AFSA & NIADA welcome halt of discretionary publication of complaint narratives & visualizations by CFPB
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Credit Acceptance plucks Amazon AI expert to be CTO
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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
Matt Babcock of Wolters Kluwer on how digital transformation continues to gain steam in auto financing
Matt Babcock, who heads up digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, returned for another visit on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Wolter Kluwer recently released its latest quarterly Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index. Babcock recapped the sustained upward trajectory the ... Listen Here
Another Fed rate uptick pushes affordability limits
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
The Federal Open Market Committee at the Federal Reserve voted unanimously to push the target range for the federal funds rate to 2 percent to 2.25 percent. Wednesday’s development marked the fourth rate hike this year, building expectations for at least ... [Read More]
Consumer confidence approaches nearly 20-year high
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Perhaps individuals not only are in position to take on automotive debt, but they also have sureness regarding the wherewithal to maintain monthly payments on their retail installment sales contracts. In fact, a leading indictor hasn’t been this high in ... [Read More]
SNAAC partners with Primeritus Financial Services
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Security National Automotive Acceptance Co. (SNAAC), a non-prime auto finance company, and Primeritus Financial Services, a provider of recovery management, skip-tracing, and remarketing services to the auto finance industry, announced their collaborative partnership on Tuesday. Primeritus will provide SNAAC its ... [Read More]
FTC explains new law involving credit freezes and fraud alerts
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Federal Trade Commission announced consumers — especially individuals who are trying to repair their credit profiles and are concerned about identity theft or data breaches — can freeze their credit and place one-year fraud alerts for free. Under the ... [Read More]
DIMONT to leverage Black Book history-adjusted valuations during claims process
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Coming on the heels of establishing a relationship with defi SOLUTIONS, Black Book also announced a development involving its history adjusted valuations (HAV) data and resources being integrated with DIMONT, one of the largest providers of insurance claims adjusting and ... [Read More]
3 factors that influence employee compensation most
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Automotive Personnel founder and chief executive officer Don Jasensky tackled one of the most challenging work elements facing both employers and employees — financial compensation. Jasensky, who established his human resources firm in 1989, pinpointed what he believes are three ... [Read More]
FTC shuts down websites selling fake pay stubs, other documents
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Here is some good news for auto finance companies involving ongoing concern about fraudulent paper ending up in their portfolios. The operators of websites that sold fake documents used to facilitate identity theft and other frauds have agreed to permanently ... [Read More]
August auto defaults continue stable summertime path
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian determined this week that August defaults remained within the 7-basis-point range analysts have seen for this particular month during the past four years. According to data through August for the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default ... [Read More]
DealerBuilt settles with New Jersey AG over data breach
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While perhaps not to the scale of some other data breaches, a dealership management software (DMS) provider recently reached a settlement with New Jersey regulators whose investigation found compromised systems. New Jersey attorney general Gurbir Grewal and the state’s Division ... [Read More]
Black Book history-adjusted valuations now embedded in defi SOLUTIONS’ platform
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Two well-known industry names — Black Book and defi SOLUTIONS — are working together again. On Monday, Black Book announced its history-adjusted valuations (HAV) data and resources will be integrated into an interface with defi SOLUTIONS. Editors explained history-adjusted valuations ... [Read More]
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