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Cutting keys & cutting costs during repossessions and recoveries
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:42 PM
Drawing standing-room-only attendance in the second-largest setting at Used Car Week 2025, Ryan Miller led a six-executive panel session that focused on one of the most complex challenges in all of repossessions and recoveries. Now available through this episode of ... Listen Here
Four experts on automotive & the economy
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:39 PM
Used Car Week 2025 again brought together experts who can explain which parts of the economy impact automotive most. This year’s event included views from Laura Wehunt of Black Book, Tim Gill of the American Financial Services Association, T.J. Cox ... Listen Here
Sponsored Episode: Winning Trade-Ins and Trust – Navigating Today’s Affordability Challenges
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, 03:15 PM
Affordability challenges are reshaping the automotive landscape—vehicle prices and payments are at all-time highs and negative equity is on the rise. In this episode, Micah Tindor offers a data-driven conversation with real-world strategies around acquisition tactics and long-term profitability to ... Listen Here

MVTRAC makes 3-year commitment to NARS golf outing

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Friday, Mar. 9, 2018, 04:09 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Organizers of the North American Repossessors Summit (NARS) are hitting their 10th anniversary and received a reward from one of their leading sponsors. NARS — an industry event hosted by the American Recovery Association (ARA) and headline sponsor Harding Brooks ... [Read More]

ABS analysts find ‘encouraging trends’ in 2017 data

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Thursday, Mar. 8, 2018, 03:49 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
S&P Global Ratings pored over the 2017 data for the U.S. auto loan asset-backed securities (ABS) sector and reported that  “a few encouraging trends emerged.” Analysts added that December ABS performance showed seasonal patterns, resulting in upticks in metrics they ... [Read More]

Allied Finance Adjusters and Vendor Transparency Solutions finalize robust partnership

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Wednesday, Mar. 7, 2018, 04:27 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
More collaboration developed in an effort to enhance the efficiency — and compliance — involving vehicle repossessions and recoveries. Allied Finance Adjusters (AFA) and Vendor Transparency Solutions (VTS) recently entered into an exclusive joint venture agreement that executives say will ... [Read More]

Black Book thinks new infographic will further explain History-Adjusted Valuations

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Tuesday, Mar. 6, 2018, 04:40 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Photographs often highlight how valuable — or deteriorated — a vehicle might be before it lands in your inventory. Well, Black Book leveraged some helpful imagery as a part of a new educational infographic to help dealers, remarketers and finance ... [Read More]

PointPredictive rolls out Synthetic ID Alert to stop a growing fraud concern

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Tuesday, Mar. 6, 2018, 04:29 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
PointPredictive understands criminals looking to orchestrate auto finance scams aren’t sitting idle. On Tuesday, PointPredictive announced the launch of a new patent pending solution called Synthetic ID Alert. The solution is a complement to the company’s comprehensive application fraud scoring ... [Read More]

AFSA points out possible APR confusion with potential laws in NYC

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Tuesday, Mar. 6, 2018, 04:27 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Late in February, the American Financial Services Association submitted a comment letter to the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs regarding the department’s proposed rules for independent dealers. According to AFSA’s latest installment of NewsBriefs, the proposed rules would ... [Read More]

6 results now available through Experian’s new tri-bureau trend solution

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Tuesday, Mar. 6, 2018, 04:25 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Experian acknowledged that traditional credit attributes provide immense value for auto finance companies when making decisions. But when used alone, Experian insisted they are limited to capturing credit behavior during a single moment of time. To add a deeper layer ... [Read More]

Platinum Auto Finance reinforces sales team with seasoned executive

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Friday, Mar. 2, 2018, 03:16 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Platinum Auto Finance recently bolstered its executive team with a leader who possesses a wide range of professional experience with smaller and large providers. David Knightly joined Platinum Auto Finance as senior vice president of operations and national sales director, reporting ... [Read More]

Award-winning Dealertrack alum joins FrogData

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Friday, Mar. 2, 2018, 03:14 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A former award-winning member of Dealertrack’s team recently joined FrogData, a business analytics platform that can deliver advanced reporting, business insights and predictive analytics to dealers, helping them make better decisions to make a positive impact on their business. FrogData ... [Read More]

APR for new models jumps to 8-year high

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Thursday, Mar. 1, 2018, 03:47 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Perhaps it’s the mix of applicants or finance companies passing on risk to potential new-vehicle buyers. Whatever the specific trigger, Edmunds announced on Thursday that interest rates on new-vehicle installment contracts are expected to soar to their highest point in ... [Read More]
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