A Look Back at Last Two Decades of the Used-Car Industry in Canada
In the grand finale of our podcast episodes from Canada’s Used Car Week in June, conference chair and Cherokee Media Group president Bill Zadeits is joined by Brad Hart and Peter Snoyer on a panel celebrating 20th anniversary of the ... Listen Here
Thursday, Sep. 18, 2025, 02:32 PM
SPONSORED EPISODE: AI & Big Data Deliver Significant Improvements to Inventory Management
In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Merritt Critcher, Director of Product Management with CDK speaks with Bill Zadeits about the newest trends and potential for AI and big data to meet and exceed the inventory management needs ... Listen Here
Thursday, Sep. 11, 2025, 04:33 PM
Matt Rice
Experian on how much auto refinancing is gaining traction
Melinda Zabritski, Experian’s head of automotive financial insights, said consumers are looking for ways to secure more favorable vehicle financing terms, especially with interest rates leveling out and perhaps a cut coming next week from the Federal Reserve. The base ... Listen Here
Thursday, Sep. 11, 2025, 01:53 PM
Auto defaults remain stable for second straight month to open 2019
Tuesday, Mar. 26, 2019, 02:37 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
With all of the recent hubbub over delinquencies, auto finance defaults are remaining stable so far this year. S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian released data through February for the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices, and the auto component remained ... [Read More]
How revamped Fed strategy involving interest rates helps auto-finance companies
Monday, Mar. 25, 2019, 02:39 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
National Automotive Finance Association executive director Jack Tracey nicely summarized developments coming from the Federal Reserve last week. After making multiple upticks in interest rates last year, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decided to maintain the target range for ... [Read More]
Ally Financial championing entrepreneurship competition featuring students attending HBCUs
Monday, Mar. 25, 2019, 02:36 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
College students from across the country are heading to Detroit this Friday through Sunday for a chance to make their entrepreneurial dreams come to life. Ally Financial has teamed up with fellow Motor City native, entertainer and entrepreneur Sean “Big ... [Read More]
Dealertrack adds another finance company using its title tool
Friday, Mar. 22, 2019, 01:32 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Another finance company is seeing the potential benefit of leveraging Dealertrack Accelerated Title. After recently reaching relationships with Westlake Financial Services as well as dealer associations in Louisiana and Wisconsin, Dealertrack this week announced that KeyBank Dealer Retail Services has ... [Read More]
COMMENTARY: Using AI and machine learning to keep market in ‘high gear’
Friday, Mar. 22, 2019, 01:29 PM
Sean Bennett, Servicing Solutions
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data recently released its quarterly report on household debt and credit. While some pundits initially rushed to point to a negative theme — 7 million people had an auto finance ... [Read More]
COMMENTARY: Examining personal property handling, issues and costs
Wednesday, Mar. 20, 2019, 03:09 PM
Mike Levison, ALS Resolvion
Over the past year, there has been a great deal of discussion about the fees related to the removal and storage of personal property. The issue has resulted in significant changes by most lenders as to how personal property fees ... [Read More]
Ford Protect chooses Darwin Automotive as preferred provider
Wednesday, Mar. 20, 2019, 02:56 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, Darwin Automotive announced that it has been selected by Ford Protect to be a preferred provider within the company’s core F&I menu, as well as the Darwin digital retailing and service menu for Ford Dealerships nationwide. Dealerships use ... [Read More]
Free infographic could help dealers understand federal tax changes
Wednesday, Mar. 20, 2019, 02:52 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Protective Asset Protection rolled out another product to help dealerships understand federal tax changes. The provider of F&I programs, services and dealer-owned warranty company programs made available a new educational infographic for dealerships and dealer principals on the effect recent tax ... [Read More]
S&P Global Ratings and its ‘sanguine’ outlook of subprime auto loan ABS
Tuesday, Mar. 19, 2019, 03:01 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
S&P Global Ratings took its turn on Tuesday to add more context to the headline-creating and social-media stirring auto-finance data released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Credit analyst Amy Martin led the charge looking closely at subprime ... [Read More]
6 tips from FTC when subpoena or CID arrives
Monday, Mar. 18, 2019, 03:22 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Federal Trade Commission recently offered six recommendations to dealerships and auto finance companies that might receive subpoenas and civil investigative demands (CIDs) as part of an investigation into potential law violations Burke Kappler, an attorney in the FTC’s Office ... [Read More]
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