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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

Fed upbeat about economy even as consumer confidence wobbles slightly

Lael Brainard file
Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019, 03:14 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In separate public appearances this week, two members of the Federal Reserve Board gave similar, upbeat assessments about the economy and the prospects for steady performance next year. However, one of the prominent measurements of consumer sentiment showed that individuals ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Industry update from NAF Association leadership

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Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019, 03:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
As part of our collection of podcasts originating from Used Car Week 2019, Nick Zulovich shared a conversation with the leadership of the National Automotive Finance Association. Current president Joel Kennedy and executive director Jack Tracey discussed what they’re hearing ... [Read More]

Massachusetts AG lands nearly $1M judgment against independent dealer

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Monday, Nov. 25, 2019, 04:44 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Massachusetts attorney general recently landed a judgment against an independent dealership totalling nearly $1 million for nearly a half dozen allegations. Attorney general Maura Healey recently announced this judgment includes restitution to consumers to resolve allegations that the dealership in ... [Read More]

Latest Credit Acceptance ABS financing & update on dealer fees

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Monday, Nov. 25, 2019, 04:41 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
After revealing a change in its latest quarterly report about how dealer fees are collected, Credit Acceptance Corp. also recently shared the details about its completion of a $351.7 million asset-backed non-recourse secured financing. Pursuant to this transaction, Credit Acceptance ... [Read More]

Capital One survey shows soft buyer confidence in securing financing

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Friday, Nov. 22, 2019, 03:55 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Consumers appear to have a notable desire to purchase a vehicle amid the upcoming holiday shopping season. Their sureness that a finance company will underwrite the contract so they can take delivery doesn’t appear to be on the same level. ... [Read More]

October auto default rate stays on par with historical trendline

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Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, 03:06 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While a bit higher than the year-ago reading, the latest auto-finance default rate included among the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices is on par with what the metric has been in October multiple times during the past five years. This ... [Read More]

Federal and state regulators approve merger of BB&T and SunTrust

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Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, 04:35 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A banking merger first announced back in February finally received a blessing from federal regulators on Tuesday. The Federal Reserve Board met and approved the application by BB&T Corp. of Winston-Salem, N.C., to merge with SunTrust Banks of Atlanta, becoming ... [Read More]

Russi resurfaces as part of Resolvion’s board

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Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, 04:32 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Resolvion — the newly formed provider of loss mitigation services stemming from the recent merger of ALS Resolvion and Del Mar Recovery Solutions — added a well-known executive to its board. Resolvion announced on Wednesday that Tim Russi, former vice ... [Read More]

Geostamping capability among latest enhancements from RDN and Clearplan

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Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, 03:52 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Coming on the heels of multiple discussions during Used Car Week 2019 about improving efficiencies during the recovery process, a pair of KAR Global business units rolled out key platform enhancements meant to accomplish that objective. Recovery Database Network (RDN) ... [Read More]

KBRA: Seasonal impact on October ABS indices intensifies

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Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, 03:51 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The seasonal impact Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) expected to see when analysts assembled their latest prime and non-prime indices of the automotive asset-backed securities (ABS) market arrived in October. KBRA reported auto loan ABS credit performance weakened again in ... [Read More]
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