Time dwindling to submit public comments about House’s major CFPB reform proposal
Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, 11:19 AM
F&I Sentinel, Global Lending Services, CHAMP again among Inc. 5000
Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, 11:13 AM
Cox Automotive: Subprime share decreases again in July, as loan terms stay at all-time high
Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, 10:16 AM
Deeper dive into rising LTVs with TransUnion’s Satyan Merchant
One of the notable findings from TransUnion’s Q2 2026 Credit Industry Insights Report (CIIR) was how much loan-to-value ratios have changed in the past five years. Satyan Merchant, one of this year’s Automotive Intelligence Award recipients and senior vice president ... Listen Here
PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor on intersection of payments & technology
PayNearMe recently shared new search, explaining that hidden costs sustained by auto lenders can show up as failed payments, borrower support calls, late payments, collections follow-up, reconciliation work and manual recovery effort. PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor elaborated about ... Listen Here
Matt Babcock of Wolters Kluwer on how digital transformation continues to gain steam in auto financing
Matt Babcock, who heads up digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, returned for another visit on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Wolter Kluwer recently released its latest quarterly Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index. Babcock recapped the sustained upward trajectory the ... Listen Here
Westlake rolls out branded-title financing
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]
Experian: Used-vehicle paper quality on the rise
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
For finance companies that like to book as much used-vehicle paper as they can originate, the latest Experian data shows institutions are not having to take on as much risk to fill that portion of their portfolio objectives. Findings from ... [Read More]
10 associations oppose current FCC robocall proposal
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission will consider a proposal the chairman calls bold action to help consumers block unwanted robocalls but is being questioned by 10 different industry associations, including the American Financial Services Association. FCC chairman Ajit Pai ... [Read More]
AUL partners with Vision on F&I menu platform
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
AUL Corp., in partnership with Vision Dealer Solutions, recently launched an AUL branded F&I menu platform. AUL chief information officer Jose Fleites explained these menus are touch-based sales tools containing all of the F&I options dealers can offer to vehicle ... [Read More]
Fortegra and Carleton partner to streamline credit-insurance calculations
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Fortegra Financial Corp., a leading international specialty insurer and subsidiary of Tiptree, recently announced a new partnership with Carleton, which offers financial calculation software. The partnership is designed to provide a seamless interface for lending platforms to easily and accurately ... [Read More]
Lenders sustain nearly $700K in losses from Alabama fraud scheme
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
As the National Automotive Finance Association gears up for the “Fraud Friday” portion of its annual conference this week, federal prosecutors recently sentenced an Alabama man posing as an independent dealer to 63 months of imprisonment for bank fraud, mail ... [Read More]
Average May used & new APR softens to lowest point of year
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Edmunds determined average interest rates for both used-vehicle and new-vehicle financing dipped to their lowest levels of 2019 in May. Fueled in part by captives increasing the availability of zero percent financing, Edmunds found the annual percentage rate (APR) on new ... [Read More]
ALS Resolvion hires former Wells Fargo exec as COO
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
ALS Resolvion, a leading provider of skip tracing and repossession management services, announced on Monday that the company has a new chief operating officer. Joining ALS Resolvion with more than 20 years of experience in loss mitigation, collections and back ... [Read More]
17 repo agents receive honors from PAR North America
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
PAR North America, a division of KAR Auction Services, handed out its Agent of the Year and LPR Agent of the Year, Resolution Champion and Compliance Champion, Regional Choice and other award winners during its 2019 PAR Agent Event in ... [Read More]
Study details ‘pessimism’ about future subprime performance
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
One of the experts set to appear during the upcoming 23rd annual Non-Prime Auto Financing Conference hosted by the National Automotive Finance Association doesn’t have upbeat expectations of how the subprime auto finance space will perform. Portfolio performance is expected ... [Read More]
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