FICO explains reasons for slight dip in average credit scores within auto
Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, 10:24 AM
Fitch watches tax-refund boost on securitizations fade during half of the year
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SEC rolls out more charges against former Tricolor executives who have already been federally indicted
Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, 10:09 AM
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
Wide-ranging car-business conversation with Lotlinx chairman and CEO Len Short
Lotlinx chairman and CEO Len Short firmly believes car dealers are the most resilient operators in any business. During this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Short explained why he is anticipating dealers showing that resilience again because it’s needed ... Listen Here
Path to delivering education in Spanish with Ignite Dealer Compliance Group
Steve Levine has dozens of dealer clients with Spanish as their native language. Those dealers also have hundreds of Hispanic customers who cannot speak or understand English. To fill compliance and training gaps created by language challenges, the owner of ... Listen Here
From the editor: The CFPB and a fire alarm
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
There didn’t appear to be any obvious connection between a representative from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finishing his presentation during the National Policy Conference hosted by the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association and the hotel fire alarm activating as ... [Read More]
Top 10 states for 60-day delinquency in Q2
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Experian Automotive indicated that 30-day delinquency moved little during the second quarter when compared to the same time a year ago, but the 60-day delinquency reading did deteriorate more noticeably. According to Experian’s State of the Automotive Finance Market Report, ... [Read More]
FTC reinforces auto industry enforcement priorities
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Coinciding with the regulator offering a deeper explanation of its revamped Used Car Rule, Tom Pahl of the Federal Trade Commission made the opening presentation during the National Policy Conference, hosted this week by the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association. ... [Read More]
20 percent compound monthly growth rate pushes SpringboardAuto into 22 states
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
SpringboardAuto highlighted this week that the company has produced an upward trajectory of completed auto financing equal to a compound monthly growth rate of 20 percent. As a result, the company announced it has expanded operations to 22 states, now ... [Read More]
Smith out as Equifax CEO
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Less than three weeks after revealing a massive cybersecurity data breach, Equifax said that chairman and chief executive officer Richard Smith is retiring from those posts effective today. Current board member Mark Feidler has been appointed non-executive chairman by the ... [Read More]
RoadVantage enhances benefits for lease customers
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
RoadVantage recently introduced what the F&I program provider called a “powerful and innovative” program for lease customers called Preferred LeaseCare. The company explained this new concept combines the “as you drive” benefits of RoadVantage ancillary products with a lease-end benefit, ... [Read More]
3 more reports question CFPB’s actions and structure
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Recent projects completed by the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the Cato Institute again delved into unsatisfactory assessments of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Coinciding with House Republicans chastising the CFPB over its investigation of Wells Fargo, a wide-sweeping survey conducted ... [Read More]
GWC Warranty appoints new chief revenue officer
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, GWC Warranty, a provider of used-vehicle service contracts sold through dealers, appointed Brian Stach as the company’s new chief revenue officer. In his role, Stach will oversee all of GWC Warranty’s field sales operations, including a nationwide team ... [Read More]
Fed maintains course during latest monetary policy action
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Because of the Federal Reserve’s view of realized and expected labor market conditions and inflation, a unanimous vote of the Federal Open Market Committee decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 1 percent to 1.25 ... [Read More]
How repossession practices could improve based on latest CFPB report
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Hudson Cook partner Allen Denson read through the auto-finance portion of the latest Supervisory Highlights shared by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and immediately thought of another credit segment. The CFPB’s report described problems bureau representatives found with vehicles being ... [Read More]
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