Equifax reported earlier this year that consumer debt in auto loans and leases has surpassed $1.7 trillion, exceeding credit card and student loan debt. Equifax also said delinquencies have increased by 7% year-over-year, reaching a three-year high. It’s trends like ... [Read More]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is part of the May edition of Auto Remarketing, which will focus entirely on a new special feature: Who to Watch. This special feature will recognize auto industry executives and companies — selected by Cherokee Media ... [Read More]

Matt Burke is one of the best among his peers in Dallas. The president and COO of Agora Data has been named to the Dallas Business Journal’s 2025 40 Under 40 list for his transformative leadership and contributions to the ... [Read More]

A proposed order detailed by the Federal Trade Commission this week gave auto finance companies clear bullet points of what not to do when it comes to their collections activities. In developments outside of automotive, the FTC alleged that Global ... [Read More]

While overall consumer credit balances remained largely stable, the March edition of CreditGauge from VantageScore offered deeper insight into the subprime credit tier and auto financing. When looking only at subprime consumers — what VantageScore pegs as individuals with scores ... [Read More]

The repossession community gathered in Orlando, Fla., last week for the annual North American Repossessors Summit (NARS). Along with organizing insightful panel discussions, crucial training workshops and demonstrations as well as productive meetings between finance companies and repossession agents, the ... [Read More]

In a move geared toward more credit access, Zest AI on Tuesday announced the native integration of its automated underwriting and fraud detection with the Temenos loan origination solution. The companies highlighted this seamless integration provides traditional financial institutions in ... [Read More]

While the Federal Reserve hasn’t lowered interest rates yet this year, institutions that participate in auto refinancing are upbeat about the volume they could generate in the coming months. Two examples of the bullish perspective recently came from iLending and ... [Read More]

Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell quipped during an appearance at the Economic Club of Chicago earlier this month, saying, “As that great Chicagoan Ferris Bueller once noted, ‘Life moves pretty fast.’” Nowadays, many consumers don’t appear to be liking how ... [Read More]

The latest Charles River Associates analysis released on Monday showed that VantageScore credit score usage is up sharply by 55% year-over-year to a record 41.7 billion credit scores delivered in 2024. That’s up from 26.9 billion in 2023, as lenders ... [Read More]