AFSA & NIADA welcome halt of discretionary publication of complaint narratives & visualizations by CFPB
Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, 10:34 AM
Edmunds on depth of ‘The Vanishing Affordable Used Car’
Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, 10:17 AM
PODCAST: Additional insight into FTC’s move involving disparate impact from Hudson Cook
Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, 09:25 AM
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
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
KAR shifts White to executive role at PAR North America
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
KAR Auction Services selected one of its executives who has been with the company for a decade for a role with its business unit — PAR North America — a provider of vehicle transition services with coast-to-coast solutions for recovery ... [Read More]
Defaults close 2018 by sending ‘caution signal’
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Experts who compile the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices described the readings to close 2018 as a "caution signal." This week, the teams from S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian released their default data through December, and they spotted a ... [Read More]
Black Book shares white paper focused on upcoming requirements for loss reserves
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Black Book responded to auto finance companies and buy-here, pay-here dealers still looking for help on how to comply with upcoming accounting changes in connection with reserving for losses. On Wednesday, Black Book released a new educational white paper titled, ... [Read More]
Advantage GPS introduces wire-free tracking devices
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Some smartphones no longer need a cord to recharge, and now Advantage GPS has a unit that doesn’t need wires to function in a vehicle connected with a retail installment sales contract held by an auto finance company. On Wednesday, ... [Read More]
KPA strengthens workforce management solution with acquisition of Compli
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Two technology names in the compliance space now are within the same organization. On Tuesday, KPA, a software-as-a-service and services provider for compliance and workforce management solutions, announced its acquisition of Compli, a provider of HR business process automation solutions. ... [Read More]
Banks, finance companies and regulators unite to help furloughed federal workers
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
With the federal government shutdown clash involving President Trump and Congressional leaders already lasting longer than any impasse in history, policymakers, banking leaders and finance companies are all collaborating to help impacted federal workers who are not being paid their ... [Read More]
3 suggestions to reverse challenges of selling VSCs
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Pegasystems’ recent study that found the majority of drivers (63 percent) do not have active extended warranties despite seeing their value prompted the team at GWC Warranty to compile a trio of recommendations to help dealerships and their finance offices ... [Read More]
KAR shifts former PAR North America executive to RDN
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On Friday, KAR Auction Services announced an addition to the management team for one of its business units, Recovery Database Network (RDN). Joining the provider of specialized software and data solutions to customers across the repossession and disposition value chain as ... [Read More]
700Credit unveils tool to combat synthetic fraud
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The team at 700Credit this week rolled out a new solution built to identify and combat synthetic fraud using a suite of synthetic identity detection rules to prevent criminals from continuing to hide behind false identities. The provider of credit ... [Read More]
Exeter Finance files for $100M IPO
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Exeter Finance is going public, joining providers such as Credit Acceptance and Consumer Portfolio Services as specialists in subprime auto finance that also sell public shares. The Texas-based company that began originations in April 2006 filed paperwork this week with ... [Read More]
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