FICO explains reasons for slight dip in average credit scores within auto
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Fitch watches tax-refund boost on securitizations fade during half of the year
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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
Roadster buying & leasing solution now integrated with F&I Express
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
F&I Express recently announced that its finance and insurance platform is now integrated with Roadster, an eCommerce solutions provider for vehicle buying and leasing. Roadster’s dealerships now can provide buyers with accurate aftermarket product quotes and educational material using F&I ... [Read More]
S&P Global Ratings explains importance of alternative data in subprime auto ABS
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with their latest assessment of the U.S. prime and subprime auto loan asset-backed securities (ABS) sectors, S&P Global Ratings analysts this week discussed how much alternative data has become a crucial component of their examination of subprime auto finance ... [Read More]
First Investors Financial Services leverages AutoGravity mobile technology
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
AutoGravity, a FinTech developer on a mission to transform auto financing by harnessing the power of the smartphone, this week announced a partnership with First Investors Financial Services, bringing the finance company’s indirect financing business onto the AutoGravity platform. The ... [Read More]
Equifax sees 1.5M consumers gaining more credit access
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In what the credit bureau thinks can be positive for the auto finance space, Equifax highlighted that its December 2016 Consumer Credit Impact analysis found that trended credit data used alongside a consumer’s traditional credit report could improve access to ... [Read More]
From the editor: Hudson’s latest book is a must read
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
When reading through an email message or some other kind of material, the voice of the person who compiled it will stream through my mind if I know the individual’s tone and delivery. Not sure if this phenomena happens to ... [Read More]
Industry notes: PassTime to aid credit unions; Heritage Acceptance’s new VSC offering
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Announcements recently arrived involving PassTime GPS, Heritage Acceptance and Sword Apak. LEVERAGE, the service corporation of the League of Southeastern Credit Unions & Affiliates (LSCU) that equips credit union partners with products and services to fulfill day-to-day needs, named PassTime ... [Read More]
The key to auto finance in 2017: Technology
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
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
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
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]
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