AFSA & NIADA welcome halt of discretionary publication of complaint narratives & visualizations by CFPB
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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
Auto defaults fall below 1% for first time this year
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Auto finance defaults are back below the 1-percent level for the first time this year, halting a stretch above that level dating back to last August. This week, S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian released data through April for the S&P/Experian ... [Read More]
Trump signs resolution negating auto lending guidance
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
The 2013 indirect auto lending guidance from what was previously called the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau now is officially off the books. On Monday, President Trump signed into law a bipartisan Congressional resolution disapproving a rule that was in the ... [Read More]
Subprime origination level at lowest point in 12 years
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The latest information from Equifax reinforced the depth at which finance companies are backing off in their originations within the subprime space. Equifax recently shared its observations of auto finance originations through January. Through that juncture, analysts found that 19.2 ... [Read More]
Oliver returns to VSC space as RoadVantage senior VP of operations
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Don Oliver went into retirement for about a year until he was recently lured back into the vehicle service contract administration business. RoadVantage, one the fastest-growing providers of F&I programs for the automotive industry, announced the addition of Oliver as ... [Read More]
Consulting firm chooses Kennedy as part of finance expansion
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
National Automotive Finance Association board member Joel Kennedy leveraged his experience and expertise into a position with a consulting firm broadening its scope into consumer finance. Spinnaker Consulting Group, a national boutique professional services consultancy based in Richmond, Va., will ... [Read More]
Cherokee Media Group unveils launch of Auto Fin Journal
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Cherokee Media Group (CMG), publishers of Auto Remarketing and SubPrime Auto Finance News, and producers of Used Car Week, the Automotive Intelligence Summit and Auto Remarketing Canada — as well as additional leading auto industry events and media — has ... [Read More]
PointPredictive unveils Fraud Data Exchange for consortium members
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
PointPredictive wants to help auto finance companies to work together to combat fraud, so the firm is deploying an extension of its collaboration endeavors. This week, PointPredictive announced the launch of Fraud Data Exchange, a new cooperative service that can ... [Read More]
TransUnion acquires iovation to boost fraud-prevention portfolio
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
TransUnion is putting more resources into fraud prevention. On Friday, TransUnion said it has agreed to acquire iovation, one of the most advanced providers of device-based information in the world, strengthening its position in fraud and identity management. While financial ... [Read More]
Seasonal impact lifts March ABS performance and recoveries
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with some noteworthy developments about how finance companies are striving to improve the quality of paper flowing into their portfolios, the latest monthly U.S. Auto Loan ABS tracker from S&P Global Ratings contains other elements that should delight industry ... [Read More]
Nationwide Skip Experts watches accounts and resolutions jump by using masterQueue
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
When it comes to recoveries, double-digit improvements in certain metrics certainly are attention getters. That’s what Nationwide Skip Experts (NSE) has experienced recently. NSE deployed masterQueue, an enterprise level skip tracing software, across its organization. Since deployment of the software, ... [Read More]
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