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Cutting keys & cutting costs during repossessions and recoveries
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:42 PM
Drawing standing-room-only attendance in the second-largest setting at Used Car Week 2025, Ryan Miller led a six-executive panel session that focused on one of the most complex challenges in all of repossessions and recoveries. Now available through this episode of ... Listen Here
Four experts on automotive & the economy
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:39 PM
Used Car Week 2025 again brought together experts who can explain which parts of the economy impact automotive most. This year’s event included views from Laura Wehunt of Black Book, Tim Gill of the American Financial Services Association, T.J. Cox ... Listen Here
Sponsored Episode: Winning Trade-Ins and Trust – Navigating Today’s Affordability Challenges
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, 03:15 PM
Affordability challenges are reshaping the automotive landscape—vehicle prices and payments are at all-time highs and negative equity is on the rise. In this episode, Micah Tindor offers a data-driven conversation with real-world strategies around acquisition tactics and long-term profitability to ... Listen Here

DriveTime Automotive Group announces $400M tender offer

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Monday, Jun. 17, 2019, 03:42 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
DriveTime Automotive Group and its related finance company, Bridgecrest Acceptance Corp., announced on Monday that they have commenced a cash tender offer to purchase any and all of their outstanding $400 million aggregate principal amount of 8.00% senior secured notes ... [Read More]

Arent Fox reinforces compliance personnel & offerings

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Thursday, Jun. 13, 2019, 08:42 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Arent Fox is bolstering its compliance offering, and in the process, bringing back one of its experts. This week, the firm announced the launch of Managing Automotive Compliance, a regulatory, auditing and consulting service that is designed to help auto industry ... [Read More]

AFSA names vice president of communications

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Thursday, Jun. 13, 2019, 08:40 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, the American Financial Services Association welcomed its new vice president of communications. Taking on this role for the national trade association for the consumer credit industry is Ed McFadden. AFSA indicated McFadden will play a crucial role in ... [Read More]

FTC reaches settlement involving dealer software data breach

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Thursday, Jun. 13, 2019, 02:11 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
National Automobile Dealers Association chairman Charlie Gilchrist recently wrote about how data and digital issues remain a high priority for the organization. And it appears those topics certainly are being monitored by the Federal Trade Commission, too. Early this week, ... [Read More]

DRN and ARS celebrate 10 years of recovery collaboration

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Wednesday, Jun. 12, 2019, 04:12 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In today’s world where it might seem the only auto-finance element lengthening in time involves terms of consumers’ retail installment sales contracts, Digital Recognition Network (DRN) and American Recovery Service (ARS) are reaching a significant milestone — their 10th anniversary of doing ... [Read More]

Both House and Senate craft proposals to delay CECL implementation

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Wednesday, Jun. 12, 2019, 01:48 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Apparently, federal lawmakers heard the concerns from banks, credit unions and finance companies about the challenges of preparing for significant accounting changes in connection with reserving for losses. A day short of three weeks after a proposal surfaced from six ... [Read More]

Launcher introduces budget-friendly LOS for small lenders

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Wednesday, Jun. 12, 2019, 01:44 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Launcher is looking to help not only well-established subprime auto finance companies, but also shops looking to get a toehold in the space while they stretch their limited resources. The technology provider specializing in loan originations, recently announced the release ... [Read More]

Depth of GAP and VSC payout climbs in 5 years

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Tuesday, Jun. 11, 2019, 03:02 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Protective Asset Protection recently shared a new set of data analysis showing how much average claims have increased annually for GAP payouts and vehicle service contract (VSC) claims dating back to 2014. The provider of F&I programs, services and dealer ... [Read More]

KBRA: May delivers mixed ABS metrics

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Monday, Jun. 10, 2019, 03:33 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On Friday, Kroll Bond Rating Agency shared its latest analysis of the auto asset-backed securities market, noting that May showed mixed credit performance across securitized marketplace. Analysts reported that annualized net losses in KBRA’s Tier 1 index fell 95 basis ... [Read More]

Westlake rolls out branded-title financing

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Monday, Jun. 10, 2019, 03:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
After a successful pilot program, Westlake Financial Services now is catering to dealers that want to retail vehicles with branded titles to consumers who need to finance these purchases. According to a news release distributed last week, Westlake said it ... [Read More]
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