AFSA & NIADA welcome halt of discretionary publication of complaint narratives & visualizations by CFPB
Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, 10:34 AM
Edmunds on depth of ‘The Vanishing Affordable Used Car’
Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, 10:17 AM
PODCAST: Additional insight into FTC’s move involving disparate impact from Hudson Cook
Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, 09:25 AM
Additional insight into FTC’s move involving disparate impact from Hudson Cook
The Federal Trade Commission recently announced it will not pursue claims based on disparate-impact or “unfair discrimination” theories. In this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Hudson Cook partners Erica Kramer and Rob Tilley offered some historical perspectives and a ... Listen Here
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
RSIG and Allied Finance Adjusters to include 2 FBI experts during annual event
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Recovery Specialist Insurance Group (RSIG) and Allied Finance Adjusters are prepping for their annual gathering. REPO19 is set to begin on June 18 in Phoenix. Among the collection of experts set to speak during the three-day event, organizers highlighted the ... [Read More]
New Fed consumer survey and updated TransUnion data refute subprime stereotypes
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The narrative sometimes pushed by critics of subprime auto finance is that consumers who encounter financial problems in part because of their substantial vehicle payment turn to personal loans with interest rates sometimes higher than the ones connected to the ... [Read More]
Credit Acceptance adds COO to executive team
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Credit Acceptance Corp. created a new executive position this week and appointed an individual who has been with the company for 17 years to the position. According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission posted on Thursday, Credit ... [Read More]
Auto defaults remain stable in April
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Only once during the past 12 months has the auto finance default rate topped 1%. And the April reading remained steady on a sequential basis. This week, S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian released data through April for the S&P/Experian ... [Read More]
TransUnion considers how quickly 2 auto-finance metrics might rise
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
SubPrime Auto Finance News put Brian Landau on the spot a bit after TransUnion released its latest auto-finance data. The senior vice president and automotive business leader pondered the question about which of these milestones might happen first. Will the ... [Read More]
ALS Resolvion claims 2 industry awards
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
ALS Resolvion, a nationwide skip-trace and repossession management firm, has been selected as an honorable mention winner within Digital Defense’s 2018 Client Recognition Award Program, which recognizes organizations that display the highest level of network security. This accolade arrived soon ... [Read More]
Total Finance chooses Westlake Portfolio Management
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
According to a news release distributed on Tuesday, Westlake Portfolio Management (WPM) has been selected as the third-party servicer by Total Finance for its $100 million automotive portfolio. The company highlighted approximately 84% of the $100 million portfolio at the time ... [Read More]
RDN unveils ‘all-in-one solution’ to track repossessions
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Weather conditions, sports scores and now repossession status are all things that auto-finance company managers can track online and in real time. Recovery Database Network (RDN), a business unit of KAR Auction Services, announced the launch of what the company called ... [Read More]
Latest Equifax data shows continued interest in subprime to open 2019
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The latest auto-finance information available from Equifax revealed trends that made the company give bullish projections of what the subprime slice of the market might be like for the rest of the year. Equifax’s auto-loan originations observations through January reported ... [Read More]
DOWC launches partnership with Allstate Dealer Services
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Dealer Owned Warranty Co. (DOWC). a provider and administrator of F&I products and services, recently partnered with the Allstate Corp. Like dealers, customers depend on the integrity of their vehicle service contracts and warranties. DOWC strives to ensure the successful ... [Read More]
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