FICO explains reasons for slight dip in average credit scores within auto
Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, 10:24 AM
Fitch watches tax-refund boost on securitizations fade during half of the year
Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, 11:22 AM
SEC rolls out more charges against former Tricolor executives who have already been federally indicted
Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, 10:09 AM
SPONSORED EPISODE: Greenville Auto Auction Celebrates 16 Years—A look back and a look ahead
On this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits visits with Billy Willis and Kevin Stallings of Greenville Auto Auction. The auction celebrates 16 years in early September, and the guys talk about the history of the sale, ... Listen Here
Wide-ranging car-business conversation with Lotlinx chairman and CEO Len Short
Lotlinx chairman and CEO Len Short firmly believes car dealers are the most resilient operators in any business. During this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Short explained why he is anticipating dealers showing that resilience again because it’s needed ... Listen Here
Path to delivering education in Spanish with Ignite Dealer Compliance Group
Steve Levine has dozens of dealer clients with Spanish as their native language. Those dealers also have hundreds of Hispanic customers who cannot speak or understand English. To fill compliance and training gaps created by language challenges, the owner of ... Listen Here
FactorTrust explains who CreditClimbers are
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
FactorTrust is looking for finance companies to add another consumer definition to their lexicon, encouraging lenders to examine the underbanked population with a new lens. FactorTrust is advocating that the 113 million U.S. consumers with FICO credit scores currently below 700 ... [Read More]
Tile & Axiom partner for lost key product F&I managers can upsell
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Tile, a Silicon Valley-based smart location company, and Axiom Product Administration, a finance and insurance (F&I) product company, recently signed an exclusive distribution partnership to help protect individuals from the stress and expense of losing their vehicle keys. The Revolution ... [Read More]
5 elements GSFSGroup Dealer Executive Dashboard can generate
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
GSFSGroup, a nationwide provider and administrator of F&I products and hiring solutions for the automotive industry, recently launched what the company is calling the Dealer Executive Dashboard. It’s a flexible online data solution that can offer GSFSGroup dealers and agents ... [Read More]
August auto defaults rise 8 basis points
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While noting that outstanding balances are at an all-time high, auto defaults moved higher again in August, but not to a degree to trigger an alarm from S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian. The auto segment of the S&P/Experian Consumer ... [Read More]
FTC still seeking public comment about proposed financing survey
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Federal Trade Commission recently issued a second Federal Register Notice (FRN) on a proposed qualitative survey of consumers to learn about their experiences in buying and financing vehicles at dealerships, and is seeking clearance from the Office of Management ... [Read More]
AFG recent growth includes 6 more credit unions using balloon program
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Auto Financial Group — an online provider of innovative financing products including CarMark Auto Finance for credit unions and banks — highlighted its summer growth figures this week, revealing increasing momentum in new customer signings with AFG's Balloon Lending program. ... [Read More]
Spartan Financial grants $10M credit line to private equity firm
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
DPG Investments — a company that currently has 26 private equity holdings while overseeing $1.5 billion in capital commitments since 2004 — closed on a line of credit on Friday so it can dive deeper into the non-prime auto finance ... [Read More]
Some managers struggling to adapt to changing data world
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Research recently released by TransUnion found that two in three lenders feel that data and analytics are evolving faster than their own internal capabilities. TransUnion surveyed 309 banks, credit unions and consumer finance companies to learn more about their use ... [Read More]
House committee passes Dodd-Frank replacement
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In a moved cheered by a wide array of organizations including the Consumer Bankers Association and the Independent Community Bankers of America, the U.S. House Financial Services Committee passed what Republican lawmakers are touting as an alternative to the Dodd-Frank ... [Read More]
RouteOne & TFS accelerate funding for Toyota dealers
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
RouteOne and Toyota Financial Services (TFS) on Wednesday announced that they are bringing Toyota dealers the ability to automatically book TFS electronic contracts with no human interaction. This technology, called Straight-Through Processing, is designed to offer dealers faster funding by ... [Read More]
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