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This Month's Focus

Artificial Intelligence

Kia Georgia leverages AI drones to save money and time on onerous fence patrols

Tuesday, May. 26, 2026, 03:02 PM

A 14.2-mile interior fence. Tough terrain. Multiple security personnel. Two or three vehicles churned from wear and tear annually. A looming United States Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT) audit in jeopardy. These were the challenges Kia Georgia faced because ... Read More

Impel, Phyron launch AI systems to drive customer engagement through dealership video

Thursday, May. 21, 2026, 02:34 PM

When it comes to capturing customer engagement, video is king. But the busy world of a car dealership isn’t necessarily the best environment for consistently creating effective video content. “Video sells. We’ve known that for years,” said Paul Hepp, director ... Read More

Alfa Recon leverages AI to strengthen data migration

Monday, May. 18, 2026, 11:11 AM

Alfa, provider of Alfa Systems, strengthened its data migration toolbox last week with the launch of Alfa Recon, a new artificial intelligence-enabled reconciliation module. Designed to help customers migrate legacy data and acquired portfolios to Alfa Systems more quickly, more ... Read More

TransUnion on intriguing trends involving used cars sold in 2025

Tuesday, May. 26, 2026, 06:42 PM

We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. During previous events hosted by Cherokee Media Group, TJ ... Listen Here

Experian Automotive on using data the right way to protect used-car profits

Friday, May. 22, 2026, 10:50 AM

We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. During a candid conversation with Cherokee Media Group’s Andrew ... Listen Here

Closing the appraisal divide with Brad Kokesh of TraXtion

Friday, May. 22, 2026, 10:38 AM

We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. This conversation features Cherokee Media Group’s Andrew Friedlander and ... Listen Here

Protective Asset Protection discusses potential 20% lift in F&I profit

revenue growth

Monday, Mar. 4, 2019, 04:02 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

According to Protective Asset Protection, experts estimated that dealerships leveraging a dealer-owned warranty company structure to sell F&I products are seeing a 20-percent lift in profits on average for F&I sales. Protective Asset Protection has focused on this topic significantly ... [Read More]

ACC Consumer Finance picks Servicing Solutions to support ride-hailing finance offering

uber and lyft for web

Monday, Mar. 4, 2019, 03:57 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

ACC Consumer Finance, a specialized indirect auto finance company, recently announced that it has selected Servicing Solutions as its primary servicer. As a result of this agreement, Servicing Solutions will support ACC’s ride-hailing finance offering. ACC Consumer Finance offers a ... [Read More]

2 clear trends emerge from February’s initial finance data

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Friday, Mar. 1, 2019, 04:58 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Two trends emerged when experts from Cox Automotive, Edmunds and Kelley Blue Book took an initial look at auto data from February — rising new-vehicle costs and spiking interest rates. Kelley Blue Book noticed the average transaction prices for new models ... [Read More]

Experian offers more evidence of overblown delinquency concerns

auto financing

Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, 03:49 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Ever since some consumer-advocate commentators latched onto one piece of recent auto-finance data, experts from the automotive world replied with context to counter thoughts that thousands soon would be walking because they no longer had a vehicle. While vehicle affordability and ... [Read More]

Former CARS, Dealertrack executive joins Servicing Solutions

new hire

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]

3 bureaus respond as lawmakers seek credit-reporting improvements

capitol hill

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

application

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

growth chart with man

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]

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