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
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
PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor on intersection of payments & technology
PayNearMe recently shared new search, explaining that hidden costs sustained by auto lenders can show up as failed payments, borrower support calls, late payments, collections follow-up, reconciliation work and manual recovery effort. PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor elaborated about ... Listen Here
How ‘fairly stable consumers’ could impact subprime
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Certain macroeconomic trends — especially employment and consumer confidence — prompted Santander Consumer USA president and chief executive officer Jason Kulas to say that he sees a “fairly stable consumer” after he examined the finance company’s portfolio as well as ... [Read More]
GWC Warranty rolls out free compliance training for top dealer clients
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Used-vehicle service contract and related finance and insurance products provider GWC Warranty introduced a new exclusive benefit for its top dealers. Members of the WealthBuilder and Elite Dealer Programs now have access to free, online, on-demand compliance training. Through GWC ... [Read More]
Del Mar Recovery Solutions & MBSi broaden partnership
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, repossession services provider Del Mar Recovery Solutions announced that the company expanded its partnership with MBSi Corp. to encompass MBSi’s new suite of products. For the past several years, Del Mar Recovery Solutions has utilized MBSi’s iRepo platform ... [Read More]
Negative auto ABS trends continue in January
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
S&P Global Ratings reported on Thursday that collateral performance in the U.S. prime and subprime auto loan asset-backed securities (ABS) sectors continued to weaken in January. “Surprisingly, delinquencies did not decline from December to January as they usually do,” the ... [Read More]
Equifax rolls out suite of 3 advanced analytics tools
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On Thursday, Equifax announced the global launch of a portfolio of analytics tools dubbed Equifax Ignite that’s available now in the U.S., Canada and the U.K., and coming to Australia in the fall. The company explained that Equifax Ignite challenges ... [Read More]
CFPB’s supervisory highlights focus on credit reporting
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently released a report detailing the problems in the credit reporting industry that the bureau said it has uncovered and corrected through its oversight work. Since launching its supervision of the credit reporting market, ... [Read More]
Wise F&I’s products now accessible through Darwin Automotive
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Wise F&I, which offers an array of voluntary protection products including guaranteed asset protection (GAP), appearance care service contracts, tire and wheel protection, vehicle service contracts, theft deterrent systems, key replacement and other ancillary products, recently announced its products are ... [Read More]
FTC and New York AG release annual auto-related complaint stats
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Coinciding with the start of National Consumer Protection Week, both the Federal Trade Commission and New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman — one of the most active individual regulatory enforcers in the auto finance space — both released annual consumer ... [Read More]
What might ‘seal the deal’ for next interest rate hike
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Stifel Nicolaus chief economist Lindsey Piegza and Comerica Bank chief economist Robert Dye each examined the comprehensive commentary offered by Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen regarding the possibility of another interest rate move arriving next week. After taking in what ... [Read More]
Veros Credit makes 2 moves associated with ‘strategic realignment’
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Subprime auto finance company Veros Credit is going through what leadership called a “strategic realignment,” which includes the closing of two facilities as well as the hiring of a new senior vice president of sales and marketing. First, Veros Credit, ... [Read More]
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