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
NARS 2019 generates ‘staggering’ attendance
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
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
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]
ABCoA’s Deal Pack DMS integrates with 700Credit
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
For the second time in the past few days, 700Credit finalized another integration; this time with ABCoA so dealerships can answer the question of, “How can we get rid of double-entry and multiple screens when working a deal?” ABCoA has ... [Read More]
May economic update: Interest rates stay put as unemployment dips
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
May opened with a pair of economic updates that should be pleasing to dealerships and finance companies with interest rates remaining steady and unemployment declining. The developments came in light of the Federal Reserve chairman refuting thoughts that policymakers are ... [Read More]
9 products now are part of AUL’s expanded F&I offering
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, AUL Corp. launched a new suite of F&I products. President and chief executive officer Jimmy Atkinson described the offering as giving dealers “a one-stop shop for all of their F&I needs.” AUL’s collection of products now includes: • ... [Read More]
Experian rolls out financial inclusion campaign to fill thin files
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Perhaps the auto-finance applicant who arrives through a dealership website portal and eventually lands in your company’s underwriting department might have a more robust file, thanks to enhanced efforts from Experian. As part of its global commitment to financial inclusion ... [Read More]
House lawmakers look for discrimination as finance rates jump again in April
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
With U.S. House lawmakers set to conduct a hearing on Wednesday to examine the rising costs and potential discrimination happening in auto financing, the April data shared by Edmunds and Kelley Blue Book showed how much more consumers stretched to ... [Read More]
S&P Global Ratings spots 5 trends as subprime ABS stabilizes
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
After reviewing first-quarter data connected with U.S. subprime auto loan asset-backed securities (ABS), S&P Global Ratings discovered cumulative net losses appear to have stabilized, albeit at “relatively high levels,” according to its newest report released on Tuesday. On a segment ... [Read More]
2019 Chambers USA Guide honors 3 Hudson Cook attorneys
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
More accolades went Hudson Cook’s way as three members of its legal team collected honors from the 2019 Chambers USA Guide. Michael Benoit, Nikki Munro and Jean Noonan were recently ranked in the 2019 Chambers USA Guide for Financial Services ... [Read More]
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