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Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Satyan Merchant of TransUnion
Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, 07:01 PM
Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners wrap up with Satyan Merchant, who is senior vice president, automotive and mortgage business leader at TransUnion. Merchant recollected how his interest in data started when studying statistics on the back ... Listen Here
Top Reasons Dealers can benefit by attending the Used Car Summit
Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, 03:27 PM
On this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits has a conversation with Vanessa Rocha, VP, All-American Bonds and Insurance and a Board member with the Florida Independent Auto Dealers Association. Vanessa speaks to some of the big issues ... Listen Here
Industry Elite: Tony Rimas of XPEL
Tuesday, Mar. 31, 2026, 07:40 PM
Concluding our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Tony Rimas, who is vice president of global revenue at XPEL Inc. Rimas — an avid biker who swam and ran track & field and cross country ... Listen Here

AFSA & ABA seek collaboration to reduce fraud in auto finance & elsewhere

Thursday, Sep. 25, 2025, 10:47 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Both the American Financial Services Association and the American Bankers Association welcomed the dialogue during a hearing last week hosted by the U.S. House Financial Services Committee. Lawmakers and industry advocates discussed several financial scams currently affecting consumers and lenders, ... [Read More]

ARA forms new committee focused on agent safety

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Wednesday, Sep. 24, 2025, 12:16 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The American Recovery Association recently formed another committee. President Vaughn Clemmons said this one “was established to tackle one of the greatest challenges in our profession: ensuring the safety and protection of repossession agents.” ARA said its Recovery Agent Protection ... [Read More]

KBRA, S&P Global Ratings give updates on Tricolor securitizations

Wednesday, Sep. 24, 2025, 10:32 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Both KBRA and S&P Global Ratings gave updates this week about its ongoing evaluation of securitizations made by Tricolor Holdings, which recently filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. S&P Global Ratings suspended its ratings on six classes of automobile receivables-backed from ... [Read More]

Vervent takes on successor servicing role following Tricolor bankruptcy

Tuesday, Sep. 23, 2025, 10:12 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Vervent confirmed via a news release on Monday that it has been authorized to step in as a successor servicer in response to the Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing by Tricolor Holdings. Previously designated as backup servicer, Vervent said it has ... [Read More]

Beginning of October marks initial availability of defi SOLUTIONS’ integration with Informed.IQ

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Monday, Sep. 22, 2025, 10:28 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
When October begins next week, clients who use defi SOLUTIONS should be able to use some new capabilities offered by Informed.IQ courtesy of a recent integration. According to a news release, lenders will be able to seamlessly integrate Informed.IQ’s vertical ... [Read More]

Informativ acquires Carmatic to offer unified solution for dealers & partners

Monday, Sep. 22, 2025, 10:23 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Earlier this month, Informativ introduced Verified Stips powered by TurboPass to boost underwriting. Then last week, the provider of fraud prevention, compliance, and credit technology for the automotive and consumer finance industries made an even more substantial move, acquiring Carmatic, ... [Read More]

New FICO report shows deterioration of scores among consumers already in auto portfolios

Friday, Sep. 19, 2025, 10:34 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The FICO Score Credit Insights report — a new analysis offering a detailed look at how consumer credit behaviors are evolving across the United States — contained some notable trends about auto financing, especially associated with the consumers already in ... [Read More]

Implications for auto finance as Fed ‘is in a pickle’

Thursday, Sep. 18, 2025, 10:18 AM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
The Federal Reserve “is in a pickle.” That’s the summation from Comerica Bank after the Federal Open Market Committee cut the federal funds target rate a quarter percent to a range of 4.00% to 4.25% on Wednesday. The move by ... [Read More]

Arra Finance closes acquisition of Crescent Bank’s auto-finance division

Wednesday, Sep. 17, 2025, 11:37 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Arra Finance announced via social media on Tuesday that it has closed its acquisition of Crescent Bank’s auto-finance division in a move originally revealed in June. When Arra Finance first announced the acquisition, the subprime auto finance company said Crescent ... [Read More]

Safe-Guard opens expanded facility in SC

Wednesday, Sep. 17, 2025, 11:34 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Safe-Guard Products International now has more brick-and-mortar resources to house its platform for private label protection products for the automotive, RV, marine, and powersports industries. On Tuesday, Safe-Guard said it has opened an expanded call center in Greenville, S.C. Located ... [Read More]

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