AFSA & NIADA welcome halt of discretionary publication of complaint narratives & visualizations by CFPB
Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, 10:34 AM
Edmunds on depth of ‘The Vanishing Affordable Used Car’
Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, 10:17 AM
PODCAST: Additional insight into FTC’s move involving disparate impact from Hudson Cook
Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, 09:25 AM
SPONSORED EPISODE: Allied Solutions explains why origination is episodic, but servicing is continuous
John Elias, sales specialist in auto finance business development for Allied Solutions, is back as the guest for another sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Elias explains why current market conditions, affordability pressures and changing vehicle values are combining ... Listen Here
Additional insight into FTC’s move involving disparate impact from Hudson Cook
The Federal Trade Commission recently announced it will not pursue claims based on disparate-impact or “unfair discrimination” theories. In this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Hudson Cook partners Erica Kramer and Rob Tilley offered some historical perspectives and a ... Listen Here
Deeper dive into rising LTVs with TransUnion’s Satyan Merchant
One of the notable findings from TransUnion’s Q2 2026 Credit Industry Insights Report (CIIR) was how much loan-to-value ratios have changed in the past five years. Satyan Merchant, one of this year’s Automotive Intelligence Award recipients and senior vice president ... Listen Here
S&P report says auto ABS sparks active May
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The automotive segment helped to push asset-backed securities issuance in May to the second-most active month of the year, according to the latest update from S&P Global Ratings. Analysts reported that total ABS issuance during May came in at $23 ... [Read More]
EFG Companies rolls out virtual F&I solution for independent dealers
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
EFG Companies recognized independent stores that turn about 50 vehicles monthly need the same F&I resources as franchised stores that watch two, three or four times that many units roll over the curb each month. It’s why the company announced ... [Read More]
RISC acquires RCS to enhance vendor vetting services
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
With the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau taking a greater interest in what service providers finance companies are using, Recovery Industry Services Co. (RISC), a provider of collateral recovery training, certification and compliance solutions, recently announced that it has signed a definitive ... [Read More]
4 features of FactorTrust’s improved Triggers solution
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
FactorTrust recently released its enhanced Triggers solution, which provides tools to notify finance companies and other lenders of specific consumer behaviors on an ongoing basis and identifies the right-party contact information for collection and recovery efforts. The company explained that ... [Read More]
How NAF Association embraces ‘tribal culture’
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Mark Floyd is the current and Steve Hall is the immediate past president of the National Automotive Finance Association. In their own ways, both Floyd and Hall conveyed to the attendees of the NAF Association’s 21st annual Non-Prime Auto Financing ... [Read More]
Appeals court senses political tone of CFPB constitutionality rehearing
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Hudson Cook partner Lucy Morris told SubPrime Auto Finance News she wasn’t surprised the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit immediately smelled the political aroma during oral arguments as the 11-member en banc panel assembled for ... [Read More]
9 key points from Fed’s latest meeting minutes
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Comerica Bank chief economist Robert Dye summarized what he called the nine important takeaways from the minutes released last week condensing the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee's latest meeting, where members used the adjective “transitory” to describe first quarter ... [Read More]
Westlake partners with eOriginal to enable eContracting
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Westlake Financial Services this week finalized a partnership with eOriginal in an effort toward what the companies classified as the path to digitally transform the finance companies' dealer management system into an eContracting solution. The move is geared to improve ... [Read More]
Payix names finance & accounting leader
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, mobile collections and payments app provider Payix announced that Priscilla Zarate has joined the company’s executive team as its finance & accounting leader. In this role, Zarate will serve as the firm’s controller and lead the financial planning, ... [Read More]
58 percent of voters in 8 key states want CFPB run by commission
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While the latest U.S. House proposal to modify the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau keeps the agency overseen by a single director, it appears the sentiment of more than just industry supporters within the Capital Beltway is strong for the bureau ... [Read More]
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