Time dwindling to submit public comments about House’s major CFPB reform proposal
Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, 11:19 AM
F&I Sentinel, Global Lending Services, CHAMP again among Inc. 5000
Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, 11:13 AM
Cox Automotive: Subprime share decreases again in July, as loan terms stay at all-time high
Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, 10:16 AM
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
Matt Babcock of Wolters Kluwer on how digital transformation continues to gain steam in auto financing
Matt Babcock, who heads up digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, returned for another visit on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Wolter Kluwer recently released its latest quarterly Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index. Babcock recapped the sustained upward trajectory the ... Listen Here
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]
Location Services adds 2 new executives to management team
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Location Services made two significant additions to its senior leadership team on Tuesday. The provider of loss mitigation solutions for the financial services industry brought on Jose Delgado as chief client officer and Mohit Mahajan as chief information officer. Delaware ... [Read More]
KBRA leverages latest ABS data to estimate payment frequency
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) used the research for its latest auto-finance securitization indices to gauge the volume of both prime and non-prime retail installment contract holders maintaining their payments, at least for the March recording period. At least for ... [Read More]
Consumer complaints to CFPB hit record volume during pandemic
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Kathleen Kraninger had a busy public agenda last week, sharing remarks at National Association of Realtors 2020 legislative meetings as well as the public meeting of the Financial Literacy and Education Commission, along with a ... [Read More]
DOWC enhances 360Shield solutions new antimicrobial products
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
For the second time this month, Dealer Owned Warranty Co. (DOWC) enhanced its menu of F&I products. Coming on the heels of introducing NitroShield, a complete tire and wheel protection product, DOWC on Friday rolled out new 360Shield protection solutions ... [Read More]
COMMENTARY: Where F&I can help increase successful contactless transactions
Tim Blochowiak, Protective Asset Protection
Since the widespread containment efforts caused by COVID-19, dealerships have been among the hardest-hit industries. Much of this is as a result of dealerships either being forced to close, limited to online sales, or if they’re still open the virus ... [Read More]
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