Latest KBRA research examines geography of auto loan ABS performance
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SPONSORED EPISODE: Rethinking vehicle-protection plans for today’s wide inventory mix with GWC Warranty
Used-car inventory on dealer lots nowadays can range from older, higher-mileage vehicles to EVs, lifted trucks, and modified vehicles. The result is dealers are also having to change the vehicle-protection conversations with customers. In this special sponsored episode of the ... Listen Here
Recapping credit scores & other trends in auto finance with Shams Blanc of FICO
Shams Blanc, head of auto scores at FICO, made another appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast to elaborate more about the fall edition of the FICO Score Credit Insights report. Along with recapping what’s going on in auto finance, Blanc ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: Greenville Auto Auction Celebrates 16 Years—A look back and a look ahead
On this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits visits with Billy Willis and Kevin Stallings of Greenville Auto Auction. The auction celebrates 16 years in early September, and the guys talk about the history of the sale, ... Listen Here
COMMENTARY: Cut auto-loan servicing costs by tackling your largest preventable expense
Dawn Fretwell, PayNearMe
Most auto lenders know their transaction fees down to the penny. Far fewer can tell you what a failed payment actually costs. Why? Because the expenses hide behind the manual workarounds required to resolve payment-blocking issues. Payment friction is often ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Auto-finance leaders on growth, risk & recovery
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
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 ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Expectations for repossessions in the US & Canada with Purr’s Chris Schellenberger
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
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 ... [Read More]
Westlake Financial completes $100M ‘landmark transaction’ with HFC Acceptance
Nick Zulovich
Instead of booking subprime auto paper, Westlake Financial sold approximately $100 million of subprime auto loans in what it called a “landmark transaction.” Westlake on Tuesday announced the successful sale to HFC Acceptance that included what the companies dubbed a ... [Read More]
Allied Solutions hires former PAR North America COO
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
One of the honorees among the 2023 Women in Collections and Recoveries has a new executive position. Allied Solutions posted on social media this week that Jessie Herdrich Irwin joined the company as its vice president of recovery operations. The ... [Read More]
McGlinchey Stafford to wind down law firm after more than 50 years
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Here’s an example of how dramatically situations can change for even well-established service providers connected with auto finance. On Dec. 15, McGlinchey Stafford announced the hire of four associates who previously clerked or worked at the law firm across three ... [Read More]
December auto-credit availability climbs to best level in more than 3 years
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Jonathan Gregory recapped 2025 from the credit-granting perspective since the December Dealertrack Credit Availability Index reached its highest point of year and reflected the best level since October 2022. The Cox Automotive senior manager of economic and industry insights on ... [Read More]
StoneEagle’s newest F&I solutions are being deployed at NADA 2026
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
StoneEagle plans to unveil what it’s calling an enhanced interplay between StoneEagleMENU and StoneEagleMETRICS at the 2026 NADA Show in Las Vegas next month. The F&I solutions provider highlighted that its revamped tool generates a deeper connection of METRICS intelligence ... [Read More]
TransUnion sees auto delinquency rising for fifth straight year
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
TransUnion acknowledged its 2026 Consumer Credit Forecast originated through a “complex backdrop,” with unemployment being one of the primary ingredients in analysts’ prediction of auto-finance delinquency rising for the fifth year in a row. And perhaps that “complex backdrop” got ... [Read More]
Primeritus Financial Services adds Hester to strategic sales team
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Primeritus Financial Services reinforced its human capital before 2025 closed. The provider of recovery, skip-tracing and remarketing services to the finance community hired Jeremy Hester to be part of its strategic sales team as senior national strategic sales executive. The ... [Read More]
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