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Used Car Week Hall of Fame honoree Jared Kalfus of Black Book
We finish our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees with a conversation featuring Black Book president Jared Kalfus. Kalfus describes what it takes to be successful in sales and why face-to-face conversations are still vitally ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: Prospects for more auto refinancing with Gravity Lending
In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast brought to you by Allied Solutions, we turn our attention to auto refinancing. Brad Paxman oversees 90 lender relationships for Gravity Lending, which is an auto refinance and fintech company ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Fame: Bob McConkey of McConkey Auction Group
Next up on our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees is a conversation with Bob McConkey, president and CEO of the McConkey Auction Group. McConkey, along with MAG chief operating officer David Pendergraft and DAA ... Listen Here

Experian: Subprime financing originated during a Q4 climbs to highest level in four years

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Call it the subprime surge. According to Experian’s State of the Automotive Finance Market Report: Q4 2025, subprime consumers made up 15.31% of total vehicle financing in the quarter. That’s up from 14.54% in the closing quarter of 2024. Furthermore, ... [Read More]

Used Car Summit’s auto finance roundtable to foster conversations about collections, risk management & more

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
We’ve got some new and exciting ideas being implemented at the Used Car Industry Summit this spring. Day 3 of the event, which runs April 13-15 in Miami, will include a morning of deep-dive roundtable discussions. These roundtables will allow ... [Read More]

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AI & Auto Finance: An Expert Guide to Using This Technology

This 26-page ebook from Cherokee Media Group, sponsored by dotData, brings together insights from nine experts on how artificial intelligence...
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Turning Dealer Group Data into Demand

Stop letting messy data hold your dealership back from its true earning potential. While many multi-roof dealer groups struggle to...
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Evaluating VPP Cancellation Systems: 7 Questions Every Lender Should Ask

Selecting the right VPP cancellation system is critical to maintaining compliance, maximizing recoveries, and improving operational efficiency. As regulatory requirements...
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Auto lenders spent on AI. Here’s what paid off.

A panel of auto-lending leaders — CEOs of subprime auto finance companies, VPs of Collections, CROs, indirect-lending executives at two...
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Experian Automotive Dealer Fraud Threat Report

Fraud is Hitting Dealerships Hard When one bad deal can erase tens of thousands in profit, fraud becomes impossible to...
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AI-Financing Spotlight: How Tracy Honda Sells 12-15 More Deals Monthly

Discover how Tracy Honda is outperforming its market by leveraging AI-powered auto financing to drive faster approvals and close more...
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The AI Dealer Playbook: 5 Questions to Ask Before You Buy AI

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping dealership operations by automating communication, improving workflows, and supporting staff with tools like copilots and...
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Speaking the Same Language: How Dealers Structure Capital for Real Estate and Growth

Why Capital Structures Matters in Today’s Market Dealers actively expanding or acquiring real estate are often constrained not by opportunity—but...
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Assurant adds another location offering training on Reynolds docuPAD eContracting system

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
F&I managers looking to polish their skills using the Reynolds and Reynolds docuPAD eContracting system can take advantage of an exclusive program now offered at the Automotive Training Academy by Assurant in Atlanta. Assurant expanded access for automotive professionals beyond ... [Read More]

Vervent expands relationship with Quanta Credit Services to handle Tricolor portfolio

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Vervent got some help with its successor servicing responsibilities for the majority of Tricolor Holdings’ approximately 100,000 subprime auto loans by announcing an expanded partnership with Quanta Credit Services on Tuesday. Vervent began taking on successor servicing chores last fall ... [Read More]

More mixed views of consumer confidence create added headwinds for vehicle purchase plans

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
How consumers are really doing and feeling nowadays varies significantly depending on which measurement you are viewing. Confidence is up, but so is stress. While the Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index increased in February, the LegalShield Consumer Stress Legal Index ... [Read More]

Startup gives 7-step plan using tax refunds to help consumers with thin credit histories

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A startup dedicated to building a more inclusive credit system recently released new financial guidance tailored for consumers with no or thin credit histories on what to do with their federal tax refunds. According to the third update for this ... [Read More]

Agora Data & Figure Technologies to launch first blockchain-based auto loan platform for real-world assets

Nick Zulovich
A recently formed partnership is bringing blockchain technology to the non-prime auto finance industry, with dealerships being among the intended beneficiaries. Agora Data and Figure Technology Solutions are collaborating to launch what they claim is the first blockchain-enabled platform, bringing ... [Read More]

Fed’s Bowman outlines path to ‘tailored’ supervision

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Michelle Bowman, who serves as vice chair for supervision at the Federal Reserve, testified on Thursday during a hearing in Washington, D.C., hosted by the Senate Banking Committee. How Bowman said the Federal Reserve approaches supervisory and regulatory activities of ... [Read More]

January VantageScore report shows how affordability impact is chipping away at consumer credit health

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Experts from VantageScore are taking measured reactions when reviewing the January data highlighted in the latest edition of CreditGauge — a report that showed modest upticks in overall delinquency rates and slight deterioration in credit scores. Looking at overall delinquency ... [Read More]

CarMax & DOJ settle allegations of repossessing vehicles of active servicemembers

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Allegedly not handling vehicles correctly with members of the military on active duty landed CarMax in trouble with the Justice Department to the tune of nearly $500,000. On Monday, Justice Department officials announced that they have reached a settlement with ... [Read More]

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