This Month's Focus
Artificial Intelligence
COMMENTARY: Inventory acquisition in the AI age
Friday, May. 29, 2026, 01:00 PM
AI at car dealerships: a ‘crawl, walk, run’ evolution with data at foundation
Friday, May. 29, 2026, 11:54 AM
Marketing for car dealerships in the age of AI
Wednesday, May. 27, 2026, 11:34 AM
Experian’s Melinda Zabritski discusses ongoing stretching of terms
The latest appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast by Melinda Zabritski, Experian’s head of automotive financial insights and Automotive Intelligence Award recipient, focused on auto-loan terms, which oftentimes are at least 72 months nowadays. Zabritski also compared a data point ... Listen Here
Friday, Jun. 12, 2026, 09:35 AM
Forming the Transport Queens with Amber Gosney of SYCN Auto Logistics
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Tuesday, Jun. 2, 2026, 01:30 PM
PODCAST: Autonomous vehicles & the used-car market with Peter Janczewski of Draiver
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. To get a better understanding of how autonomous technology ... Listen Here
Tuesday, Jun. 2, 2026, 01:23 PM
AFIP awards $1,500 scholarship to Northwood student
Friday, Mar. 8, 2019, 02:50 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
During the annual Northwood University Dealer Education Awards breakfast in conjunction with NADA Show 2019 in San Francisco, the Association of Finance & Insurance Professionals (AFIP) awarded the Jakob Murray Lange Memorial scholarship. AFIP executive vice president of operations Shannon ... [Read More]
GSFSGroup chooses former AFG, AMT Warranty exec as president
Friday, Mar. 8, 2019, 02:49 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
GSFSGroup has a new leader. The provider of F&I products, training, dealer development and reinsurance structures to the automotive industry named Guy Koenig as president in a move that was effective on Feb. 27. Throughout his professional career, GSFSGroup highlighted ... [Read More]
PODCAST: ID Analytics on benefits of alternative data
Thursday, Mar. 7, 2019, 03:07 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Our series of episodes originating from the Vehicle Finance Conference hosted by the American Financial Services Association continues with a conversation including Craig Stokum, who is director of sales in automotive for ID Analytics. Nick asked ID Analytics about alternative ... [Read More]
7 states finish 2018 with 60-day delinquency rate at or above 1%
Wednesday, Mar. 6, 2019, 05:32 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Experian’s Q4 2018 State of the Automotive Finance Market report showed that seven states closed this past year with 60-day delinquency rates of at least 1 percent. Overall, analysts pinpointed the 60-day delinquency rate at 0.78 percent in Q4, which ... [Read More]
FTC wants comments on proposed amendments to safeguards and privacy rules
Wednesday, Mar. 6, 2019, 04:52 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday said it is seeking comment on proposed amendments to two rules that protect the privacy and security of customer information held by financial institutions. In separate notices to be published in the Federal Register ... [Read More]
MBSi acquires My Recovery System and Vendor Transparency Solutions
Tuesday, Mar. 5, 2019, 03:24 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
More consolidation in the recovery space arrived late on Tuesday as Automotive Intelligence Council member MBSi Corp. increased its collection of resources. The provider of compliance-enabled repossession assignment management software and vendor management software announced the acquisition of My Recovery ... [Read More]
Kingsway Financial Services finalizes acquisition of Geminus Holding
Tuesday, Mar. 5, 2019, 03:20 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
An F&I provider that’s been in business for more than 30 years has new ownership. Kingsway Financial Services on Tuesday announced it has closed on its acquisition of Geminus Holding Co., a specialty, full-service provider of vehicle service contracts and other ... [Read More]
Protective Asset Protection discusses potential 20% lift in F&I profit
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
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
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]
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