Why Capital Structures Matters in Today’s Market Dealers actively expanding or acquiring real estate are often constrained not by opportunity—but...
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As subprime space keeps changing, how long can average terms stretch?
Monday, May. 4, 2026, 11:16 AM
TransUnion updates auto performance, shares research about K-shaped path of overall consumer credit market
Thursday, Apr. 30, 2026, 10:10 AM
Reviewing FICO & FSA data to see how much student loans could be impacting your auto-finance portfolio
Tuesday, May. 5, 2026, 10:13 AM
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This Month's Focus
Artificial Intelligence
DealerOn’s dual launch includes AI search visibility platform, ‘intelligent layer’ touching full dealership
Tuesday, May. 5, 2026, 03:28 PM
Newest Experian tool designed to reduce risk within AI-driven commerce
Monday, May. 4, 2026, 11:19 AM
Fed’s Bowman outlines 3 steps now that Anthropic’s Mythos adds more possible AI risk to banking
Monday, May. 4, 2026, 11:18 AM
FICO’s Shams Blanc on lenders sharpening underwriting & more
Fresh off being in Miami as part of the Used Car Industry Summit that Cherokee Media Group hosted this spring, Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, appeared again on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Blanc discussed ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Apr. 29, 2026, 03:54 PM
Byron Oldham of Honest Autos & FIADA
Byron Oldham is president of the family-owned Honest Autos dealership and is president of the board at the Florida Independent Automobile Dealers Association. In this episode, Oldham talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about the upcoming Southeast ... Listen Here
Monday, Apr. 27, 2026, 07:47 PM
Automotive CFO-To-Go Kathi Kruse talks dealership finance, accounting in ‘lightning round’
Kathi Kruse, the Automotive CFO-To-Go who brings her financial expertise — born through years of experience as a dealership chief financial officer — to dealers needing help in that area, is back on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. In this episode, ... Listen Here
Sunday, Apr. 19, 2026, 04:27 AM
March auto defaults dip 5 basis points
Friday, Apr. 28, 2017, 01:36 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The auto finance component of the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices showed contract defaults improved in March both on a year-over-year and sequential basis. According to data released by S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian, auto loan defaults came in ... [Read More]
Carleton successfully completes SOC 2 audit
Friday, Apr. 28, 2017, 01:35 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Carleton, a provider of compliant financing calculation and document generation solutions, recently announced that it has successfully completed its 2016 SOC 2 compliance audit, conducted by Crowe Horwath. The company highlighted SOC 2 compliance has quickly become a hot topic ... [Read More]
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Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business
Dealer Playbook: 5 Takeaways for Auto Retailers Using AI
The May issue of Auto Remarketing — “Shifting Gears: AI’s Role in Retail Automotive” — explores how top auto retailers...
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How TO Maximize Your Digital Sales!
How much revenue is slipping through the cracks in your digital sales process? Our latest guide reveals the most common...
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Loan Origination Automation Guidelines for Modern Lenders
Lenders are under pressure to move faster, handle higher volumes, and reduce manual tasks. Automation can help, but only if...
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Turn Service Visits Into Sales Growth: A GM’s Checklist
Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
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UPDATED: CFPB hits SNAAC with another $1.25M penalty
Thursday, Apr. 27, 2017, 01:45 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said on Wednesday that Security National Automotive Acceptance Company (SNAAC) violated a consent order from 2015, demanding that the finance company make good on the redress it owes to consumers and pay an additional $1.25 ... [Read More]
White paper tackles 8 common problems during F&I cancellation process
Wednesday, Apr. 26, 2017, 02:46 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
F&I Express insisted the F&I product cancellation process currently lacks standardization, automation, transparency and efficiency. F&I Express continued by stating these challenges not only have a negative impact on the day-to-day operations of a product provider or finance company, but ... [Read More]
Recapping crucial debt collection case before Supreme Court
Wednesday, Apr. 26, 2017, 02:45 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Hudson Cook associate Anastasia Caton observed last week’s oral arguments during a crucial debt collection case in front of the Supreme Court that might make third-party efforts within auto finance significantly more difficult depending which way the nine justices rule. ... [Read More]
NAF Association pledges to maintain conference quality
Tuesday, Apr. 25, 2017, 02:57 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
The National Automotive Finance Association is organizing the 21st annual Non-Prime Auto Financing Conference with the same mandate organization leadership has held for more than two decades. “This is the industry event where all the non-prime auto financing company executives ... [Read More]
CPS’ positive-earnings streak reaches 23 straight quarters
Monday, Apr. 24, 2017, 03:00 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Consumer Portfolio Services chairman and chief executive officer Brad Bradley likes the position where the subprime auto finance company sits after the first quarter. And it’s not just because CPS posted its 23rd consecutive quarter of positive earnings. Bradley pointed ... [Read More]
Space Coast Credit Union honors 6 dealers with Watchdog Award
Monday, Apr. 24, 2017, 02:42 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Space Coast Credit Union recently honored six local dealers with its Watchdog Dealer of the Year Award, recognizing the superior service they provided to SCCU members in 2016. Officials highlighted the award — which has been presented annually to local ... [Read More]
2 new relationships designed to boost originations and payments
Friday, Apr. 21, 2017, 02:43 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A quartet of auto finance technology firms collaborated this week on a pair of relationships aimed at enhancing both originations and payments. First, Payix and Nortridge Software announced they formed a strategic alliance to help finance companies connect with their ... [Read More]
Considering if subprime is the ‘canary in the coalmine’
Thursday, Apr. 20, 2017, 02:19 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Financial advising firm UBS used the grim illustration of the “canary in the coalmine” at the beginning of a report it released this week involving the subprime auto finance space. To recap, that illustration stems from miners using caged canaries ... [Read More]
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