A Look Back at Last Two Decades of the Used-Car Industry in Canada
In the grand finale of our podcast episodes from Canada’s Used Car Week in June, conference chair and Cherokee Media Group president Bill Zadeits is joined by Brad Hart and Peter Snoyer on a panel celebrating 20th anniversary of the ... Listen Here
Thursday, Sep. 18, 2025, 02:32 PM
SPONSORED EPISODE: AI & Big Data Deliver Significant Improvements to Inventory Management
In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Merritt Critcher, Director of Product Management with CDK speaks with Bill Zadeits about the newest trends and potential for AI and big data to meet and exceed the inventory management needs ... Listen Here
Thursday, Sep. 11, 2025, 04:33 PM
Matt Rice
Experian on how much auto refinancing is gaining traction
Melinda Zabritski, Experian’s head of automotive financial insights, said consumers are looking for ways to secure more favorable vehicle financing terms, especially with interest rates leveling out and perhaps a cut coming next week from the Federal Reserve. The base ... Listen Here
Thursday, Sep. 11, 2025, 01:53 PM
Equifax rolls out suite of 3 advanced analytics tools
Thursday, Mar. 9, 2017, 02:15 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On Thursday, Equifax announced the global launch of a portfolio of analytics tools dubbed Equifax Ignite that’s available now in the U.S., Canada and the U.K., and coming to Australia in the fall. The company explained that Equifax Ignite challenges ... [Read More]
CFPB’s supervisory highlights focus on credit reporting
Wednesday, Mar. 8, 2017, 03:23 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently released a report detailing the problems in the credit reporting industry that the bureau said it has uncovered and corrected through its oversight work. Since launching its supervision of the credit reporting market, ... [Read More]
Wise F&I’s products now accessible through Darwin Automotive
Wednesday, Mar. 8, 2017, 03:19 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Wise F&I, which offers an array of voluntary protection products including guaranteed asset protection (GAP), appearance care service contracts, tire and wheel protection, vehicle service contracts, theft deterrent systems, key replacement and other ancillary products, recently announced its products are ... [Read More]
FTC and New York AG release annual auto-related complaint stats
Tuesday, Mar. 7, 2017, 03:25 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Coinciding with the start of National Consumer Protection Week, both the Federal Trade Commission and New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman — one of the most active individual regulatory enforcers in the auto finance space — both released annual consumer ... [Read More]
What might ‘seal the deal’ for next interest rate hike
Monday, Mar. 6, 2017, 04:37 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Stifel Nicolaus chief economist Lindsey Piegza and Comerica Bank chief economist Robert Dye each examined the comprehensive commentary offered by Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen regarding the possibility of another interest rate move arriving next week. After taking in what ... [Read More]
Veros Credit makes 2 moves associated with ‘strategic realignment’
Monday, Mar. 6, 2017, 04:36 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Subprime auto finance company Veros Credit is going through what leadership called a “strategic realignment,” which includes the closing of two facilities as well as the hiring of a new senior vice president of sales and marketing. First, Veros Credit, ... [Read More]
DRN set to open free skip-tracing webinar series
Friday, Mar. 3, 2017, 03:35 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Alex Price, director of risk solutions at Digital Recognition Network and one of the leading experts on skip-tracing, will host the first segment of a free, four-part webinar series designed to give collection departments at finance companies “tactics and techniques ... [Read More]
Credit Acceptance to invest $33M, add more than 500 workers
Friday, Mar. 3, 2017, 03:33 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Michigan Economic Development Corp. (MEDC) this week highlighted the investment and additional personnel Credit Acceptance plans to leverage going forward. Because, state officials said, the subprime auto finance company “is experiencing significant growth and needs to expand its facilities ... [Read More]
Average amount financed for new & used hits new record
Thursday, Mar. 2, 2017, 03:04 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The amount of debt consumers are absorbing to acquire a new or used vehicle reached record highs during the fourth quarter, according to the latest State of the Automotive Finance Market report from Experian. With consumers turning to longer-term contracts ... [Read More]
Westlake leverages technology 2 ways to boost business
Wednesday, Mar. 1, 2017, 04:27 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Westlake Financial Services is looking to use a pair of technology advancements in an effort to drum up more business for the finance company that specializes in subprime retail installment contracts. First this week, Westlake launched an online indirect auto ... [Read More]
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