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
CFPB hands $3M fine to Experian over credit scores
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On Thursday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took action against Experian and its subsidiaries for what regulators said was “deceiving” consumers about the use of credit scores it sold to consumers. The CFPB said Experian claimed the credit scores ... [Read More]
RouteOne integrates with defi SOLUTIONS to boost eContracting
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
RouteOne announced on Thursday that defi SOLUTIONS is now an eContracting certified loan origination system (LOS) with RouteOne. The companies highlighted that finance sources utilizing defi’s LOS now can benefit from a streamlined eContracting implementation process. The companies noted that ... [Read More]
Westlake sets new mark with $700M securitization
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Within a week of leveraging additional vehicle location data and analytics to mitigate its risk, Westlake Financial Services announced on Tuesday that the finance company issued a $700 million asset-backed securitization backed by approximately $748.7 million of automotive loans and ... [Read More]
House hearing gathers experts to debate CFPB structure & more
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Does Richard Cordray possess more power than President Trump? No matter what Trump’s possible tweets might be to the contrary, one of the Constitution experts who testified during a U.S. House hearing on Tuesday declared that, in fact, the director ... [Read More]
Annual subprime ABS performance dips for 4th straight year
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with taking a longer-term look and investigating how all pools would perform through a credit cycle, S&P Global Ratings reported that collateral performance in the U.S. subprime auto loan asset-backed securities (ABS) sector weakened in 2016 for the fourth ... [Read More]
TrainAndCertify.org offers new certification program for VSC professionals
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
TrainAndCertify.org, a national provider of training and certification programs for sales and customer service reps in various consumer-centric industries, recently announced its Certified Vehicle Protection Professional (CVPP) certification program. TrainAndCertify.org established the CVPP program via the Academy of Certified Vehicle ... [Read More]
13 industry groups & DOJ file briefs in CFPB constitutionality case
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The parade of legal developments leading toward the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rehearing an important case involving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has started in earnest. First, the American Financial Services Association, along with ... [Read More]
AUL outlines 3 components F&I training offering
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Warranty and vehicle service contract administrator AUL Corp. released its 2017 F&I training schedule on Thursday, marking the second year in a row the company is offering F&I training. AUL highlighted its training is designed to provide a tailored education ... [Read More]
Reynolds releases F&I libraries for Maine & Vermont
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Earlier this week, Reynolds and Reynolds announced the release of the Reynolds LAW Maine F&I Library, just a short while after the firm unveiled a similar product for a neighboring state with the rollout of the Reynolds LAW Vermont F&I ... [Read More]
Where interest rates could be by end of 2019
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
With the federal funds rate ticking up by 0.25 percent to 1 percent as widely expected on Wednesday, Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen also described the expected median path for the federal funds rate through the close of 2019, which ... [Read More]
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