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Matt Babcock of Wolters Kluwer on how digital transformation continues to gain steam in auto financing
Matt Babcock, who heads up digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, returned for another visit on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Wolter Kluwer recently released its latest quarterly Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index. Babcock recapped the sustained upward trajectory the ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: The Buy Online Shift & What Dealers Need to Know Now
In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Cox Automotive’s Jeri Reichel joins us to speak to the evolving Buy Online experience. She shares more about how shopper expectations are changing and what dealers should understand and do as ... Listen Here
The Spark Between EVs & CPO
In light of electric vehicle maker VinFast launching a certified pre-owned program in the U.S., Auto Remarketing senior editor Joe Overby connects with leaders from the EV space to discuss why the segment is a natural fit for CPO and ... Listen Here
May auto default rate ties 10-year low
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The expert who oversees the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices explained how May’s auto default movement should put discussions about a “crisis” in subprime auto financing “behind us.” S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian released data through May and reported ... [Read More]
Fitch keeps stable ABS outlook despite turbulence
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
With the firm also seeing captive finance companies likely to face continued pressure on profitability, Fitch Ratings noticed a wide array of headwinds impacting the auto ABS market, too. However, Fitch is keeping its rating outlook as stable, according to its ... [Read More]
GrooveCar’s leasing program posts 39% growth in Q1
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
GrooveCar recently highlighted that its auto leasing program for credit unions, CU Xpress Lease, produced a 39-percent year-over-year volume increase during the first quarter. The growth comes after CU Xpress Lease funded nearly $1 billion in lease volume for 2016. ... [Read More]
defi SOLUTIONS & eOriginal to tackle 4 digital topics during free webinar
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Leaders from defi SOLUTIONS and eOriginal are looking for the auto finance industry to take another significant evolutionary step. Just like when participants moved away from using fax machines to complete applications, Georgine Muntz and Theodore Papilliou want finance companies ... [Read More]
Westlake acquires Credit Union Leasing of America
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Westlake Financial Services now possesses a significantly larger investment footprint, as on Thursday the company announced the acquisition of Credit Union Leasing of America (CULA), headquartered in San Diego. The company highlighted the purchase of CULA raised Westlake’s total managed ... [Read More]
Fed raises rates while watching subprime auto financing
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
As was widely anticipated, members of the Federal Open Market Committee at the Federal Reserve chose to raise the target range for the federal funds rate from 1 percent to 1.25 percent on Wednesday. While the vote to raise the ... [Read More]
How debt collection industry scored rare ‘victory’
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A debt collection expert explained the importance of the rule-making pivot the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau evidently is making when it comes to finance companies and other credit providers looking to collect from consumers who defaulted. CFPB director Richard Cordray ... [Read More]
Nicholas Financial president & CEO to retire as company modifies static pools & underwriting
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Coming off of a fiscal year where its net earnings dropped but still surpassed $5 million, Nicholas Financial this week announced the retirement of Ralph Finkenbrink as the subprime auto finance company’s president and chief executive officer for personal reasons. Nicholas ... [Read More]
7 findings in Treasury’s regulatory reform report
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Coming on the heels of the U.S. House of Representatives passing H.R. 10, the Financial CHOICE Act, in an effort to modify the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau among other objectives, the U.S. Department of the Treasury late on Monday issued its ... [Read More]
April ABS movements hint at possible future losses
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
S&P Global Ratings reported that collateral performance in the U.S. prime and subprime auto loan asset-backed securities (ABS) sectors was mixed in April relative to March. Analysts indicated that while losses and recoveries continued to show seasonal improvement on a ... [Read More]
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