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
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
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
Auto defaults close 2017 on stable track
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
For the fourth time in the past seven years, the auto portion of the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices closed the calendar with the default rate holding steady or ticking a bit lower on a sequential basis. S&P Dow Jones ... [Read More]
FICO hosting free webinar to share best practices in using automated communications
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
It’s a new year, and FICO is hopeful 2018 will be filled with new customers coming into company portfolios. In an effort to help institutions communicate with this new batch of contract holders, FICO is hosting a free educational webinar ... [Read More]
3 suggestions for companies with underperforming employees
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Automotive Personnel chief executive officer Don Jasensky offered three options when dealership and auto finance company management teams are faced with the decision of making manpower changes based on performance. Jasensky leveraged his nearly 30 years of experience, acknowledging that, ... [Read More]
RouteOne adds Fidelity Bank to eContracting footprint
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, RouteOne announced the addition of Fidelity Bank as an available eContracting finance source for dealers utilizing the RouteOne platform. Fidelity Bank’s financing services are available to dealers throughout the South. David Buchanan, executive vice president of indirect lending ... [Read More]
Dundon’s newest endeavor: professional hockey and the Stanley Cup
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
From subprime paper to slap shots, Thomas Dundon is making the transition from managing auto finance underwriting and securitizations to overseeing a professional hockey franchise that’s looking to hoist the Stanley Cup once again. Dundon, who built the subprime financing ... [Read More]
Survey reinforces value of online auto financing applications
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Eddie Castillo, general sales manager for the subprime division for Pine Belt Cadillac in Toms River, N.J., described how much a customer who has completed financing online prior to coming to the dealership improves the entire delivery experience — especially ... [Read More]
Top 10 states for 60-day delinquencies in Q3
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Recovery professionals often see the greatest saturation of 60-day delinquencies within states near or along the Gulf of Mexico. While a pair of those states constituted two of the top three as tracked by Experian Automotive, the state that registered ... [Read More]
CARite secures $45M in funding to boost lease portfolio
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
CARite received an injection of funds to expand its leasing portfolio from a finance provider that has an understanding of what the company is trying to accomplish within the subprime market. On Wednesday, Crystal Financial announced the completion of a ... [Read More]
REPAY makes another acquisition, securing PayMaxx Pro
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
More industry consolidation came to light on Wednesday as Realtime Electronic Payments (REPAY) made another acquisition. The provider of advanced payment technology products and electronic transaction processing services for the consumer finance industry has acquired PayMaxx Pro, an electronic payments ... [Read More]
Black Book’s newest tool sharpens valuations based on vehicle history
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Auto finance companies and dealerships integrally involved in underwriting might have some kind of vehicle-history component embedded into their scorecards and other tools. However, Black Book on Tuesday rolled out what the vehicle valuation company believes is its most precise ... [Read More]
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