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SPONSORED EPISODE: Rethinking vehicle-protection plans for today’s wide inventory mix with GWC Warranty
Used-car inventory on dealer lots nowadays can range from older, higher-mileage vehicles to EVs, lifted trucks, and modified vehicles. The result is dealers are also having to change the vehicle-protection conversations with customers. In this special sponsored episode of the ... Listen Here
Recapping credit scores & other trends in auto finance with Shams Blanc of FICO
Shams Blanc, head of auto scores at FICO, made another appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast to elaborate more about the fall edition of the FICO Score Credit Insights report. Along with recapping what’s going on in auto finance, Blanc ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: Greenville Auto Auction Celebrates 16 Years—A look back and a look ahead
On this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits visits with Billy Willis and Kevin Stallings of Greenville Auto Auction. The auction celebrates 16 years in early September, and the guys talk about the history of the sale, ... Listen Here
Westlake’s total portfolio closes 2020 above $12B
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Fueled by 14.7% growth year-over-year, Westlake Technology Holdings reported this week that the finance company with a diversified portfolio beyond just subprime paper ended 2020 with $12.14 billion in total managed assets. Westlake highlighted nine other major achievements generated by ... [Read More]
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]
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