AFSA & NIADA welcome halt of discretionary publication of complaint narratives & visualizations by CFPB
Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, 10:34 AM
Edmunds on depth of ‘The Vanishing Affordable Used Car’
Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, 10:17 AM
PODCAST: Additional insight into FTC’s move involving disparate impact from Hudson Cook
Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, 09:25 AM
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
PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor on intersection of payments & technology
PayNearMe recently shared new search, explaining that hidden costs sustained by auto lenders can show up as failed payments, borrower support calls, late payments, collections follow-up, reconciliation work and manual recovery effort. PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor elaborated about ... Listen Here
July auto defaults mirror year-ago trends
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
While also visiting the popular topic of the presidential election, analysts from S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian noticed auto loan defaults edged up slightly according to data through July. But defaults remained below the 1-percent level for the fourth ... [Read More]
3 attributes dealers want from finance companies
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
With technology leveling the playing field to a degree, relationships nowadays really matter, especially when they involve how a dealer is going to get a delivery bought for their customers or how they’re going to have the floor planning for ... [Read More]
GWC Warranty tops $400M in claims paid
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
GWC Warranty, a provider of used-vehicle service contracts and related finance and insurance products sold through dealers, has successfully topped $400 million in claims paid to date. GWC Warranty’s $400 million in claims paid, combined with sister-company EasyCare’s $3.1 billion, ... [Read More]
Former TD Auto Finance exec joins J.D. Power
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Earlier this week, J.D. Power appointed Jim Houston as senior director of its auto finance practice. In this role, Houston will deploy his significant auto finance business experience to help guide the industry through what J.D. Power contends could potentially ... [Read More]
Geitner among 3 new AFSA board members
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Within the week that Brian Geitner was picked as the incoming president of Cox Automotive’s Media Solutions Group, the current president of NextGear Capital also gained a leadership role for the American Financial Services Association. AFSA announced the election of ... [Read More]
DOJ’s latest settlement over repos involving SCRA infractions
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Justice Department reached a settlement this week with a finance company that repossessed vehicles in violation of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) — a discovery the DOJ made during an investigation of Santander Consumer USA for similar infractions that ... [Read More]
3 ways Credit Acceptance examined Q2 competition
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Credit Acceptance chief executive officer Brett Roberts approached the topic of competition from three different angles when the subprime auto finance company took questions from investment analysts who wanted more details about its second-quarter performance, which included a year-over-year rise ... [Read More]
Metrolina Credit chooses Brister to oversee branch operations
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Metrolina Credit Co. recently made a significant addition to its senior management team by naming Todd Brister as director of branch operations. For the past two years, Brister served as senior executive manager and portfolio director at Michael Wayne Investment ... [Read More]
Subprime ABS improvement stalls in June
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Reversing an improvement that spanned four consecutive months, S&P Global Ratings determined collateral performance for subprime auto loan asset-backed securities (ABS) deteriorated month-over-month in June with net losses, recoveries and delinquencies all weakening. On a year-over-year basis, analysts found that ... [Read More]
How blockchain technology might impact auto finance
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
If you ask White Clarke Group’s technology innovators what blockchain is, their eyes will light up, and they will spend the next hour telling you about all the possible legitimate uses of this new technology that they contend “is set ... [Read More]
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