AFSA & NIADA welcome halt of discretionary publication of complaint narratives & visualizations by CFPB
Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, 10:34 AM
Edmunds on depth of ‘The Vanishing Affordable Used Car’
Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, 10:17 AM
PODCAST: Additional insight into FTC’s move involving disparate impact from Hudson Cook
Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, 09:25 AM
SPONSORED EPISODE: Allied Solutions explains why origination is episodic, but servicing is continuous
John Elias, sales specialist in auto finance business development for Allied Solutions, is back as the guest for another sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Elias explains why current market conditions, affordability pressures and changing vehicle values are combining ... Listen Here
Additional insight into FTC’s move involving disparate impact from Hudson Cook
The Federal Trade Commission recently announced it will not pursue claims based on disparate-impact or “unfair discrimination” theories. In this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Hudson Cook partners Erica Kramer and Rob Tilley offered some historical perspectives and a ... Listen Here
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
Acquisition pushes Primeritus deeper into powersports space
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Primeritus Financial Services is looking to be the forwarding company of choice for finance companies that have more than just cars and trucks in their portfolio. Primeritus recently announced the acquisition of Capital Recovery Group (CRG). Based in Tucson, Ariz., ... [Read More]
Former Assurant, GE exec joins AUL as CFO
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
AUL Corp. president and chief executive officer Jimmy Atkinson continued to bolster the company’s top management team. The administrator of vehicle service contracts recently appointed David Chang to the position of chief financial officer. Chang, who brings more than 20 ... [Read More]
PointPredictive chooses FICO expert to lead artificial intelligence scoring team
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
PointPredictive recently added to its roster of experts tasked with helping auto finance companies combat fraud and other risks to their operations. PointPredictive announced that Mike Kennedy has joined the company as vice president of analytics to spearhead the growing ... [Read More]
S&P Global Ratings spots 1990s flashback in subprime ABS space
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In some circles, 1990s fashion is back in style nowadays, and S&P Global Ratings is seeing trends within the subprime auto ABS market that resemble the time when Umbro shorts, the discman and tight-rolled pantlegs became popular. According to a ... [Read More]
8 personnel moves at Millennium Capital and Recovery
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Nationwide recovery management and skip tracing firm Millennium Capital and Recovery Corp. made a total of eight personnel moves this week as five executives ascended into new positions, and three managers joined the company. According to a news release, the ... [Read More]
Pre-approvals remain critical to shoppers during their buying journey
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The auto financing process certainly has evolved significantly for the days of paper faxes, but Equifax emphasized that pre-approvals and credit checks remain a critical component of the automotive shopping process. Equifax unveiled additional analysis in its ongoing study of ... [Read More]
Platinum Auto Finance bolsters resources near Florida base
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Platinum Auto Finance recently made a series of strategic moves, including an expansion in markets near its base in Florida while closing one of its facilities in North Carolina. The expansion portion of the subprime auto finance company’s strategy involves ... [Read More]
Auto defaults drop to lowest point since last July
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Auto defaults dropped last month for the third consecutive month as the May reading now has settled below the 1-percent mark for the fourth year in a row. According to data through May released by S&P Dow Jones Indices and ... [Read More]
Another federal judge calls CFPB unconstitutional
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
In a case unrelated to auto finance, a ruling by a New York federal judge released this week found the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to be unconstitutionally structured; an action that disagreed with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals stating ... [Read More]
Kennedy: Why aren’t finance companies using traditional methods to fight fraud?
Joel Kennedy, Spinnaker Consulting Group
During the recent National Automotive Finance Association Non-Prime Financing Conference, I led “Fraud Friday” sessions where I presented my taxonomy of fraud and showcased two panels highlighting more of the unique and innovative solutions in the space today. While there ... [Read More]
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