FICO explains reasons for slight dip in average credit scores within auto
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Fitch watches tax-refund boost on securitizations fade during half of the year
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SEC rolls out more charges against former Tricolor executives who have already been federally indicted
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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
Wide-ranging car-business conversation with Lotlinx chairman and CEO Len Short
Lotlinx chairman and CEO Len Short firmly believes car dealers are the most resilient operators in any business. During this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Short explained why he is anticipating dealers showing that resilience again because it’s needed ... Listen Here
Path to delivering education in Spanish with Ignite Dealer Compliance Group
Steve Levine has dozens of dealer clients with Spanish as their native language. Those dealers also have hundreds of Hispanic customers who cannot speak or understand English. To fill compliance and training gaps created by language challenges, the owner of ... Listen Here
3 states post 60-day delinquency rate above 1 percent in Q2
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Only three states posted 60-day delinquency rates above 1 percent during the second quarter, according to Experian’s State of the Automotive Finance Market report. Overall, analysts found that 60-day delinquencies dropped by 3 basis points year-over-year, settling at 0.64 percent ... [Read More]
14 AGs implore CFPB to enforce Equal Credit Opportunity Act
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Attorneys general are continuing to implore the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to be an aggressive regulator. Through a letter delivered on Wednesday, New York attorney general Barbara Underwood — part of a coalition of 14 AGs — called on the ... [Read More]
Equifax rolls out tool to help with CECL compliance
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Equifax is looking to help banks navigate one of the most complicated accounting changes ever instituted. On Wednesday, Equifax unveiled its SmartReserve offering to help banks and financial institutions registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission meet the new Current Expected ... [Read More]
Edmunds spots upticks in August used-vehicle financing metrics
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While trends involving zero percent finance deals for new vehicles intrigued analysts, Edmunds also noticed jumps in annual percentage rate (APR) and down payments to get used vehicles delivered in August. According to data shared on Tuesday, Edmunds determined that ... [Read More]
Westlake celebrates 30 years of auto financing
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Back in 1988, a gallon of gas cost less than a dollar, and birds did all of the tweeting. Now with fuel much more expensive and tweeting having an entirely different connotation, Westlake Financial Services is celebrating, having reached 30 ... [Read More]
Spireon highlights 7 achievements from first half of 2018
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
As summertime unofficially winds down, Spireon is celebrating a number of corporate milestones secured during the first half of the year. Spireon attributed product innovation, “white-glove” customer service and key industry partnerships to increases in revenue, active subscriptions and customer ... [Read More]
Experian sees outstanding deep subprime balances drop to all-time low
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The amount of outstanding deep subprime paper slid to an all time low during the second quarter, according to Experian’s State of the Automotive Finance Market report released on Thursday. Analysts discovered deep subprime softened to an all-time low of ... [Read More]
Auto/Mate integrates DMS with ProMax
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Two service providers perhaps already being leveraged at your store now are working together to help you turn more financed deliveries. This week, Auto/Mate Dealership Systems integrated its dealership management system (DMS) with ProMax, a leading supplier of retail automotive ... [Read More]
Subprime not significant part of Q1 origination uptick
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The deceleration of auto-finance origination stopped in this first quarter, according to TransUnion’s newest Industry Insights Report released earlier this week. But the subprime segment didn’t trigger the change. After six consecutive year-over-year declines beginning in third quarter of 2016, ... [Read More]
Why using pool factors can improve analysis subprime ABS credit losses
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
S&P Global Ratings recently offered more analysis as to how it examines subprime auto loan asset-backed securities (ABS) issuers in light of what the firm described as an increasingly noticeable trend. The firm explained that certain U.S. subprime auto loan ... [Read More]
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