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SPONSORED EPISODE: Allied Solutions explains why origination is episodic, but servicing is continuous
John Elias, sales specialist in auto finance business development for Allied Solutions, is back as the guest for another sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Elias explains why current market conditions, affordability pressures and changing vehicle values are combining ... Listen Here
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

masterQueue closes funding, adds director of operations

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Intellaegis now has additional funding and manpower to accelerate the growth of masterQueue, its debt collection software. The company announced this week that it closed on its first round of institutional funding since its launch at Finovate in 2011. “To ... [Read More]

Auto/Mate rolls out Deal Closeout for desking module

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Auto/Mate Dealership Systems recently enhanced its product offering aimed at streamlining the sales process and improving the workflow of sales managers, F&I managers and office clerks. The company released Deal Closeout, a new feature in the Desk/Mate Module of its ... [Read More]

Experts differ on what current consumer confidence really means

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
We’re nearly halfway through the second quarter, and experts are seeing varying trends about whether consumers are prepared to commit to buying a vehicle at your dealership and financing the purchase through your finance company. While a pair of surveys ... [Read More]

KBRA sees non-prime and prime indexes move similarly in April

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Kroll Bond Rating Agency reported this week that its auto-finance indexes that watch both the non-prime and prime spaces moved in similar directions in April. But a deeper look at the latest data showed some “slightly less sanguine results.” Analysts ... [Read More]

3 recommendations to sharpen F&I menu presentations

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Now that we’re deep into the second quarter of 2019, GWC Warranty recently offered a refresher in an effort to help dealerships gain more sales traction in the F&I office. With vehicle affordability becoming more a challenge, GWC Warranty emphasized that ... [Read More]

CFPB targets collections, will propose new FDCPA rules

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is setting its regulatory target next on debt collection in light of technology advances such as text messaging and more. On Tuesday, the bureau issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to implement the Fair ... [Read More]

American Bar Foundation names Hudson as fellow

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Another professional accolade was recently given to Tom Hudson. The co-founder of Hudson Cook has been accepted as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (ABF). The fellows comprise a global honorary society of attorneys, judges, law faculty and legal ... [Read More]

NARS 2019 generates ‘staggering’ attendance

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with handing out five different awards and generating thousands of dollars for an industry-related charity, the American Recovery Association cheered the success of this year’s North American Repossessors Summit (NARS), sponsored by Harding Brooks Insurance. ARA officials highlighted that ... [Read More]

Kindschi comes out of retirement to join Open Lending

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Kevin Kindschi called it a “detour from retirement,” to work with credit unions about product that can help them serve members with subprime credit histories. After retiring from CUNA Mutual following a 30-year career, Kindschi recently joined Open Lending as ... [Read More]

FTC deems Holder Rule should be retained

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
An evaluation project started by the Federal Trade Commission nearly four years ago recently came to a conclusion. The FTC recently announced that it has completed its review of the Holder Rule, which protects consumers who purchase goods and services ... [Read More]

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