StoneEagle spots new highs in dealer F&I average gross profit, income halfway through 2026
Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, 10:21 AM
Wise F&I regional VP chosen as 2026 NAMAD Woman of the Year
Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, 10:42 AM
FTC issues consumer alert over phantom dealerships that experts have seen for more than a year
Wednesday, Sep. 2, 2026, 09:55 AM
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
Vitu bookends 2025 with acquisitions; this time of DDI Technology
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Vitu began the year by successfully closing its acquisition of the Dealertrack registration and titling businesses from Cox Automotive. And the innovator in vehicle-to-government (V2Gov) technology is rounding out the year with another acquisition. Vitu announced on Friday that it ... [Read More]
LCT’s Refund Control now aligns with new industry standards set by 3 associations
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Lender Compliance Technologies (LCT) said Thursday it secured “an important milestone for the industry” in connection with its Refund Control platform. The provider of a tool for managing voluntary protection product (VPP) cancellations and refunds announced that its platform fully ... [Read More]
2025 Repossession Agent of the Year: Phil Hanks of Connect 1 Recovery
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Phil Hanks spent more than 17 years in corporate positions associated with the recovery industry. Much of that time was with Manheim, but Hanks also held leadership positions with Primeritus Financial Services and MBSi. Then in April 2013, Hanks established ... [Read More]
2025 Loss Mitigation Executive of the Year: Craig Paterson of GM Financial
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Auto loans and retail installment contracts are often referred to by industry executives as paper. When Craig Paterson began his career in automotive, many of the tasks he had to complete were done on paper, too. Much has changed in ... [Read More]
Lender executives & industry experts distill current status of subprime auto finance
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Suspicions are intensifying about the current health of auto finance, especially within the subprime space stemming from the bankruptcy filings of Tricolor Holdings and PrimaLend. For example, the first question from an investment analyst during Carvana’s quarterly conference call last ... [Read More]
How Protective plans to leverage past F&I acquisitions to make most of upcoming Portfolio addition
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Rick Kurtz, senior vice president and chief distribution officer for Protective Asset Protection, spent a few minutes with Cherokee Media Group on Thursday after the company entered into an agreement to acquire Portfolio Holding and its subsidiaries from Abry Partners. ... [Read More]
White Label Holding acquires National Auto Lenders
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Another auto-finance company specializing in the subprime space now has new ownership. White Label Holding, a U.S.-based financial group specializing in integrated automotive lending solutions, on Monday announced the full acquisition of National Auto Lenders, which is a non-prime auto ... [Read More]
NextGear Capital hires 3 new execs, unveils redesigned website
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In an effort “bring fresh energy, diverse perspectives and deep expertise to the organization,” NextGear Capital recently added three new members to its senior leadership team along with rolling out a revamped website. Executives joining the inventory finance company for ... [Read More]
TransUnion spots ‘pre-pandemic norms’ in newest auto-finance analysis
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Experts are seeing auto financing “trending back toward pre-pandemic norms” based data contained in TransUnion’s Q3 2025 Credit Industry Insights Report (CIIR). TransUnion reported on Monday that originations rose 5.2% year-over-year to 6.7 million, supported by Federal Reserve rate cuts ... [Read More]
Experts explain auto-finance & general-economy implications after another rate cut comes during ‘challenging situation’
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
The primary result of this week’s meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) was the Federal Reserve reducing the federal funds rate below 4% for the first time since 2022. The reduction of the target rate to 3.75% to ... [Read More]
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