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SPONSORED EPISODE: Allied Solutions explains why origination is episodic, but servicing is continuous
John Elias, sales specialist in auto finance business development for Allied Solutions, is back as the guest for another sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Elias explains why current market conditions, affordability pressures and changing vehicle values are combining ... Listen Here
Additional insight into FTC’s move involving disparate impact from Hudson Cook
The Federal Trade Commission recently announced it will not pursue claims based on disparate-impact or “unfair discrimination” theories. In this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Hudson Cook partners Erica Kramer and Rob Tilley offered some historical perspectives and a ... Listen Here
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

Payix highlights 3 accomplishments during record-breaking year

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The pandemic and industry challenges created by COVID-19 didn’t slow Payix. This week, the provider of white-labeled collection tools and payment processing services to finance companies and loan servicers announced record-breaking achievements in 2020 in spite of those significant, well-known macro-economic headwinds. ... [Read More]

EFG Companies looks to future with new EVP of dealer services

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
With an eye toward current F&I business as well as where that segment could go after the pandemic, EFG Companies welcomed a former senior executive at Cox Automotive to its leadership team on Thursday. Scott Kaskocsak, who previously was the senior ... [Read More]

Cox Automotive predicts ‘significant’ climb in repo volume

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Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Cox Automotive estimates that repossession volume will make a “significant” rise in 2021 compared to last year. According to data shared during Friday’s Cox Automotive Industry Insights 2021 presentation, repossession volume in 2020 softened to the lowest level in five ... [Read More]

Report: Value consumers get for GAP coverage continues to rise

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A report compiled by AmTrust Financial Services showed how much value consumers are getting from F&I products, especially guaranteed asset protection (GAP) coverage as well as owners who operate their vehicles where weather and road conditions are poor. The AmTrust ... [Read More]

Remitter USA now has new CEO & VP of sales

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Remitter USA is beginning its journey through 2021 with revamped leadership, including a new chief executive officer and vice president of sales. Now overseeing the white-labeled digital communications platform powered by artificial intelligence that can help finance companies maximize revenue ... [Read More]

PPP restarts this week by SBA & Treasury

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week’s restart of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) could benefit dealerships and finance companies directly if they choose to apply for and are granted loans through this federal program. Or PPP could provide a trickle-down effect for stores and ... [Read More]

Protective Asset Protection finalizes acquisition of Revolos to enhance F&I portfolio

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Here’s another update to start 2021 from our busy mergers and acquisitions desk. Protective Life Corp., overseer of Protective Asset Protection and a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of Dai-ichi Life Holdings, announced this week it completed the transaction to acquire ... [Read More]

DriveItAway joins effort to end ‘Poverty of the Carless’

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A 2019 study published in the Journal of Planning Education and Research examined how vehicle ownership and income are directly related to poverty, coining the term, “Poverty of the Carless.” During the past 60 years, the study indicated all advances ... [Read More]

Edmunds data shows widening gap between new and used financing metrics

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The financing metrics Edmunds compiled and shared this week might have reinforced why more budget-limited consumers likely made a used-vehicle purchase rather than going for a new model. According to Edmunds data, December financed new-car purchases represented the highest average ... [Read More]

Sonsio & Evolution by Dent Wizard complete merger of protection & warranty providers

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The new year is opening with mergers coming to fruition. On the heels of a development involving First Investors Financial Services, Sonsio, a leading provider of vehicle protection and warranty programs to the automotive aftermarket, announced its merger with Evolution, ... [Read More]

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