AFSA & NIADA welcome halt of discretionary publication of complaint narratives & visualizations by CFPB
Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, 10:34 AM
Edmunds on depth of ‘The Vanishing Affordable Used Car’
Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, 10:17 AM
PODCAST: Additional insight into FTC’s move involving disparate impact from Hudson Cook
Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, 09:25 AM
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
PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor on intersection of payments & technology
PayNearMe recently shared new search, explaining that hidden costs sustained by auto lenders can show up as failed payments, borrower support calls, late payments, collections follow-up, reconciliation work and manual recovery effort. PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor elaborated about ... Listen Here
UPDATED: California bill stalls that would have banned repossessions for 2 years
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Representatives from the American Financial Services Association, the American Recovery Association, the National Automotive Finance Association, and the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association let out of collective exhale of relief after what they each described as a significantly damaging piece of ... [Read More]
2 more developments aim for major change at CFPB
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was on the receiving end of two separate actions this week aimed at dramatically changing how the agency operates. First, a collection of consumer advocate groups is suing the CFPB and director Kathleen Kraninger for ... [Read More]
MBSi, Resolvion put integration plan in motion
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
MBSi Corp. and Resolvion are making sure their firms are fully prepared when finance companies begin to start repossession and recovery activities again in full force. The companies announced on Wednesday that they reached an agreement to complete full integration ... [Read More]
EFG Companies sees revamped VSC generating up to $200K in annual store revenue
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
EFG Companies wants dealers to generate up to $200,000 in revenue per year through a new F&I product rolled out this week. The firm announced the launch of its re-imagined Motorist Assistance Plan (MAP) vehicle service contract. EFG Companies highlighted ... [Read More]
Top 10 states for delinquencies in Q1
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Experian’s latest State of the Automotive Finance Market Report showed delinquency rates on auto financing declined during the first quarter. Experian determined 30-day delinquencies decreased from 1.98% in Q1 of last year to 1.93% in Q1 of this year, while ... [Read More]
Moody’s, S&P use recent auto ABS information to project summertime industry status
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Both S&P Global Ratings and Moody’s Investors Service are trying to use their data and information about the auto ABS market to project the health of finance companies and their portfolios later this summer and beyond. Each firm considered payment ... [Read More]
Nicholas Financial celebrates profitable fiscal year
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Nicholas Financial found a way to cheer the close of its 2020 fiscal year since it broke a string of two consecutive years of negative earnings. And the subprime auto-finance company also highlighted how funds from the Paycheck Protection Program ... [Read More]
Update from CFPB taskforce on federal consumer financial law
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Earlier this week, the chair of the taskforce on federal consumer financial law created at the beginning of the year by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau offered an update on the group’s progress on examining the existing legal and regulatory ... [Read More]
American Guardian enhances appearance protection solutions
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
American Guardian Warranty Services (AGWS) announced brand new product additions to its appearance protection solutions and compass auto product lines this week. The F&I provider that offers products and services in the automotive, RV, powersports, marine and commercial trucking markets ... [Read More]
Open Lending and Nebula finalize business combination, begin Nasdaq trading
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The journey of Open Lending being acquired by Nebula, a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by True Wind Capital, that began back in January climaxed this week as the business combination was approved by Nebula’s shareholders at an “extraordinary” general ... [Read More]
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