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
EFG leverages industry veteran & technology to launch new dealer compliance training series
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Steve Roennau’s automotive career includes time as a training consultant for nearly a half dozen OEMs — Chrysler, General Motors, Ford, Mitsubishi and Hyundai. Roennau’s professional life also includes tenures in important roles at a dealership such as salesperson, used-car ... [Read More]
Top 20 cities with most & least auto finance debt
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
WalletHub recently released a report highlighting the top 20 cities where consumers took on the largest amount of financing to acquire a vehicle and where they also absorbed the least, generating extreme debt-to-income ratios. In order to identify the cities with the ... [Read More]
January auto defaults stable as bank-card reading spikes
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While analysts looked to sooth concerns about the bank card default rate reaching a 42-month high, S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian pointed out that auto finance defaults in January remained at a level typically seen during the opening month ... [Read More]
Positive earnings streak for CPS reaches 22 straight quarters
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Consumer Portfolio Services chairman and chief executive officer Brad Bradley not only summarized how his company navigated the fourth quarter, but the outspoken industry veteran also perhaps gave a concise assessment of what’s happening at other subprime auto finance companies ... [Read More]
VisionMenu unveils Remote F&I
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
VisionMenu, a provider of software selling solutions to automotive and powersports dealers, recently released Remote F&I- a remote menu, disclosure and document signing web application that uses vSignature technology to control what a customer views on their smartphone and allows ... [Read More]
Fitch: Subprime ABS annualized net losses to ‘stay elevated’
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The latest auto ABS commentary from Fitch Ratings not only recapped analysts’ look at the December data but also delivered projections for what might happen in this space during the remainder of the year. Looking deeper at subprime auto loan ... [Read More]
Hudson Cook elects 3 new partners
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Hudson Cook announced the election of three attorneys to the partnership this week. The group includes Robert Gage, Lauren Hunt and Jennifer Sarvadi. Gage helps the firm’s clients solve complex problems with practical advice on legal matters, risk management, and ... [Read More]
Appeals court grants rehearing, vacates decision that questioned CFPB’s constitutionality
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
As reported by other media outlets as well as the American Financial Services Association and Hudson Cook, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Thursday granted the rehearing petition involving the case in which the ... [Read More]
Considering personal loan involvement in vehicle delivery
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
The latest TransUnion Industry Insights Report found that 80 million consumers held a vehicle lease or retail installment contract as of the close of 2016. Analysts determined the figure marked the highest level TransUnion has observed since at least the ... [Read More]
GM Financial reinforcing AmeriCredit channel paying ‘dividends’
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
About a year ago, GM Financial restructured internal management to strengthen its AmeriCredit division — the original piece General Motors acquired almost seven years ago. Since that point, GM Financial has since become the captive for the parent automaker. However, ... [Read More]
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