What might be next for Amazon Autos
Cherokee Media Group’s Bill Zadeits hosted a fireside chat with Fan Jin, global leader of Amazon Autos, during Used Car Week 2025. Their wide-ranging conversation about the past, present and future of the online platform and its involvement with automakers ... Listen Here
Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, 03:52 PM
Auto-finance leaders on growth, risk & recovery
It’s a question any business must answer, but it’s especially important in auto finance. How do you balance growth and risk? A trio of industry executives — Mike Goins of TD Bank, Jeff Marsh of Millennium Capital and Recovery and ... Listen Here
Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, 03:07 PM
Expectations for repossessions in the US & Canada with Purr’s Chris Schellenberger
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 ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, 07:48 PM
Westlake sets company ABS record with 5th consecutive offering above $1B
Friday, Jul. 19, 2019, 02:37 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, Westlake Financial Services finalized another securitization above $1 billion, setting a new company record in the process. Westlake announced the closing of its 19th asset-backed securitization (WLAKE 19-2) at $1.2 billion. This latest securitization is the largest ever ... [Read More]
FASB board takes step to delay CECL implementation
Thursday, Jul. 18, 2019, 02:36 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Perhaps accounting specialists at some auto-finance companies and buy-here, pay-here dealerships can exhale a bit as major new mandates involving how they track bad debts might not be implemented for another year. An update from the Financial Accounting Standards Board ... [Read More]
ARA unveils new health insurance program for members
Wednesday, Jul. 17, 2019, 04:37 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The American Recovery Association is looking to help members with one of the most important benefits repossession agencies can offer their employees. This week, ARA, in partnership with Harding Brooks Insurance Agency, announced the newest member benefit: a national, cost-effective ... [Read More]
CUNA Mutual Group spots middle-class financial anxiety growing
Wednesday, Jul. 17, 2019, 04:08 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Consumers who might be connected to an installment contract in your portfolio could be a little uneasy about staying current even as the latest reading showed defaults stayed steady. Middle-class Americans are less optimistic about their ability to achieve upward ... [Read More]
7 activities of future high performers in auto finance
Wednesday, Jul. 17, 2019, 03:58 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Human resources expert and National Automotive Finance Association board member Don Jasensky of Automotive Personnel recently shared seven activities of a job candidate who might be a future high performer for your dealership or finance company. Jasensky leveraged his 30 ... [Read More]
Auto among 4 unchanged June default metrics
Tuesday, Jul. 16, 2019, 02:48 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Steady is an adjective that certainly summarizes the latest default data discovered by S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian. According to the latest update released on Tuesday, all of the segments included in the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices remained unchanged ... [Read More]
CFPB and FTC take action against debt-relief organizations
Monday, Jul. 15, 2019, 02:47 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Perhaps involving consumers who also have installment contracts with subprime auto finance providers, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission each announced enforcement actions against firms the regulators deemed to be orchestrating fraudulent debt-relief programs. Over at ... [Read More]
KBRA makes four senior personnel changes to ABS teams
Friday, Jul. 12, 2019, 03:20 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) announced four senior personnel changes to the teams at its New York office that monitor securitizations and the auto asset-backed securities market. According to a news release distributed on Friday, Anthony Nocera, co-head of the ... [Read More]
Why some investors might be souring on subprime
Thursday, Jul. 11, 2019, 02:32 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Colonnade Securities offered an extended examination of the below-prime auto finance industry this week, identifying what the independent investment bank focused on the financial services and business services sectors believes are four factors currently impacting the space most. According to ... [Read More]
ALS Resolvion give 2 reasons for ‘mobile only’ policy
Tuesday, Jul. 9, 2019, 09:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
ALS Resolvion is reinforcing its commitment to being a mobile company, citing two specific reasons for an updated strategy. The provider of national repossession management services recently announced that it has fully implemented what the company believes is the industry’s ... [Read More]
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