Time dwindling to submit public comments about House’s major CFPB reform proposal
Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, 11:19 AM
F&I Sentinel, Global Lending Services, CHAMP again among Inc. 5000
Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, 11:13 AM
Cox Automotive: Subprime share decreases again in July, as loan terms stay at all-time high
Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, 10:16 AM
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
Matt Babcock of Wolters Kluwer on how digital transformation continues to gain steam in auto financing
Matt Babcock, who heads up digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, returned for another visit on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Wolter Kluwer recently released its latest quarterly Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index. Babcock recapped the sustained upward trajectory the ... Listen Here
Non-Prime Auto Financing Conference to return in person for silver anniversary
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Industry associations are looking to bring some semblance of normalcy this year. Within days of the American Recovery Association rescheduling its two largest events to October with the intention of them being in person, the National Automotive Finance Association set ... [Read More]
‘Lax’ complaint response draws ire of acting CFPB director
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On Wednesday, Dave Uejio — the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — said he met with staff from the regulator's Division of Consumer Education and External Affairs (CEEA). Among the findings and directives originating from last week's gathering, ... [Read More]
ARA shifts its 2 major events to October in hopes of in-person industry gatherings
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While the National Automobile Dealers Association is orchestrating its largest event of the year virtually this week, the American Recovery Association announced its decision to reschedule its primary events to the fall in hopes of having them in person. After ... [Read More]
Reviewing 8 regulations every dealer should know
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While GWC Warranty isn’t suggesting that dealers need to have a law degree to retail used vehicles, the F&I product provider revisited eight crucial regulations operators should understand to do business in a compliant manner. Reviewing the basics of these ... [Read More]
CBA cautious about federal student-loan debt proposal
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Some applicants might be landing at your subprime auto finance company in part because of the amount of student loan debt detailed on their credit report. Senate Democrats recently proposed eliminating up to $50,000 in federal student loan debt per ... [Read More]
Short-term consumer credit growth outlook improves
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
At least one industry expert used some positive adjectives when assembling reaction after the Federal Reserve released consumer credit data for December. The credit data arrived after a federal forecast projecting how long it might take for the U.S. job ... [Read More]
SCUSA confirms end of written agreement with Fed over compliance
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
An enforcement action involving Santander Consumer USA (SCUSA) stemming from four years ago came to a conclusion on Thursday. Santander Holdings USA and SCUSA confirmed in a news release that the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System has ... [Read More]
Sales of Skip-Tracing Certification Program to benefit Innocent Lives Foundation
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
LocateSmarter’s Alex “SkipGuru” Price and RISC are joining forces not just to help professionals sharpen their skip-tracing skills, but also to generate financial resources for a cause connected to something more valuable than vehicles. To support the Innocent Lives Foundation ... [Read More]
Top 25 cities with highest auto-debt ratios
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, personal finance website WalletHub released the first quarter installment of its Auto Financing Report, pinpointing the top 25 cities where consumers hold the highest amounts of auto-finance debt when analyzed against their income. The vast majority of the ... [Read More]
5 organizations reiterate value of direct relationship with repo agents
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
More than 2,000 years ago, Greek mathematician Archimedes is credited with the finding that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. Well, five organizations from the repossession world recently reiterated their industry position using a similar assertion that ... [Read More]
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