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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

Cox Automotive: Subprime share decreases again in July, as loan terms stay at all-time high

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Dealertrack Credit Availability Index keeps climbing, but the subprime share keeps sagging. Cox Automotive’s latest index update might be reflecting what’s happening at your finance company, ticking up 7% year-over-year to 105, which is the highest level since November ... [Read More]

FTC reviews 3 dealer group settlements after abandoning disparate impact

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Disparate impact theory sometimes made automotive compliance professionals nauseous, especially when it was used by federal regulators to generate settlements for as much as $10 million in a single situation. Late on Friday, those professionals — and three dealership groups ... [Read More]

AutoPayPlus survey uncovers where dealers see untapped opportunities in F&I product offerings

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Findings from a dealer survey orchestrated by AutoPayPlus showed issues stores are still having in the F&I office. The survey revealed that while many dealership owners recognize the potential value of their F&I product offerings, challenges around consistent presentation, product ... [Read More]

CarShield completes acquisition of American Auto Shield

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, CarShield finalized the acquisition of its primary contract administrator, American Auto Shield, in a move that transitioned the vehicle-protection company into what it called “a fully integrated end-to-end service provider.” Leadership explained this strategic move centralizes the customer ... [Read More]

TransUnion: Used-car loans with LTVs at 140% or higher quadruple in past five years

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Perhaps this data point shared by TransUnion on Thursday epitomizes how much used-car financing has changed during the past five years. In the auto-finance segment of TransUnion’s Q2 2026 Credit Industry Insights Report (CIIR), analysts indicated that just 8% of ... [Read More]

6 best practices for repo agents to avoid pitfalls of phishing emails

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The technology committee of the American Recovery Association warned repossession agents about how easily an operation can be impacted by phishing email and the collateral damage security breaches can cause. ARA also gave six recommendations for best practices to avoid ... [Read More]

Record number of active dealers now on Credit Acceptance’s AI-driven platform

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Credit Acceptance set a record during the second quarter courtesy of artificial intelligence. The subprime auto finance company said late Tuesday afternoon that a record 11,004 dealers were active on its platform during Q2, with the company enrolling 1,456 new ... [Read More]

MeridianLink acquires Credit Mountain to create opportunities after adverse actions

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Adverse action notices in subprime auto financing are common. An acquisition that closed on the last day of July and announced publicly on Monday is designed to make sure that’s not the end of the road for all parties involved. ... [Read More]

Equifax notices multiple subprime trends within outstanding portfolio & originations

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The July installment of the Automotive Industry Market Pulse from Equifax included multiple noteworthy trends connected to subprime auto financing. Equifax reported total outstanding auto debt reached $1.7 trillion in May, representing a 2.4% increase year-over-year. Pushing the figure higher ... [Read More]

VantageScore still sees ‘gradual migration’ of consumers into near-prime & subprime

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The average VantageScore 4.0 credit score ticked up in June, reversing the modest dip observed late last year and returning to its highest level in the past 12 months. But analysts are also seeing the number consumers sliding into the ... [Read More]

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