A Buyer’s Guide for Independent Dealer, BHPH, and Auto Finance Leaders Reducing Risk, Unlocking Opportunity Independent dealers and finance companies...
Read More
More mixed views of consumer confidence create added headwinds for vehicle purchase plans
Tuesday, Mar. 3, 2026, 10:30 AM
Fed’s Bowman outlines path to ‘tailored’ supervision
Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, 10:44 AM
Agora Data & Figure Technologies to launch first blockchain-based auto loan platform for real-world assets
Monday, Mar. 2, 2026, 10:33 AM
NCM & WOCAN Spotlight Emerging Dealership Leader
Ashley Cavazos, who is president of the Women of Color Automotive Network and a consultant, instructor and 20 group moderator at NCM Associates, joins the show, along with Colby Sturdivant, new-car manager at Freedom Honda Sumter in South Carolina. WOCAN ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Mar. 4, 2026, 07:35 PM
Auto finance’s digital transformation still ongoing despite pullback in Q4 car sales
Matt Babcock, who oversees digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, reviewed the Q4 Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index as well as discussed what could happen digitally this year. Listen Here
Wednesday, Mar. 4, 2026, 05:41 PM
Dealer/consultant Luke Godwin discusses issues and opportunities facing dealers today
Luke Godwin has his finger on the pulse of the independent used-car dealer. For starters, he’s a dealer himself as owner of Godwin Motors in Columbia, S.C. He’s also a consultant working with independent dealers and a frequent speaker at ... Listen Here
Monday, Mar. 2, 2026, 10:07 PM
4 trends from CFPB’s April complaint update
Friday, Apr. 29, 2016, 02:47 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with offering more details about complaints originating in California, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released its latest monthly consumer complaint snapshot this week as the overall total continued to march toward 900,000. As of April 1, the CFPB said ... [Read More]
SpringboardAuto.com launches private party transaction financing in 3 states
Friday, Apr. 29, 2016, 02:44 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
SpringboardAuto.com rolled out its private-party transaction financing availability this week. With the company indicating more states in its network will be added soon, the online platform is now originating financing for buyers in Arizona, California, and Florida. SpringboardAuto.com chief executive ... [Read More]
Resource Hub
Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business
Used Car Turn Vendor Management Checklist
Vehicles touch multiple vendors before they ever hit the lot, and when approvals, communication, and invoices are scattered, delays are...
Read More
Why VSCs can help navigate financing storms
Wednesday, Apr. 27, 2016, 08:36 PM
Brien Joyce, EFG Companies
One of the hot topics at the 2016 NADA Convention was the much debated subprime bubble in relation to rising delinquency rates. Again, industry experts worked to calm everyone’s nerves about Fitch Ratings’ latest report, which brought to everyone’s attention ... [Read More]
GM Financial’s prime originations climb above 68%
Wednesday, Apr. 27, 2016, 05:04 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
General Motors Financial continues to move away from a company that predominantly generates subprime paper. During the first quarter when the company saw its net income rise to $164 million, representing a climb of 14 million, GM Financial president and ... [Read More]
RoadVantage GPS System to benefit dealers & consumers
Wednesday, Apr. 27, 2016, 05:00 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
F&I program provider RoadVantage recently announced a new GPS anti-theft tracking system to provide greater security and safety for both dealers and their customers. RoadVantage claims it’s one of the first F&I providers to offer a GPS System coupled with ... [Read More]
Subprime growth: Worth watching, not panicking
Tuesday, Apr. 26, 2016, 04:10 PM
Joe Overby, Staff Writer
Yes, subprime auto lending has grown in recent years. However, don’t sound the alarm bells. This is not mortgage crisis 2.0. It’s probably not even subprime auto lending crisis 2.0. The level of subprime auto lending is not even close to ... [Read More]
Fitch expects floor plan ABS to remain stable
Monday, Apr. 25, 2016, 03:24 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Fitch Ratings not only is looking at how subprime auto ABS is behaving; the firm also investigated and projected how the dealer floor plan ABS sector should perform. Analysts think dealer floor plan ABS will remain stable despite Fitch’s expectation ... [Read More]
ProMax Unlimited rolls out 2nd soft credit pull solution
Monday, Apr. 25, 2016, 03:22 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Dealer Marketing Services, makers of ProMax Unlimited, unveiled the second of three soft credit pull solutions powered by Equifax data. On Monday, the company highlighted Instant Screen powered by Equifax is the latest version of its solution that can enable ... [Read More]
4 more NY dealer groups settle over packing credit repair into contracts
Friday, Apr. 22, 2016, 03:00 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, New York’s attorney general reached four separate settlements connected with 22 different rooftops in the New York City area for packaging credit repair and identity theft protection services into the vehicle installment contract; a similar practice that landed ... [Read More]
CPS finalizes $332M securitization
Friday, Apr. 22, 2016, 02:53 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Consumer Portfolio Services announced the closing of its second term securitization of the year earlier this week. The transaction is CPS’ 20th senior subordinate securitization since the beginning of 2011 and the third consecutive securitization to receive a triple-A rating ... [Read More]
X