Initial 2026 auto financing outlook still muted despite two positive trends
Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, 10:57 AM
Protective finalizes Portfolio acquisition, its eighth since 2015
Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, 09:28 AM
Edmunds: More than 26% of Q4 used- & new-car deliveries backed by monthly payments topping $1,000
Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, 11:29 AM
A breakdown of real-world auto transportation fraud with Preowned Auto Logistics
Jeremy Louisos recapped three real-world examples of how fraud recently surfaced in the transportation space. The senior vice president of Preowned Auto Logistics also shared suggestions with Cherokee Media Group’s Joe Overby on how firms can avoid similar situations. The ... Listen Here
Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, 01:00 PM
How to GROW your leadership skills with Jane Morgan and Sheila Tedesco
Two leaders from the Global Remarketing Opportunities for Women — Jane Morgan and Sheila Tedesco — appeared on the Live Stage presented by SYCN Auto Logistics during Used Car Week 2025. Morgan and Tedesco joined Cherokee Media Group’s Joe Overby ... Listen Here
Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, 01:00 PM
Cars Commerce’s Grant Goering on the convergence of retail and wholesale
A year ago, Cars Commerce, best known for its Cars.com retail platform, took a big step into the wholesale sector by acquiring dealer-to-dealer digital auction Dealer Club, a deal CEO Alex Vetter said “closes the loop” between the retail and ... Listen Here
Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, 04:17 PM
KBRA reports cyclical non-prime auto ABS performance in July
Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019, 03:46 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
If your non-prime portfolio performance is experiencing some cyclical turbulence this summer, it appears you might not be alone. This week, Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) released its auto loan indices for July, reporting on delinquency roll rates from asset-level ... [Read More]
Nicholas Financial back to profitability after ‘transitional year’
Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, 03:55 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Coming off of what the president and chief executive officer described as a “transitional year,” Nicholas Financial opened its 2020 fiscal year with positive net income after finishing its 2019 fiscal year with a loss. The publicly-traded specialty consumer finance ... [Read More]
Former Arizona dealer employee arrested on fraud charge
Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, 03:54 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Another fraud incident recently surfaced involving two dealerships with the investigation spreading into two states. The Arizona Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General made an arrest following an investigation that revealed a Nissan dealership employee stole a customer’s identity ... [Read More]
DOJ secures 10-year prison sentence for orchestrator of luxury-vehicle Ponzi scheme
Friday, Aug. 9, 2019, 02:43 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, a judge sentenced a Wisconsin man to more than 10 years in prison after the Justice Department secured an indictment earlier this summer in connection with the orchestration of a Ponzi scheme that included the fraudulent financing and ... [Read More]
SCRA violations cost NMAC nearly $3M
Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019, 08:29 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Repossession of 113 vehicles and violations of vehicle-lease mandates are going to cost Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. (NMAC) nearly $3 million. The Department of Justice recently announced that NMAC has agreed to pay almost $3 million to resolve allegations that ... [Read More]
SNAAC to wind down operations, liquidate portfolio
Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019, 08:51 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A little more than three years after announcing an aggressive growth plan based on a strategy to add a significant number of dealership customers throughout the United States, Security National Automotive Acceptance Company (SNAAC) is departing the auto-finance business. A ... [Read More]
Experian and Oliver Wyman roll out tool for CECL forecasting
Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019, 03:54 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While mandated implementation might be delayed, Experian and Oliver Wyman are still looking to help auto finance companies meet the initial set of deadlines for the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s current expected credit loss (CECL) model via a new solution ... [Read More]
defi SOLUTIONS, Sagent Auto sign merger agreement
Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, 06:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
At the beginning of last year, loan origination system (LOS) provider defi SOLUTIONS announced it has raised $55 million in a Series C investment from Bain Capital Ventures. Then last September, Fiserv Lending Solutions announced the launch of its new ... [Read More]
S&P Global Ratings explains why risk within prime ABS is intensifying
Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, 02:36 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Typically, the most risk in auto loan asset-backed securities (ABS) resides in the subprime space stemming from the lower credit tiers connected to that paper. Well, S&P Global Ratings is seeing risk grow within prime ABS, too. Because finance companies are ... [Read More]
DealerPeak unveils Max Desk for soft credit pulls and more
Monday, Aug. 5, 2019, 04:06 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
With potential buyers walking into the dealerships with smartphones and the ability to find information, DealerPeak’s Desk Max is looking to equip store personnel with a tablet-driven tool to generate vital data stemming from soft credit pulls, potential monthly payment ... [Read More]
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