July VantageScore report notes stability in auto delinquency & overall scores
Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, 11:00 AM
Experian sees refinancing continue to ripen in Q2
Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, 11:01 AM
Even as F&I profits remain ahead of year-ago pace, JM&A Group reminds dealers to reinforce finance office personnel
Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026, 10:57 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
Avoiding subprime completely can make credit unions ‘elitist’
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
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]
Tough decision: Manage the book or grow the book?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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