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SPONSORED EPISODE: Five questions to ask before choosing a transportation partner
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, 09:15 PM
This sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast features two experts from Central Dispatch who offer valuable guidance for choosing a transportation partner. Shanna Wise, who oversees business strategy execution, and Blake Bentley, who leads enterprise client account success, take ... Listen Here
Inside Auto Auction M&A with Mach10 CEO George Pero
Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, 02:01 PM
The auto auction industry has seen a spike in M&A over the last three years, similar to the consolidation in auto retail that has been going on much longer. And our guest today has experience with both. George Pero is ... Listen Here
Insight into Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index
Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, 04:17 PM
While the year-over-year figure reflects broader market volatility, Matthew Babcock, who oversees digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, explained the strong quarter-over-quarter increase of the Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index signals market re-engagement. Babcock elaborated about ... Listen Here

Equifax sees less subprime paper as industry passes $1.25 trillion in outstanding balances

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Wednesday, Sep. 12, 2018, 03:32 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The auto-finance industry passed another milestone as Equifax determined current portfolios collectively now exceed $1.25 trillion. However, subprime paper isn’t pushing the industry-wide figure higher as much as volume within that segment did a year ago. To get to the ... [Read More]

Fitch sees four Q2 trends positively impacting subprime ABS

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Tuesday, Sep. 11, 2018, 02:33 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Fitch Ratings sifted through data generated by the subprime auto asset backed securities (ABS) market during the first half of the year. Analysts not only found four elements that are supporting the subprime ABS segment, but also more details about ... [Read More]

23 industry leaders named to 3 CFPB advisory boards

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Monday, Sep. 10, 2018, 03:54 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Three boards containing 23 industry leaders now have an advisory voice in how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau operates. Late last week, the bureau announced the appointment of new experts from outside the federal government to the Consumer Advisory Board, ... [Read More]

Crestview acquires Protect My Car from private investor group

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Friday, Sep. 7, 2018, 02:47 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Extended warranty product provider Protect My Car has new ownership. On Thursday, Protect My Car (PMC) announced that funds managed by Crestview Partners, together with members of PMC’s management team, have completed the acquisition of the company from a private ... [Read More]

COMMENTARY: DOJ action against Pa. Chevrolet store rekindles childhood memories

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Thursday, Sep. 6, 2018, 02:51 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Regularly, alerts and messages arrive in my inbox containing some kind of enforcement action against a dealership or finance company. Oftentimes, my approach is just stick with the facts of the matter contained in a press release, share the developments ... [Read More]

3 states post 60-day delinquency rate above 1 percent in Q2

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Wednesday, Sep. 5, 2018, 04:02 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Only three states posted 60-day delinquency rates above 1 percent during the second quarter, according to Experian’s State of the Automotive Finance Market report. Overall, analysts found that 60-day delinquencies dropped by 3 basis points year-over-year, settling at 0.64 percent ... [Read More]

14 AGs implore CFPB to enforce Equal Credit Opportunity Act

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Wednesday, Sep. 5, 2018, 03:54 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Attorneys general are continuing to implore the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to be an aggressive regulator. Through a letter delivered on Wednesday, New York attorney general Barbara Underwood — part of a coalition of 14 AGs — called on the ... [Read More]

Equifax rolls out tool to help with CECL compliance

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Wednesday, Sep. 5, 2018, 03:53 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Equifax is looking to help banks navigate one of the most complicated accounting changes ever instituted. On Wednesday, Equifax unveiled its SmartReserve offering to help banks and financial institutions registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission meet the new Current Expected ... [Read More]

Edmunds spots upticks in August used-vehicle financing metrics

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Tuesday, Sep. 4, 2018, 02:33 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While trends involving zero percent finance deals for new vehicles intrigued analysts, Edmunds also noticed jumps in annual percentage rate (APR) and down payments to get used vehicles delivered in August. According to data shared on Tuesday, Edmunds determined that ... [Read More]

Westlake celebrates 30 years of auto financing

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Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, 02:06 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Back in 1988, a gallon of gas cost less than a dollar, and birds did all of the tweeting. Now with fuel much more expensive and tweeting having an entirely different connotation, Westlake Financial Services is celebrating, having reached 30 ... [Read More]
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