’s a question any business must answer, but it’s especially important in auto finance. How do you balance growth and risk? A trio of industry executives — Mike Goins of TD Bank, Jeff Marsh of Millennium Capital and Recovery and ... Listen Here
Expectations for repossessions in the US & Canada with Purr’s Chris Schellenberger
Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, 07:48 PM
Purr founder and CEO Chris Schellenberger opened Used Car Week 2025 on the Live Stage presented by SYCN Auto Logistics. Schellenberger, whose unique business model offers a retail consignment platform for repossessed vehicles, discussed what the repo industry could be ... Listen Here

LegalShield’s Consumer Stress Legal Index at highest point in more than 5 years

Thursday, Jul. 17, 2025, 11:56 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
LegalShield’s Consumer Stress Legal Index (CSLI) climbed from March to June, and the company said it was driven by surging foreclosure and consumer finance legal inquiries, all rooted in increased debt. Analysts indicated the CSLI surged to 68.2, which is ... [Read More]

Weltman, Weinberg & Reis tackles challenges of subrogation & bankruptcy

Details of upcoming repossession webinars from ARA & Weltman
Wednesday, Jul. 16, 2025, 12:55 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Two legal experts from Weltman, Weinberg & Reis tackled one of the most complex situations that auto finance companies and insurance providers might ever face. That’s when subrogation recovery intersects with a bankruptcy case, triggering even more questions that need ... [Read More]

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The ART of AI: A Dealership Guide to Deploying AI With Confidence

AI is rapidly reshaping dealership operations, yet most stores are still in early experimentation mode. According to the Cox Automotive...
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Buoyed in part by job market, Fed might not cut interest rates until year end

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Wednesday, Jul. 16, 2025, 11:16 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
If you’re hoping the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates this month, you might be disappointed. Comerica Bank predicted policymakers might not make a move until it’s time to celebrate Christmas, Hannukah and Kwanzaa. The Federal Open Market Committee will announce ... [Read More]

Cox Automotive spots 6 troubling trends from June auto-finance performance

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Tuesday, Jul. 15, 2025, 09:48 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Being a music aficionado and chief economist, Cox Automotive’s Jonathan Smoke could have included some woeful blues tracks when he highlighted six points about the current performance of auto financing in his Auto Market Weekly Summary. While not mentioning songs ... [Read More]

Auto credit availability improves again in June

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Thursday, Jul. 10, 2025, 02:46 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Both summertime temperatures and the Dealertrack Credit Availability Index are on upward trajectories. Cox Automotive reported on Thursday that the June index reflected a second consecutive month of improved credit access, rising to 97.3. That’s up from 96.5 in May. ... [Read More]

TransUnion: Credit scores dropping by 60 points on average because of delinquent federal student loans

Revisiting topic of partial payments
Thursday, Jul. 10, 2025, 10:27 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The pool of consumers potentially falling into the subprime credit tier might grow by nearly 6 million individuals based on the trends connected with student loans recently highlighted by TransUnion. New research from TransUnion revealed that the number of consumers ... [Read More]

ARA highlights 4 primary compliance features of new 50-State Solution

Wednesday, Jul. 9, 2025, 01:21 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
For agents, 50 states can mean as many as 50 different sets of regulations to follow when repossessing vehicles. To help them handle those potential complexities, the American Recovery Association launched what it called a “groundbreaking” resource on Wednesday. Called ... [Read More]

FTC distributing more than $3.5M to consumers harmed by ‘The Credit Game’

Wednesday, Jul. 9, 2025, 09:57 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Federal Trade Commission basically said, “Game over,” in connection with what officials dubbed a credit-repair scheme called, “The Credit Game.” The FTC recently announced it is sending more than $3.5 million in refunds to consumers harmed by the operation. ... [Read More]

F&I Sentinel makes third major move of the summer, hiring VP of account management

Wednesday, Jul. 9, 2025, 09:51 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A busy summer for F&I Sentinel continued Tuesday, as the provider of tech-enabled solutions associated with F&I products in automotive finance appointed Keishawn Batts as vice president of account management. The company said Batts, who F&I Sentinel described as a ... [Read More]

Caribou sees plenty of opportunities for auto refinancing

Monday, Jul. 7, 2025, 04:20 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While there’s some stability in used-vehicle financing, Edmunds recently highlighted multiple all-time highs registered during the second quarter for consumers to take delivery of a new vehicle, including the percentage of individuals paying more than $1,000 monthly. At Caribou, the ... [Read More]
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