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Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Satyan Merchant of TransUnion
Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, 07:01 PM
Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners wrap up with Satyan Merchant, who is senior vice president, automotive and mortgage business leader at TransUnion. Merchant recollected how his interest in data started when studying statistics on the back ... Listen Here
Top Reasons Dealers can benefit by attending the Used Car Summit
Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, 03:27 PM
On this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits has a conversation with Vanessa Rocha, VP, All-American Bonds and Insurance and a Board member with the Florida Independent Auto Dealers Association. Vanessa speaks to some of the big issues ... Listen Here
Industry Elite: Tony Rimas of XPEL
Tuesday, Mar. 31, 2026, 07:40 PM
Concluding our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Tony Rimas, who is vice president of global revenue at XPEL Inc. Rimas — an avid biker who swam and ran track & field and cross country ... Listen Here

Former CARS, Dealertrack executive joins Servicing Solutions

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Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, 04:15 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
An executive with nearly 20 years of experience with Consolidated Asset Recovery Systems and Dealertrack now is part of the leadership team at Servicing Solutions. The loan servicing organization specializing in primary and back up servicing announced on Wednesday that ... [Read More]

Examining ‘appetite’ for subprime and pinpointing 10 brands with highest market penetration

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Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, 04:13 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
With Cox Automotive experts suspecting that “credit will likely tighten as the appetite for subprime declines,” the company also shared the makes that have the largest penetration of subprime retail installment contracts and vehicle leases so far this year. Cox ... [Read More]

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3 bureaus respond as lawmakers seek credit-reporting improvements

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Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019, 03:51 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Top executives from Equifax, Experian and TransUnion all appeared on Capitol Hill on Tuesday for a hearing orchestrated by the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, which is seeking revamps to how credit reporting is completed. And one of the companies ... [Read More]

KBRA examines impact of extensions on subprime ABS

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Monday, Feb. 25, 2019, 03:46 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Finance companies sometimes give grace to contract holders in hopes the individual can get back on the payment track since it’s potentially much more lucrative than having to go through the repossession and recovery processes. Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) released ... [Read More]

January auto defaults show improvements

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Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, 03:55 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
To mimic the famous Mark Twain quip, perhaps reports about the drastic demise of the auto finance industry are greatly exaggerated. As some commentators latched onto delinquency metrics shared recently by the Federal Reserve Bank of the New York, auto ... [Read More]

2 expectations as TransUnion releases latest auto finance report

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Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019, 04:42 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
TransUnion senior vice president and automotive business leader Brian Landau sees used-vehicle financing continuing to be one of the primary ingredients filling provider portfolios for the rest of the year, especially after reviewing the latest auto data contained in TransUnion’s ... [Read More]

Secure Collateral Management enters forwarding space

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Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, 02:46 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Just a few months after moving into a new corporate headquarters, Secure Collateral Management (SCM) is advancing beyond being only a skip-tracing provider and into being a forwarding company. In a message sent to SubPrime Auto Finance News on Tuesday, ... [Read More]

Report analyzes changes in US subprime auto ABS since Great Recession

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Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019, 02:42 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
S&P Global Ratings published a report on Friday, examining adjustments in auto-related asset-backed securities (ABS) transactions since the Great Recession. The 16-page endeavor took a special look at the subprime market, explaining that speculative-grade issuance growth and weaker structural protections ... [Read More]

NAFCU looks to be excluded from CECL requirements

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Monday, Feb. 18, 2019, 04:36 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The National Association of Federally Insured Credit Unions (NAFCU) recently reiterated its position regarding a significant accounting change coming later this year. To recap, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is looking to ensure that financial institutions have solid measures ... [Read More]

KBRA sees mixed ABS movement in January

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Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, 02:25 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) released its auto loan indices for of January, highlighting that credit performance was mixed across securitized auto loan pools. Analysts noted that annualized net losses in KBRA’s Prime Auto Loan Index for January ... [Read More]

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