Experian’s Melinda Zabritski discusses ongoing stretching of terms
The latest appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast by Melinda Zabritski, Experian’s head of automotive financial insights and Automotive Intelligence Award recipient, focused on auto-loan terms, which oftentimes are at least 72 months nowadays. Zabritski also compared a data point ... Listen Here
Friday, Jun. 12, 2026, 09:35 AM
Forming the Transport Queens with Amber Gosney of SYCN Auto Logistics
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Tuesday, Jun. 2, 2026, 01:30 PM
PODCAST: Autonomous vehicles & the used-car market with Peter Janczewski of Draiver
We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. To get a better understanding of how autonomous technology ... Listen Here
Tuesday, Jun. 2, 2026, 01:23 PM
The key to auto finance in 2017: Technology
Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, 03:56 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Experts from Equifax, Fiserv and J.D. Power all agree: Technology is going to be the catalyst to keeping the financing cog in the automotive retail machine humming in 2017 at least near the level dealerships, finance companies and other service ... [Read More]
3 ways to maintain subprime sales in any conditions
Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, 03:34 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Regardless of which way the subprime breezes are blowing, GWC Warranty explained there are certain steps dealers can take to ensure their own subprime business doesn’t fluctuate with the annual ebbs and flows of the subprime market. The company that ... [Read More]
CFPB reviews depth student loans are impacting older borrowers
Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, 03:32 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
You might automatically assume if student loans — and difficulty in maintaining payments — are the hurdles to keeping the financing from being finalized for vehicle delivery, the customer surely is a recent college graduate. A new report from the ... [Read More]
S&P Global’s 5-point ABS projections for 2017
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, 04:28 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Before S&P Global Ratings credit analyst Amy Martin could even get to her slides containing projections for the auto ABS market, an observer who joined the firm’s webinar on Thursday asked which subprime ABS issuers are most vulnerable to negative ... [Read More]
New ProMax Unlimited dealer tool leverages Equifax employment data
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, 04:26 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Dealer Marketing Services, the makers of ProMax Unlimited, recently released Employment and Income Verification Service (EIVS); a tool that can enable dealerships to access valuable data provided by Equifax in order to verify a customer’s employment history and income early ... [Read More]
A dealer’s secret weapon: The underutilized auto finance source representative
Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, 04:37 PM
George Ewing, Flagship Credit Acceptance
I recently came across an article titled, “J.D. Power: Speed No Longer Top Consideration When Selecting Finance Sources,” and it sparked my interest about what the modern retail automotive dealer leadership really wants to see from their finance companies when ... [Read More]
Foss retires from Credit Acceptance
Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, 09:27 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
One of the most noteworthy executives ever to participate in subprime auto financing has retired. Credit Acceptance announced late on Wednesday afternoon that founder Donald Foss, who most recently served as the company’s chairman, has decided to retire as an ... [Read More]
CFPB takes $23M action against TransUnion & Equifax
Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, 05:37 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In an action one of the credit bureaus acknowledged through a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau confirmed on Tuesday that it took action against Equifax, TransUnion and their subsidiaries for what they regulator ... [Read More]
Industry notes: Updates from Reynolds, U Drive Acceptance & FICO
Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, 05:35 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Before the year closed, Reynolds and Reynolds added to its collection of libraries of standardized, legally reviewed finance and insurance (F&I) documents for dealers while a subprime finance company serving the Midwest — U Drive Acceptance — moved into new ... [Read More]
Ally set to finance $600M in Carvana contracts
Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, 03:19 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Nearly a year after doubling the floor plan credit line for online retailer Carvana, Ally Financial announced a new agreement with the company on Wednesday where the finance company will make up to $600 million available to Carvana during the ... [Read More]
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