Dealers already wary about interest-rate impact watch Fed pass on chance for adjustment
Thursday, Jun. 18, 2026, 10:13 AM
ANV Group Holdings to take Open Lending private via all-cash tender offer
Wednesday, Jun. 17, 2026, 11:30 AM
Agora Data & GWC Warranty partner to streamline dealer offerings of VSC & GAP
Wednesday, Jun. 17, 2026, 11:28 AM
Agora Data’s Matt Burke on becoming NAF Association president
Agora Data’s Steve Burke was one of the founders of the National Automotive Finance Association 30 years ago. Now in 2026, Steve Burke’s son, Matt, not only is a top executive at Agora Data, but he is also now president ... Listen Here
Friday, Jun. 19, 2026, 01:00 AM
Experian’s Melinda Zabritski discusses ongoing stretching of terms
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
Friday, Jun. 12, 2026, 09:35 AM
Forming the Transport Queens with Amber Gosney of SYCN Auto Logistics
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Tuesday, Jun. 2, 2026, 01:30 PM
Ascent Dealer Services hires former Protective executive to be VP of acquisition
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, 09:59 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Ascent Dealer Services, a provider of F&I performance, training, and profitability solutions, recently named Rob Johnson as its new vice president of acquisition. Johnson possesses more than eight years of specialized experience in the automotive and F&I sector. He began ... [Read More]
Growing volume of paper booked in Q3 has terms stretching toward 2033
Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, 10:58 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Imagine an excited individual who financed and took delivery of a used vehicle on Labor Day. Perhaps it was a gently used, older car or maybe even a certified pre-owned model. There’s a possibility that contract won’t reach its payoff ... [Read More]
GALR & MVTRAC share important dialogue at Used Car Week
Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, 03:11 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
One of the purposes of Used Car Week is bringing various industry segments together for constructive conversations. An example of that outcome surfaced when the Georgia Association of Licensed Repossessors (GALR) announced that it had “productive and forward-looking industry dialogue” ... [Read More]
S&P Global Ratings: Extensions exceeding pre-pandemic level
Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, 10:56 AM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Evidently, finance companies are instructing their collections departments to work even harder with customers who are having trouble maintaining their monthly payments. According to S&P Global Ratings’ latest U.S. auto loan asset-backed securities data shared with Cherokee Media Group on ... [Read More]
StoneEagle Q3 data shows steady times in dealer F&I departments
Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, 10:21 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
StoneEagle on Tuesday highlighted how it was a steady quarter in dealership F&I departments amid some gross-profit turbulence seen in July, August and September. Third-quarter information included in the StoneEagleDATA F&I Benchmark Report showed stable F&I performance across key metrics. ... [Read More]
CFPB unveils ‘humility pledge’ for supervision division
Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, 11:48 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Perhaps compliance departments at auto lenders and other companies involved in financial services had something extra to be thankful for last week. Just ahead of Thanksgiving, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau made significant changes to how its supervision division conducts ... [Read More]
AutoPayPlus welcomes new agency development manager
Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, 11:47 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
AutoPayPlus by US Equity Advantage continued its recent string of moves by announcing the appointment of Steven Weir as agency development manager. In this role, the automated financial concierge service said Weir will be responsible for building and supporting strong ... [Read More]
Weltman, Weinberg & Reis adds 5 attorneys to Chicago office, donates to Feeding America network
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025, 01:48 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with making donations to local food banks and pantries in the Feeding America network, Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., added to its stable of legal professionals at its Chicago office. This month, the firm welcomed five new attorneys: Tresina ... [Read More]
Auto snippets from TransUnion’s October 2025 Credit Industry Snapshot
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025, 10:07 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Are auto-finance providers taking on more risk or are there simply more consumers who fall into the subprime credit tier? Here some more data to consider. As Cox Automotive’s information showed credit access improved a bit in October, TransUnion’s October ... [Read More]
October data from Cox Automotive & VantageScore shows expanded credit access but growing delinquency
Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, 10:21 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
You can make your own judgements about the state of the credit market based on October data from Cox Automotive and VantageScore. In October, Cox Automotive reported, the Dealertrack Credit Availability Index resumed its upward trend of improved credit access ... [Read More]
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