This Month's Focus
Artificial Intelligence
COMMENTARY: Inventory acquisition in the AI age
Friday, May. 29, 2026, 01:00 PM
AI at car dealerships: a ‘crawl, walk, run’ evolution with data at foundation
Friday, May. 29, 2026, 11:54 AM
Marketing for car dealerships in the age of AI
Wednesday, May. 27, 2026, 11:34 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
PODCAST: Autonomous vehicles & the used-car market with Peter Janczewski of Draiver
We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. To get a better understanding of how autonomous technology ... Listen Here
Tuesday, Jun. 2, 2026, 01:23 PM
PODCAST: More field stories about collections in COVID-19 world
Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, 03:21 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Payix co-founders Chris Chestnut and Preston Cecil made their debut on the Auto Remarketing Podcast and shared an array of observations and anecdotes from their clients about how finance companies are handling collections during the coronavirus pandemic. Chestnut and Cecil ... [Read More]
Edmunds, Equifax spot some consistency in latest finance metrics
Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, 03:14 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
How about this for a change in our coronavirus-impacted world? Experts noticed some consistency in the latest auto-finance trends. According to July auto-finance data Edmunds compiled and shared with SubPrime Auto Finance News, metrics such as term and the amount ... [Read More]
Lindsay Automotive unveils F&I tool aimed to improve 6 parts of vehicle delivery
Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, 03:36 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Lindsay Automotive launched a post-sale, pre-F&I vehicle delivery system for dealers on Monday that is aimed at six potential friction points that can curtail store revenue and customer satisfaction. Created by dealership owner Steve Lindsay in collaboration with industry veterans Chip King ... [Read More]
CFPB seeks public input to reduce credit discrimination, boost ECOA
Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, 03:34 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with its director giving testimony to both House and Senate committees, last week also included the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issuing a request for information (RFI) to seek public input on how best to create a regulatory environment that ... [Read More]
GWC Warranty broadens coverage options for older & high-line models
Friday, Jul. 31, 2020, 01:22 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Have a 2001 model that still looks sharp, runs nicely and remains a great option to attach F&I products? Now dealers that use GWC Warranty have that option among a host of other potential ways to generate finance-office revenue. This week, ... [Read More]
Finance companies remain cautious as unemployment keeps growing
Thursday, Jul. 30, 2020, 03:22 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Ally Financial and Santander Consumer USA are just two examples of what Cox Automotive chief economist Jonathan Smoke said finance companies have been doing for the past four months amid the coronavirus pandemic. Smoke said underwriting has tightened since April. Perhaps ... [Read More]
National Auto Care acquires Diversified Management Group
Tuesday, Jul. 28, 2020, 08:41 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
National Auto Care broadened its F&I portfolio this week. National Auto Care chief executive officer Tony Wanderon and Chris Weber and James Jodison, the principals of Diversified Management Group (DMG), announced that National Auto Care has acquired DMG. DMG is ... [Read More]
From the editor: Recapping 10 years since Dodd-Frank arrived
Tuesday, Jul. 28, 2020, 08:37 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
While it might seem like it’s already been a decade since the coronavirus pandemic started to impact our lives, it’s truly been 10 years since the signing of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which opened the ... [Read More]
TransUnion: Accounts in ‘financial hardship’ level off in June
Tuesday, Jul. 28, 2020, 02:49 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
TransUnion is noticing that credit-performance metrics are starting to change as various actions taken by finance companies because of the coronavirus pandemic begin to run their initial duration. A new TransUnion consumer credit snapshot released last week found the percentage ... [Read More]
COMMENTARY: How to improve your company’s compliance framework
Sunday, Jul. 26, 2020, 07:21 PM
Vladimir Kovacevic, Inovatec
Many automotive lenders face challenges today associated with maintaining compliance in all facets of their business. Automotive loan compliance requires knowledge of federal regulations the govern applications, processes and practices. While it can be assumed lenders strive to remain compliant ... [Read More]
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