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
F&I Express and F&I Administration Solutions partner to manage product cancellation process
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
F&I Express and F&I Administration Solutions recently expanded their relationship to help finance companies, F&I product providers and dealerships improve their aftermarket product cancellation performance and compliance. The companies highlighted that the integration of F&I Express and F&I Admin addresses ... [Read More]
4 recommendations for an F&I edge to start 2018
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The team at GWC Warranty offered four suggestions to help dealerships looking for an edge in January and the rest of 2018. Recommendations to boost sales as well as ongoing success in the F&I office, GWC Warranty declared that “there’s ... [Read More]
Additional subprime paper impacts November ABS readings
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
S&P Global Ratings described what more subprime paper flowing into the auto loan asset-backed securities (ABS) market did to its readings for November. According to a report published this week, the overall ABS market enjoyed some “mild” improvements in November. Analysts ... [Read More]
Prospects for interest rates doubling in 2 years
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Two participants on the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) at the Federal Reserve see the target range for the federal funds rate surpassing 4 percent in 2020 with nine other policymakers anticipating that the reading hits at least 3 percent ... [Read More]
Average transaction prices for new models set new high
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The risk auto finance companies absorbed when taking on new-vehicle paper certainly didn’t wane as 2017 closed. On Tuesday, analysts at Kelley Blue Book reported the estimated average transaction price (ATP) for light vehicles in the United States came in ... [Read More]
DriveTime seeking new CEO to replace Fidel
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
DriveTime on Tuesday morning announced an executive succession process. The company said DriveTime chief executive officer Ray Fidel entered into definitive agreements in late November for Fidel's transition out of his role as CEO in December. DriveTime indicated the transition ... [Read More]
November auto defaults hold steady
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In the midst of the holiday break, analysts from S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian released an update on auto finance defaults through November. Fortunately, what they spotted shouldn’t give the industry an unwanted jolt to start regular business operations ... [Read More]
RouteOne and TFS collaborate on contract with remotely captured electronic signature
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The days of needing a black-ink pen to finalize auto financing documents appear to be dwindling. RouteOne announced this week that it has successfully processed what the company claims is the automotive finance industry’s first remotely captured, electronic customer signature ... [Read More]
FTC reaches settlement with Texas Toyota dealer over deceptive ads in Spanish newspaper
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The complexities of advertising finance terms in a language other than English landed a dealership in regulatory problems with the Federal Trade Commission. Cowboy AG, a Dallas company doing business as Cowboy Toyota and Cowboy Scion, recently agreed to settle FTC ... [Read More]
2 Cox Automotive economists dissect implications of third interest-rate rise of 2017
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
For the third time this year, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) at the Federal Reserve opted to push the target range for the federal funds rate higher by another 25 basis points to leave the reading at 1.25 percent ... [Read More]
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