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What might be next for Amazon Autos
Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, 03:52 PM
Cherokee Media Group’s Bill Zadeits hosted a fireside chat with Fan Jin, global leader of Amazon Autos, during Used Car Week 2025. Their wide-ranging conversation about the past, present and future of the online platform and its involvement with automakers ... Listen Here
Auto-finance leaders on growth, risk & recovery
Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, 03:07 PM
It’s a question any business must answer, but it’s especially important in auto finance. How do you balance growth and risk? A trio of industry executives — Mike Goins of TD Bank, Jeff Marsh of Millennium Capital and Recovery and ... Listen Here
Expectations for repossessions in the US & Canada with Purr’s Chris Schellenberger
Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, 07:48 PM
Purr founder and CEO Chris Schellenberger opened Used Car Week 2025 on the Live Stage presented by SYCN Auto Logistics. Schellenberger, whose unique business model offers a retail consignment platform for repossessed vehicles, discussed what the repo industry could be ... Listen Here

COMMENTARY: Considering an improved auto-loan calculator

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Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019, 04:21 PM
Wendy De La Rosa and Richard Mathera, Common Cents Lab
Recent Federal Reserve data shows that more than 4 million Americans are more than 90 days late on their car loan payments. There are many reasons someone may default on an auto loan: job loss, health emergency or an expensive ... [Read More]

Canadian-based iA Financial expands US warranty presence by purchasing IAS

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Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, 03:46 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
iA Financial Corp., one of Canada’s largest insurance and wealth management companies, secured a larger amount of the dealer warranty business in the United States last week. According to a news release, iA Financial, the holding company of iA Financial ... [Read More]

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The Dealer’s Guide to Smarter GPS Tracking

A Buyer’s Guide for Independent Dealer, BHPH, and Auto Finance Leaders Reducing Risk, Unlocking Opportunity Independent dealers and finance companies...
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Used Car Turn Vendor Management Checklist

Vehicles touch multiple vendors before they ever hit the lot, and when approvals, communication, and invoices are scattered, delays are...
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The ART of AI: A Dealership Guide to Deploying AI With Confidence

AI is rapidly reshaping dealership operations, yet most stores are still in early experimentation mode. According to the Cox Automotive...
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5 federal agencies now support alternative-data usage

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Friday, Dec. 6, 2019, 03:53 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
If auto-finance companies were not already using alternative data to enhance their underwriting efforts, they appear to have gotten the green light this week from five prominent federal regulators. Those five agencies — the Federal Reserve, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ... [Read More]

Experian Q3 financing data reinforces appeal of used

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Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019, 03:17 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Reinforcing the appeal of used models highlighted in a recent Ally Financial survey, Experian’s latest data showed used vehicles are commanding a larger share of the U.S. automotive finance market. According to Experian’s Q3 2019 State of the Automotive Finance ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Allied Solutions’ outlook on recoveries & more

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Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019, 04:58 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
As part of our collection of podcasts originating from Used Car Week 2019, Nick Zulovich caught up with Anne Holtzman and Suzi Straffon from Allied Solutions. The executives from Allied Solutions recapped not only what transpired in the world of ... [Read More]

APR for new models drops to lowest level in 21 months as used metric stays steady

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Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019, 04:49 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
At least from an interest-rate perspective, new vehicles looked a bit more attractive to buyers in November, even though retail prices for those models continued to climb. Meanwhile, financing for used vehicles stayed on a steady course, according to the ... [Read More]

11 questions on deck for upcoming credit reporting workshop hosted by CFPB & FTC

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Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019, 04:46 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will host a public workshop on Tuesday to discuss issues affecting the accuracy of both traditional credit reports and employment and tenant background screening reports. The regulators shared ... [Read More]

Powell shifts from Santander to Wells Fargo among 5 executive moves

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Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019, 03:45 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Santander Holdings USA, Santander Consumer USA Holdings and Wells Fargo all made high-level leadership changes on Tuesday morning with an executive shifting from one institution to the other being among the moves. According to separate news releases, Timothy Wennes has ... [Read More]

CRB Auto now part of RouteOne eContracting base

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Monday, Dec. 2, 2019, 04:31 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Amid all of the Black Friday retail activities, RouteOne announced that CRB Auto is now an available eContracting finance source for dealers utilizing the RouteOne platform. The companies reiterated that eContracting can enable the digital exchange of critical contract documents ... [Read More]

S&P Global Ratings sees generally positive ABS performance even as terms lengthen

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Monday, Dec. 2, 2019, 04:24 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While keeping a close watch on lengthening contract terms, S&P Global Ratings reported that collateral performance was generally positive for the U.S. auto loan asset-backed securities (ABS) sector in September. “Losses and 60-plus-day delinquencies decreased month over month as well ... [Read More]
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