More mixed views of consumer confidence create added headwinds for vehicle purchase plans
Tuesday, Mar. 3, 2026, 10:30 AM
Fed’s Bowman outlines path to ‘tailored’ supervision
Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, 10:44 AM
Agora Data & Figure Technologies to launch first blockchain-based auto loan platform for real-world assets
Monday, Mar. 2, 2026, 10:33 AM
Auto finance’s digital transformation still ongoing despite pullback in Q4 car sales
Matt Babcock, who oversees digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, reviewed the Q4 Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index as well as discussed what could happen digitally this year. Listen Here
Wednesday, Mar. 4, 2026, 05:41 PM
Dealer/consultant Luke Godwin discusses issues and opportunities facing dealers today
Luke Godwin has his finger on the pulse of the independent used-car dealer. For starters, he’s a dealer himself as owner of Godwin Motors in Columbia, S.C. He’s also a consultant working with independent dealers and a frequent speaker at ... Listen Here
Monday, Mar. 2, 2026, 10:07 PM
More insight into fraud at dealerships with Experian’s Jim Maguire
Experian senior director for automotive Jim Maguire made another appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast to recap findings from the company’s latest dealer survey that examined the impact of fraud at dealerships. Maguire then touched on the balance dealers and ... Listen Here
Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026, 03:55 PM
Exeter appoints veteran exec to be CFO
Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, 03:48 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Specialty auto finance company Exeter Finance Corp. announced on Monday that it appointed company veteran Brad Nall to be chief financial officer in a move that was effective Feb. 1. Nall joined Exeter in July 2012 and has more than ... [Read More]
Personnel moves by GWC Warranty & Carleton
Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, 03:45 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
GWC Warranty — a provider of used-vehicle service contracts and related finance and insurance products sold through dealers — and Carleton, a provider of compliant financing calculation and digital document software solutions, each made personnel moves this week. At GWC Warranty, ... [Read More]
Borrowers perhaps not fully prepared for financing, but diligent with payment
Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, 08:03 PM
Joe Overby, Staff Writer
Consumers are relying more on retail installment contracts and leases to acquire cars than they were eight years ago, yet many might not be as prepared as they should be going into the purchase. However, the silver lining is that ... [Read More]
Credit Acceptance keeps income rising despite headwinds
Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, 04:30 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Credit Acceptance Corp. posted year-over-year income increases even as company leadership acknowledged the difficulty in keeping originations coming through its dealer network as well as intensifying regulatory demands. This past Friday, a few days after sharing its fourth-quarter and full-year ... [Read More]
Seasonality trends impact December ABS performances
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, 03:02 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Reasons that S&P Global Ratings analysts expected to see when comparing December U.S. auto loan ABS performance against the previous month surfaced again, according the firm’s latest report released on Wednesday. Analysts found that collateral performance in the U.S. prime ... [Read More]
FTC’s primary dealership penalty enforcer leaving agency
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, 02:54 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
The Federal Trade Commission official who championed investigations and handed out significant penalties against dealerships for misdeeds involving financing, advertising and more is departing the regulator. FTC acting chairman Maureen Ohlhausen announced this week that Jessica Rich, director of the ... [Read More]
Trump’s 7 ‘core principles’ for financial regulation
Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, 04:18 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Before Tom Brady and the New England Patriots claimed another Super Bowl victory on Sunday night, President Trump released his latest executive order and outlined what he called the “core principles” of financial system regulation, generating a wide array of ... [Read More]
F&I notes: 3 developments from Wise F&I and RoadVantage
Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, 04:14 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Wise F&I, which offers a full suite of finance and insurance products, announced on Monday that its products are now available to automotive retailers operating on the Reynolds and Reynolds dealership management system (DMS). Dealers can leverage Wise F&I offerings ... [Read More]
2 more developments involving possible CFPB reform
Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, 04:14 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Compliance experts and industry advocates have been trying to project what might happen to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau since President Trump was elected back in November. Two developments arrived this week that perhaps might give auto finance companies and ... [Read More]
Loss Prevention Services picks MBSi as technology & compliance partner
Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, 04:13 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Repossession and skip-tracing services provider Loss Prevention Services (LPS) announced on Thursday that the company has chosen MBSi Corp. as its assignment and compliance management solution. Throughout the year, LPS said it will transition its assignment management platform to Recovery ... [Read More]
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