Affordability leads latest TransUnion study & AFSA event dialogue
Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, 10:25 AM
Santander Q4 survey shows ongoing optimism of middle-income Americans who see value of used cars
Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, 10:24 AM
Challenge Financial Services hires former UACC exec, acquires $21M portfolio
Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, 10:21 AM
The real cost of inaction when it comes to transport fraud
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Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, 03:30 PM
More dialogue about current complexities of fleet management with David Prusinski of Vehicle Management Systems (VMS)
A limited number of qualified maintenance technicians. A robust mix of gasoline-, diesel- and electric-fueled vehicles. There’s no shortage of challenges for fleet managers nowadays. To help wade through the environment with valuable perspectives, David Prusinski, who is CEO of ... Listen Here
Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, 03:30 PM
Lenders, forwarders & agents discuss repo bottlenecks
In another of the Used Car Week 2025 panel discussions focused on repossessions and recoveries, AutoSquared.ai co-founder Bahador Rahimi led a conversation that included lenders, forwarders and agents. The group exchanged ideas about how industry firms can smooth the bottlenecks ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, 07:16 PM
PODCAST: Looking at the possibility of 3 million repossessions annually through the recovery lens
Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, 10:08 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Cortney Osborne, who serves as chief operating officer of MVTRAC and chief revenue officer of DRN, and John Sibbitt, who is vice president of Recovery Database Network, hosted a conversation during Used Car Week 2025 about the potential for 3 ... [Read More]
New info from TransUnion & LendingTree again shows how auto-finance risk rose to close 2025
Friday, Jan. 23, 2026, 10:26 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
New information released this week from TransUnion and LendingTree showed the growing risk auto-finance providers are absorbing. According to TransUnion’s Credit Industry Snapshot for December, the average contract amount financed in October increased to $30,914 from $30,362 in September and ... [Read More]
PODCAST: A blueprint for auto lenders to maximize collateral recovery
Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, 10:08 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
There’s a growing possibility the vehicle serving as the collateral for the contract you just booked might have to be repossessed and remarketed before the consumer fully pays the balance. At Used Car Week 2025, Anne Holtzman of Allied Solutions ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Repo Roundtable gives agents opportunity to educate lenders
Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, 12:50 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In another session during Used Car Week 2025 that filled a room to near capacity, the Repo Roundtable is now available through this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Led by Lauren Kimbrell of Advanced Collateral Recovery, five other repossession ... [Read More]
Lender Compliance Technologies passes 1 million processed VPP cancellations
Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, 11:14 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Lender Compliance Technologies (LCT) highlighted a major operational achievement on Wednesday. The provider of compliance solutions for managing F&I product refunds announced it has now successfully processed more than 1 million voluntary protection product (VPP) cancellations through its cloud-based platform, ... [Read More]
Dealertrack & RouteOne integrate with F&I Sentinel to streamline compliance & validation
Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, 11:14 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
F&I Sentinel made it a double. The provider of tech-enabled solutions for F&I products announced simultaneous strategic integrations on Wednesday with two digital contract platforms — RouteOne and Cox Automotive’s Dealertrack. F&I Sentinel said Dealertrack and RouteOne are helping to ... [Read More]
PODCAST: 3 lender executives on affordability & more in auto finance
Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, 12:12 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Used Car Week 2025 featured a panel focused on the state of auto finance. Led by Jennifer Martin of the NAF Association, Christopher Mitcham of Santander Consumer USA, Mary Leigh Phillips of Bridgecrest Acceptance and Amy Brooks of Chase Auto ... [Read More]
Former Virginia independent dealer receives 6-year prison sentence for running fraud scheme impacting two dozen lenders
Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, 11:07 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A dealer is being punished for committing fraud that prosecutors said had involved more than two dozen auto-finance providers, resulting in more than $2 million losses. Officials from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia said last ... [Read More]
NCC sees Consumer Document Exchange potentially savings stores more than $100K annually
Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, 11:07 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
NCC, a leading provider of integrated credit, compliance, desking, and fraud prevention solutions for automotive retailing, announced the launch of Consumer Document Exchange. Along with a claim of potentially saving a store more than $100,000 annually, the company highlighted the ... [Read More]
COMMENTARY: Cut auto-loan servicing costs by tackling your largest preventable expense
Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, 10:03 AM
Dawn Fretwell, PayNearMe
Most auto lenders know their transaction fees down to the penny. Far fewer can tell you what a failed payment actually costs. Why? Because the expenses hide behind the manual workarounds required to resolve payment-blocking issues. Payment friction is often ... [Read More]
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