Stop letting messy data hold your dealership back from its true earning potential. While many multi-roof dealer groups struggle to...
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Dealers already wary about interest-rate impact watch Fed pass on chance for adjustment
Thursday, Jun. 18, 2026, 10:13 AM
ANV Group Holdings to take Open Lending private via all-cash tender offer
Wednesday, Jun. 17, 2026, 11:30 AM
Agora Data & GWC Warranty partner to streamline dealer offerings of VSC & GAP
Wednesday, Jun. 17, 2026, 11:28 AM
SPONSORED EPISODE: Bracing for more than ‘portfolio stress’ with John Elias of Allied Solutions
John Elias, sales specialist in auto finance business development with Allied Solutions, acknowledged lenders might be experiencing more than just “portfolio stress” since delinquencies, insurance costs, negative equity, and repossessions are all intensifying at the same time. Elias, who was ... Listen Here
Monday, Jun. 22, 2026, 07:11 PM
Agora Data’s Matt Burke on becoming NAF Association president
Agora Data’s Steve Burke was one of the founders of the National Automotive Finance Association 30 years ago. Now in 2026, Steve Burke’s son, Matt, not only is a top executive at Agora Data, but he is also now president ... Listen Here
Friday, Jun. 19, 2026, 01:00 AM
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
Avoiding subprime completely can make credit unions ‘elitist’
Friday, Aug. 5, 2016, 03:34 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Indiana Members Credit Union chief executive officer Ron Collier explained how this segment of auto financing providers can become “elitist” if all they do is book vehicle installment contracts with consumers whose FICO scores are 800 or higher. Perhaps credit ... [Read More]
More than 100 lawmakers want CFPB arbitration plan enacted
Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, 04:34 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Congressional summer recess might just be rampimg up in earnest this week, but 38 Senate members and another 65 House lawmakers delivered a letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Richard Cordray to push through the agency’s plan to limit ... [Read More]
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Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business
Evaluating VPP Cancellation Systems: 7 Questions Every Lender Should Ask
Selecting the right VPP cancellation system is critical to maintaining compliance, maximizing recoveries, and improving operational efficiency. As regulatory requirements...
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Auto lenders spent on AI. Here’s what paid off.
A panel of auto-lending leaders — CEOs of subprime auto finance companies, VPs of Collections, CROs, indirect-lending executives at two...
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Experian Automotive Dealer Fraud Threat Report
Fraud is Hitting Dealerships Hard When one bad deal can erase tens of thousands in profit, fraud becomes impossible to...
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AI-Financing Spotlight: How Tracy Honda Sells 12-15 More Deals Monthly
Discover how Tracy Honda is outperforming its market by leveraging AI-powered auto financing to drive faster approvals and close more...
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The AI Dealer Playbook: 5 Questions to Ask Before You Buy AI
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping dealership operations by automating communication, improving workflows, and supporting staff with tools like copilots and...
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Speaking the Same Language: How Dealers Structure Capital for Real Estate and Growth
Why Capital Structures Matters in Today’s Market Dealers actively expanding or acquiring real estate are often constrained not by opportunity—but...
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Dealer Playbook: 5 Takeaways for Auto Retailers Using AI
The May issue of Auto Remarketing — “Shifting Gears: AI’s Role in Retail Automotive” — explores how top auto retailers...
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Tough decision: Manage the book or grow the book?
Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, 03:55 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
In the executive boardrooms at automakers and finance companies, challenging conversations are being conducted. With sentiment intensifying about “plateauing” new-vehicle sales and institutions consistently looking for yield in light of where the Federal Reserve has kept interest rates, deciding whether ... [Read More]
CFPB incorporating more comments into complaint database
Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016, 03:11 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
At last check (including June activity), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said the agency has handled approximately 930,700 total complaints across all products since opening its complaint database in June 2012. While only a small fraction of that complaint figure stems ... [Read More]
Collection experts dissect CFPB’s latest proposal
Monday, Aug. 1, 2016, 03:54 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
While BillingTree offered some first-hand assessments from attendees who were in Sacramento, Calif., for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s field hearing after the agency released its debt collection regulatory proposal, SubPrime Auto Finance News also connected with a current member ... [Read More]
Utah now part of Reynolds F&I library
Monday, Aug. 1, 2016, 03:45 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Reynolds and Reynolds continued to build its resources for dealerships by recently releasing the Reynolds LAW Utah F&I Library, which is a comprehensive catalog of standardized, legally reviewed finance and insurance (F&I) documents for franchised dealers throughout the state of ... [Read More]
Initial industry reaction to CFPB debt collection proposal
Friday, Jul. 29, 2016, 03:47 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
In what might be a positive development for auto finance companies, both the American Financial Services Association and the Consumer Bankers Association picked up on the same segment of the debt collection regulatory proposal the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau unveiled ... [Read More]
6 components of CFPB’s debt collection proposal
Thursday, Jul. 28, 2016, 01:52 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
How finance companies and buy-here, pay-here dealerships execute one of their most important functions — collections — now potentially has six additional layers of compliance requirements stemming from the regulatory proposal rolled out by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on ... [Read More]
NextGear Capital coming to 68 CarMax auction locations
Wednesday, Jul. 27, 2016, 02:47 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
NextGear Capital announced an agreement with CarMax on Wednesday that will allow dealers to use their NextGear Capital lines of credit at all 68 CarMax auction locations. NextGear Capital floor plans are currently accepted at more than 1,000 live and ... [Read More]
How securing a vehicle in subprime is changing lives
Wednesday, Jul. 27, 2016, 02:45 PM
Phil Getz, Navicore Solutions
As a non-profit financial counseling organization, our counselors see first-hand the impact a car and a car loan have on the financial security of individuals and their families. The value of a reliable car is pretty clear. It expands employment ... [Read More]
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