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
PODCAST: Expectations for repossessions in the US & Canada with Purr’s Chris Schellenberger
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
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 ... [Read More]
Westlake Financial completes $100M ‘landmark transaction’ with HFC Acceptance
Nick Zulovich
Instead of booking subprime auto paper, Westlake Financial sold approximately $100 million of subprime auto loans in what it called a “landmark transaction.” Westlake on Tuesday announced the successful sale to HFC Acceptance that included what the companies dubbed a ... [Read More]
Allied Solutions hires former PAR North America COO
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
One of the honorees among the 2023 Women in Collections and Recoveries has a new executive position. Allied Solutions posted on social media this week that Jessie Herdrich Irwin joined the company as its vice president of recovery operations. The ... [Read More]
McGlinchey Stafford to wind down law firm after more than 50 years
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Here’s an example of how dramatically situations can change for even well-established service providers connected with auto finance. On Dec. 15, McGlinchey Stafford announced the hire of four associates who previously clerked or worked at the law firm across three ... [Read More]
December auto-credit availability climbs to best level in more than 3 years
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Jonathan Gregory recapped 2025 from the credit-granting perspective since the December Dealertrack Credit Availability Index reached its highest point of year and reflected the best level since October 2022. The Cox Automotive senior manager of economic and industry insights on ... [Read More]
StoneEagle’s newest F&I solutions are being deployed at NADA 2026
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
StoneEagle plans to unveil what it’s calling an enhanced interplay between StoneEagleMENU and StoneEagleMETRICS at the 2026 NADA Show in Las Vegas next month. The F&I solutions provider highlighted that its revamped tool generates a deeper connection of METRICS intelligence ... [Read More]
TransUnion sees auto delinquency rising for fifth straight year
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
TransUnion acknowledged its 2026 Consumer Credit Forecast originated through a “complex backdrop,” with unemployment being one of the primary ingredients in analysts’ prediction of auto-finance delinquency rising for the fifth year in a row. And perhaps that “complex backdrop” got ... [Read More]
Primeritus Financial Services adds Hester to strategic sales team
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Primeritus Financial Services reinforced its human capital before 2025 closed. The provider of recovery, skip-tracing and remarketing services to the finance community hired Jeremy Hester to be part of its strategic sales team as senior national strategic sales executive. The ... [Read More]
PODCAST: How AI can improve repossessions with Geoff Weathersby of SVR Tracking
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Artificial intelligence helps individuals and businesses in many ways nowadays. Can AI help to sharpen the repossession process, too? Geoff Weathersby thinks so. The chief operating officer of SVR Tracking explained how on the Live Stage presented by SYCN Auto ... [Read More]
DriveItAway & Free2move launch in 9 more markets ‘at the moment consumers need it most’
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Last July, DriveItAway Holdings joined forces with Free2move, the global mobility brand of Stellantis, to launch Free2move Powered by DriveItAway, a national initiative that aims to “transform dealerships into next-generation mobility hubs.” In December, the companies announced the expansion of ... [Read More]
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