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SPONSORED EPISODE: Rethinking vehicle-protection plans for today’s wide inventory mix with GWC Warranty
Used-car inventory on dealer lots nowadays can range from older, higher-mileage vehicles to EVs, lifted trucks, and modified vehicles. The result is dealers are also having to change the vehicle-protection conversations with customers. In this special sponsored episode of the ... Listen Here
Recapping credit scores & other trends in auto finance with Shams Blanc of FICO
Shams Blanc, head of auto scores at FICO, made another appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast to elaborate more about the fall edition of the FICO Score Credit Insights report. Along with recapping what’s going on in auto finance, Blanc ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: Greenville Auto Auction Celebrates 16 Years—A look back and a look ahead
On this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits visits with Billy Willis and Kevin Stallings of Greenville Auto Auction. The auction celebrates 16 years in early September, and the guys talk about the history of the sale, ... Listen Here
GrooveCar brings on 25 new credit union partners in Q3
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
More than 300,000 additional credit union members might be using GrooveCar’s platform to make a vehicle purchase. The buying resource enjoyed another busy quarter and signed up 25 new partners in Q3. “GrooveCar puts the platform in the hands of ... [Read More]
PwC to present picture of how robotic technology could impact auto finance
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Craig Schleicher of PwC sees robotic features having a much greater presence in auto finance in the not-so-distant future. No, C-3PO and R2-D2 from Star Wars likely aren’t taking over underwriting and servicing vehicle installment contracts, but the manager of consumer ... [Read More]
UPDATED: Pence’s tiebreaking Senate vote halts CFPB’s arbitration rule
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
While the agency director expressed his disappointment, dealerships and auto finance companies can breathe a big sigh of relief; Congress has stopped the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s arbitration rule. With Vice President Pence casting the deciding vote late on Tuesday ... [Read More]
FactorTrust rolls out credit monitoring solution
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Your customers now have another option to watch for activity associated with their credit file. On Tuesday, Used Car Week sponsor FactorTrust launched what’s being dubbed FactorTrust Credit Monitoring, a service that can observe activity within the FactorTrust credit file. ... [Read More]
4 suggestions to combat cyberattacks
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
David Kennedy of First Credit Resources, who is the current president of the American Recovery Association and one of the speakers on tap for Used Car Week, offered four suggestions for what protective moves repossession agencies, another other service providers, should ... [Read More]
White Clarke Group unveils global cloud platform
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On Monday, White Clarke Group announced the release of a new fully cloud-hosted version of its CALMS complete lifecycle credit processing and administration platform for the automotive, consumer and equipment finance industry via its partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS). ... [Read More]
2 primary reasons why social media is still not viable for underwriting
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
No doubt, finance companies are looking for whatever reliable piece of information they can examine while they’re first deciding if they should make an auto finance offer to a potential vehicle buyer and then exploring what terms and down payment ... [Read More]
Auto defaults jump by 10 basis points in September
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Auto defaults continued their cyclical move higher in September, crossing the 1-percent threshold and landing at nearly the highest spot in three years. The data through September reviewed by S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian showed that auto finance defaults ... [Read More]
Tommy Moore Jr.: Subprime Auto Finance Executive of the Year
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Tommy Moore Jr. initially thought what sprouted to be First Investors Financial Services would just be a sideline business in auto finance. He was concentrated on another banking career in Houston at the time, focused on retail and commercial lending. ... [Read More]
Davis & Gilbert experts finds 4 signs of subprime auto ABS market vulnerability
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
As S&P Global Ratings noticed collateral performance in the U.S. subprime auto loan asset-backed securities (ABS) market deteriorated moderately on a sequential basis in August, Davis & Gilbert’s Insolvency, Creditors’ Rights & Financial Products Practice Group fears investors could be ... [Read More]
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