Latest KBRA research examines geography of auto loan ABS performance
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SPONSORED EPISODE: Rethinking vehicle-protection plans for today’s wide inventory mix with GWC Warranty
Used-car inventory on dealer lots nowadays can range from older, higher-mileage vehicles to EVs, lifted trucks, and modified vehicles. The result is dealers are also having to change the vehicle-protection conversations with customers. In this special sponsored episode of the ... Listen Here
Recapping credit scores & other trends in auto finance with Shams Blanc of FICO
Shams Blanc, head of auto scores at FICO, made another appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast to elaborate more about the fall edition of the FICO Score Credit Insights report. Along with recapping what’s going on in auto finance, Blanc ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: Greenville Auto Auction Celebrates 16 Years—A look back and a look ahead
On this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits visits with Billy Willis and Kevin Stallings of Greenville Auto Auction. The auction celebrates 16 years in early September, and the guys talk about the history of the sale, ... Listen Here
2 clear trends emerge from February’s initial finance data
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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]
Secure Collateral Management enters forwarding space
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Just a few months after moving into a new corporate headquarters, Secure Collateral Management (SCM) is advancing beyond being only a skip-tracing provider and into being a forwarding company. In a message sent to SubPrime Auto Finance News on Tuesday, ... [Read More]
Report analyzes changes in US subprime auto ABS since Great Recession
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
S&P Global Ratings published a report on Friday, examining adjustments in auto-related asset-backed securities (ABS) transactions since the Great Recession. The 16-page endeavor took a special look at the subprime market, explaining that speculative-grade issuance growth and weaker structural protections ... [Read More]
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