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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TruDecision’s Parry defends current status of subprime auto finance
Monday, May. 11, 2026, 11:52 AM
Metrics that formed April’s Dealertrack Credit Availability Index ‘masked a more complex picture’
Tuesday, May. 12, 2026, 10:08 AM
NAF Association reveals next recipients of Jack Tracey Pinnacle Award & Summit Leadership Award
Friday, May. 8, 2026, 10:56 AM
This Month's Focus
Artificial Intelligence
Building on three-year partnership, Bain invests in OpenAI Deployment Company
Wednesday, May. 13, 2026, 12:13 PM
EY study shows Canadians still cautious about AI but using it more for everyday activities
Monday, May. 11, 2026, 03:00 PM
Carfluent’s new AI tool helps dealerships beat aggregators in searches
Monday, May. 11, 2026, 09:51 AM
Tiger Okeley describes what it’s like for BHPH dealers during another turbulent year
Tiger Okeley is the executive board member of Oak Motors, a buy-here, pay-here dealership that’s been in business for more than 40 years in central Indiana. Having seen boom times, recessions, and more, Okeley shared his insight to help owners ... Listen Here
Tuesday, May. 12, 2026, 01:47 PM
SPONSORED EPISODE: Know your Buyer & Grow your Lot
In this insightful episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Auto Trader and KBB executives Elizabeth Stegall and David Lumpkin share findings gleaned from Cox Automotive’s unique research into shoppers who buy from Independent Dealers. Learn how shifting buyer expectations connect ... Listen Here
Tuesday, May. 12, 2026, 09:20 AM
FICO’s Shams Blanc on lenders sharpening underwriting & more
Fresh off being in Miami as part of the Used Car Industry Summit that Cherokee Media Group hosted this spring, Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, appeared again on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Blanc discussed ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Apr. 29, 2026, 03:54 PM
Agora Data president & COO among Dallas Business Journal’s 2025 40 Under 40 for fintech innovation
Friday, May. 2, 2025, 09:46 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Matt Burke is one of the best among his peers in Dallas. The president and COO of Agora Data has been named to the Dallas Business Journal’s 2025 40 Under 40 list for his transformative leadership and contributions to the ... [Read More]
Proposed FTC order spells out what not to do in collections
Friday, May. 2, 2025, 09:46 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A proposed order detailed by the Federal Trade Commission this week gave auto finance companies clear bullet points of what not to do when it comes to their collections activities. In developments outside of automotive, the FTC alleged that Global ... [Read More]
Resource Hub
Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business
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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How TO Maximize Your Digital Sales!
How much revenue is slipping through the cracks in your digital sales process? Our latest guide reveals the most common...
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Loan Origination Automation Guidelines for Modern Lenders
Lenders are under pressure to move faster, handle higher volumes, and reduce manual tasks. Automation can help, but only if...
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Turn Service Visits Into Sales Growth: A GM’s Checklist
Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
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CreditGauge reveals some stability in subprime auto finance & overall credit market
Thursday, May. 1, 2025, 11:37 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While overall consumer credit balances remained largely stable, the March edition of CreditGauge from VantageScore offered deeper insight into the subprime credit tier and auto financing. When looking only at subprime consumers — what VantageScore pegs as individuals with scores ... [Read More]
11 awards given during NARS 2025
Wednesday, Apr. 30, 2025, 12:14 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The repossession community gathered in Orlando, Fla., last week for the annual North American Repossessors Summit (NARS). Along with organizing insightful panel discussions, crucial training workshops and demonstrations as well as productive meetings between finance companies and repossession agents, the ... [Read More]
Zest AI integrates credit decisioning & fraud detection into Temenos loan origination solution
Wednesday, Apr. 30, 2025, 10:51 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In a move geared toward more credit access, Zest AI on Tuesday announced the native integration of its automated underwriting and fraud detection with the Temenos loan origination solution. The companies highlighted this seamless integration provides traditional financial institutions in ... [Read More]
Organizations upbeat about auto refinancing outlook
Wednesday, Apr. 30, 2025, 10:37 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While the Federal Reserve hasn’t lowered interest rates yet this year, institutions that participate in auto refinancing are upbeat about the volume they could generate in the coming months. Two examples of the bullish perspective recently came from iLending and ... [Read More]
Consumer sentiment continues to sag as even prime auto ABS experiences turbulence
Tuesday, Apr. 29, 2025, 10:19 AM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell quipped during an appearance at the Economic Club of Chicago earlier this month, saying, “As that great Chicagoan Ferris Bueller once noted, ‘Life moves pretty fast.’” Nowadays, many consumers don’t appear to be liking how ... [Read More]
VantageScore generates record 41.7 billion credit scores in 2024
Monday, Apr. 28, 2025, 10:18 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The latest Charles River Associates analysis released on Monday showed that VantageScore credit score usage is up sharply by 55% year-over-year to a record 41.7 billion credit scores delivered in 2024. That’s up from 26.9 billion in 2023, as lenders ... [Read More]
CFPB withdraws from lawsuit against Credit Acceptance
Thursday, Apr. 24, 2025, 10:52 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Immediately drawing applause from the American Financial Services Association, Credit Acceptance announced late on Thursday that a lawsuit involving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took a positive turn for the subprime auto finance company. According to a news release ... [Read More]
With trillions of debt outstanding in auto & beyond, 35% of consumers can’t pay on time
Thursday, Apr. 24, 2025, 10:32 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
According to Experian’s State of the Automotive Finance Market Q4 2024, the outstanding balances connected to auto financing grew from $1.106 trillion at the close of 2018 to $1.485 trillion at the end of last year. And to finish 2024, ... [Read More]
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