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Experian’s Melinda Zabritski discusses ongoing stretching of terms
Friday, Jun. 12, 2026, 09:35 AM
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
Forming the Transport Queens with Amber Gosney of SYCN Auto Logistics
Tuesday, Jun. 2, 2026, 01:30 PM
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PODCAST: Autonomous vehicles & the used-car market with Peter Janczewski of Draiver
Tuesday, Jun. 2, 2026, 01:23 PM
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

iA Financial Group finalizes $720M acquisition of IAS

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Friday, May. 29, 2020, 01:50 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
An acquisition in the F&I space first announced back in December came to a conclusion this week. Officials from iA Financial Corp., the holding company of iA Financial Group, said they have finalized the acquisition of IAS Parent Holdings Inc. and its ... [Read More]

NY Honda dealer settles discrimination allegation from FTC for $1.5M

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Thursday, May. 28, 2020, 02:26 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Discrimination allegations from the Federal Trade Commission against a New York City dealer resulted in a $1.5 million settlement. The FTC announced this week that Bronx Honda and general manager Carlo Fittanto will pay $1.5 million to settle charges they ... [Read More]

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Evaluating VPP Cancellation Systems: 7 Questions Every Lender Should Ask

Selecting the right VPP cancellation system is critical to maintaining compliance, maximizing recoveries, and improving operational efficiency. As regulatory requirements...
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Auto lenders spent on AI. Here’s what paid off.

A panel of auto-lending leaders — CEOs of subprime auto finance companies, VPs of Collections, CROs, indirect-lending executives at two...
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Experian Automotive Dealer Fraud Threat Report

Fraud is Hitting Dealerships Hard When one bad deal can erase tens of thousands in profit, fraud becomes impossible to...
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AI-Financing Spotlight: How Tracy Honda Sells 12-15 More Deals Monthly

Discover how Tracy Honda is outperforming its market by leveraging AI-powered auto financing to drive faster approvals and close more...
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The AI Dealer Playbook: 5 Questions to Ask Before You Buy AI

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping dealership operations by automating communication, improving workflows, and supporting staff with tools like copilots and...
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Speaking the Same Language: How Dealers Structure Capital for Real Estate and Growth

Why Capital Structures Matters in Today’s Market Dealers actively expanding or acquiring real estate are often constrained not by opportunity—but...
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Dealer Playbook: 5 Takeaways for Auto Retailers Using AI

The May issue of Auto Remarketing — “Shifting Gears: AI’s Role in Retail Automotive” — explores how top auto retailers...
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Loan Origination Automation Guidelines for Modern Lenders

Lenders are under pressure to move faster, handle higher volumes, and reduce manual tasks. Automation can help, but only if...
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Repossession industry reinforces tenuous position with Repo Alliance, ARA whitepaper

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Wednesday, May. 27, 2020, 04:24 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The repossession industry is taking swift action to position itself to survive the dire situation intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic. First, the American Recovery Association (ARA) started an initiative several weeks ago that’s resulted in the Repo Alliance, a fundraising ... [Read More]

Protective Asset Protection’s online dealer training now available

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Wednesday, May. 27, 2020, 04:22 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Perhaps you cannot go to your local public library, but Protective Asset Protection recently made its library of professional development training courses available to all dealership personnel and agents. The provider of F&I programs as well as services and dealer ... [Read More]

Allied Solutions, RDN finalize partnership

Anne Holtzman at UCW
Wednesday, May. 27, 2020, 03:16 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Allied Solutions and Recovery Database Network (RDN) not only operate in the same Indianapolis suburb, but the companies now are partners since they both seek to help auto-finance companies in the same area of their operations. Allied Solutions, one of the ... [Read More]

PODCAST: How TransUnion will monitor auto-finance health going forward

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Tuesday, May. 26, 2020, 01:33 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Like so many individuals, TransUnion described the auto-finance industry as healthy before the coronavirus pandemic arrived in earnest more than two months ago. And in a special episode of the podcast, TransUnion senior vice president and automotive business leader Satyan ... [Read More]

RISC extends waiver of membership-education subscription fees through July 1

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Friday, May. 22, 2020, 03:28 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
After nearly two months of COVID-19 related ordinances and regulations, RISC acknowledged the repossession industry has not opened up in all areas, continuing to pressure recovery agency owners and their staff financially.  RISC wants to support agents during this crisis ... [Read More]

Credit Acceptance CEO credits workforce for navigating COVID-19 thus far

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Friday, May. 22, 2020, 03:20 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
After being delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic, Credit Acceptance Corp. plans to return from Memorial Day weekend and share its first-quarter results on Wednesday.   Earlier this week, the subprime auto finance company gave a glimpse of how it’s ... [Read More]

Auto defaults drop to 10-year low even as jobless claims approach 39M

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Thursday, May. 21, 2020, 02:08 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
For the second month in a row, the auto-finance portion of the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices for April dropped to the lowest level in 10 years, even as the U.S. Department of Labor said another 2,438,000 workers made initial ... [Read More]

ANALYSIS: Examining Top 8 collateral-recovery challenges

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Wednesday, May. 20, 2020, 03:51 PM
Joel Kennedy, NAF Association
Editor’s note: This commentary is the second in a series compiled by Joel Kennedy, who is the current president of the National Automotive Finance Association and board adviser at TruDecision, looking at the intricacies of repossessions and recovery. The first segment ... [Read More]

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