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
Protective Asset Protection’s online dealer training now available
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Perhaps you cannot go to your local public library, but Protective Asset Protection recently made its library of professional development training courses available to all dealership personnel and agents. The provider of F&I programs as well as services and dealer ... [Read More]
Allied Solutions, RDN finalize partnership
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Allied Solutions and Recovery Database Network (RDN) not only operate in the same Indianapolis suburb, but the companies now are partners since they both seek to help auto-finance companies in the same area of their operations. Allied Solutions, one of the ... [Read More]
PODCAST: How TransUnion will monitor auto-finance health going forward
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Like so many individuals, TransUnion described the auto-finance industry as healthy before the coronavirus pandemic arrived in earnest more than two months ago. And in a special episode of the podcast, TransUnion senior vice president and automotive business leader Satyan ... [Read More]
RISC extends waiver of membership-education subscription fees through July 1
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
After nearly two months of COVID-19 related ordinances and regulations, RISC acknowledged the repossession industry has not opened up in all areas, continuing to pressure recovery agency owners and their staff financially. RISC wants to support agents during this crisis ... [Read More]
Credit Acceptance CEO credits workforce for navigating COVID-19 thus far
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
After being delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic, Credit Acceptance Corp. plans to return from Memorial Day weekend and share its first-quarter results on Wednesday. Earlier this week, the subprime auto finance company gave a glimpse of how it’s ... [Read More]
Auto defaults drop to 10-year low even as jobless claims approach 39M
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
For the second month in a row, the auto-finance portion of the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices for April dropped to the lowest level in 10 years, even as the U.S. Department of Labor said another 2,438,000 workers made initial ... [Read More]
ANALYSIS: Examining Top 8 collateral-recovery challenges
Joel Kennedy, NAF Association
Editor’s note: This commentary is the second in a series compiled by Joel Kennedy, who is the current president of the National Automotive Finance Association and board adviser at TruDecision, looking at the intricacies of repossessions and recovery. The first segment ... [Read More]
Launcher rolls out origination solutions tailored for credit unions
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
LAUNCHER.SOLUTIONS (Launcher) entered the credit-union world on Tuesday to offers a solution the company believes can work exceptionally well in both the prime and the subprime market with regard to risk assessment and complex workflows. The technology provider specializing in ... [Read More]
F&I Providers Relief Fund strives toward $1M goal as need grows
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Personnel within one of the most important dealership departments still need help as the coronavirus pandemic continues. Organizers of the F&I Providers Relief Fund for F&I managers have raised more than $500,000 in only about a month — half of ... [Read More]
SCUSA reaches $550M settlement with 33 states over subprime paper
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On Tuesday, Santander Consumer USA Holdings finalized a voluntary settlement topping $550 million with 33 states and the District of Columbia that alleged that contracts that the finance company funded through certain dealers dating back to 2010 violated consumer protection ... [Read More]
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