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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

COMMENTARY: How COVID-19 has re-written the auto-finance playbook, possibly forever

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Jim Houston, J.D. Power
Auto dealers around the country have embraced the unthinkable during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are now offering online sales. Roughly 85% of General Motors dealers were signed up to offer the manufacturer’s “Shop Click Drive” e-commerce program by May of ... [Read More]

7 groups caution lawmakers about possible ramifications of credit reporting prohibition during COVID-19

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The coronavirus pandemic certainly has disrupted so many parts of finance-company operations. But a group of seven industry organizations, including the American Financial Services Association, is urging federal lawmakers to make sure the pandemic impact doesn’t spread to one of ... [Read More]

PODCAST: More field stories about collections in COVID-19 world

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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]

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