While a consumer advocate in a note to SubPrime Auto Finance News called the action “an insane development,” industry representatives cheered the request by the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for evidence of the regulator’s effectiveness. On ... [Read More]

MBSi Corp. welcomed a top executive from another firm in the recovery industry to its company team this week. MBSi, one of the loyal sponsors of Used Car Week and a leading provider of repossession assignment software and vendor compliance ... [Read More]

White Clarke Group recently bolstered its North American workforce. The global provider of full lifecycle loan origination, servicing, collections and floorplan finance technology announced Heather Slyman has joined the firm as vice president of business development for North America. Executives ... [Read More]

An important component in subprime auto finance underwriting is gauging the potential contract holder’s ability to make installment payments. LAUNCHER.SOLUTIONS and Equifax are teaming up to help finance companies with that stipulation. This week Equifax and LAUNCHER.SOLUTIONS, a technology provider ... [Read More]

For the fourth time in the past seven years, the auto portion of the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices closed the calendar with the default rate holding steady or ticking a bit lower on a sequential basis. S&P Dow Jones ... [Read More]

It’s a new year, and FICO is hopeful 2018 will be filled with new customers coming into company portfolios. In an effort to help institutions communicate with this new batch of contract holders, FICO is hosting a free educational webinar ... [Read More]

Automotive Personnel chief executive officer Don Jasensky offered three options when dealership and auto finance company management teams are faced with the decision of making manpower changes based on performance. Jasensky leveraged his nearly 30 years of experience, acknowledging that, ... [Read More]

This week, RouteOne announced the addition of Fidelity Bank as an available eContracting finance source for dealers utilizing the RouteOne platform. Fidelity Bank’s financing services are available to dealers throughout the South. David Buchanan, executive vice president of indirect lending ... [Read More]

From subprime paper to slap shots, Thomas Dundon is making the transition from managing auto finance underwriting and securitizations to overseeing a professional hockey franchise that’s looking to hoist the Stanley Cup once again. Dundon, who built the subprime financing ... [Read More]

Eddie Castillo, general sales manager for the subprime division for Pine Belt Cadillac in Toms River, N.J., described how much a customer who has completed financing online prior to coming to the dealership improves the entire delivery experience — especially ... [Read More]