AI is rapidly reshaping dealership operations, yet most stores are still in early experimentation mode. According to the Cox Automotive...
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Connecting auto finance, risk management & interest rates ahead of Fed’s last policy meeting of year
Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, 10:23 AM
COMMENTARY: A dealer's 2026 strategy guide for F&I in the new age of affordability
Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, 09:55 AM
Growing volume of paper booked in Q3 has terms stretching toward 2033
Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, 10:58 AM
Cutting keys & cutting costs during repossessions and recoveries
Drawing standing-room-only attendance in the second-largest setting at Used Car Week 2025, Ryan Miller led a six-executive panel session that focused on one of the most complex challenges in all of repossessions and recoveries. Now available through this episode of ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:42 PM
Four experts on automotive & the economy
Used Car Week 2025 again brought together experts who can explain which parts of the economy impact automotive most. This year’s event included views from Laura Wehunt of Black Book, Tim Gill of the American Financial Services Association, T.J. Cox ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:39 PM
Sponsored Episode: Winning Trade-Ins and Trust – Navigating Today’s Affordability Challenges
Affordability challenges are reshaping the automotive landscape—vehicle prices and payments are at all-time highs and negative equity is on the rise. In this episode, Micah Tindor offers a data-driven conversation with real-world strategies around acquisition tactics and long-term profitability to ... Listen Here
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, 03:15 PM
Winner of Northwood’s F&I Innovator of the Year
Friday, Dec. 18, 2015, 04:22 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
EFG Companies, together with Northwood University, announced the selection of Team Quantum Integration as the winner of the first annual F&I Innovator of the Year Award competition and recipient of $25,000. Quantum Integration team members applied consumer research, industry and ... [Read More]
6 takeaways from latest Underbanked Index
Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015, 04:08 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
FactorTrust released its latest Underbanked Index this week, showing insight into significant shifts in income, employment and default rate trends over a three-year period within this specific group of consumers. The Index, which provides a range of data points including ... [Read More]
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Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business
Turn Battery Risk Into Trust: Your Edge in the Used EV Market
Independent battery health certification is the new gold standard for used EV dealerships. The latest AVILOO detect Magazine reveals how...
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How GMs Start Their Day with Mastermind & Make More Deals
Successful General Managers know that how you start the day sets the tone for dealership performance. This checklist outlines the...
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Rising Repos, Shrinking Margins: A Guide to Reduce Collections and Servicing Costs with AI Agents
As delinquencies rise and margins tighten, leading auto lenders use AI agents to cut collections and servicing costs without compromising...
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Out-of-State Titling: 12 Steps Every Title Clerk Should Follow (The Easy Way)
Out-of-state titling isn’t easy. With every state having different DMV requirements, document packets, and deadlines, it’s easy for mistakes to...
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Free Guide: How Smart Dealers Can Profit from Customer Car Insurance
Turn Customer Auto Insurance into Dealership Profit If you're not profiting from auto insurance in your dealership, now’s the time...
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Go In-House With Your Photos
Your Photo Vendor Didn’t Show Up Again? Let’s Fix That. Stop relying on vendors and start owning your inventory. This...
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The Auto Dealer’s Complete Checklist for Evaluating AI
The Auto Dealer’s Complete Checklist for Evaluating AI highlights key questions dealership leaders should ask technology partners during the selection...
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Who will absorb potential interest rate rise?
Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, 05:11 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
With an interest rate increase widely expected to be handed out by the Federal Reserve, a quartet of experts gathered by the American International Automobile Dealers Association for a webinar this week touched on what impact the move might have ... [Read More]
Ally to finance vehicles purchased through Beepi
Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, 05:07 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with naming a new chief risk officer, Ally Financial on Wednesday announced that it will offer consumer auto financing products for vehicles purchased on Beepi, an online platform launched last year that uses technology to conduct transactions online or ... [Read More]
22 vehicles that might work better for longer-term contracts
Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, 05:04 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
With contract terms continuing to lengthen, perhaps this year’s contingent of Best Resale Value Awards from Kelley Blue Book might provide finance companies with vehicles to enhance underwriting and origination decisions. The 2016 model-year brand and category winners of the ... [Read More]
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services adds F&I Express eContracting to AppOne
Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, 05:01 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services teamed with F&I Express this week to integrate F&I Express eContracting with its AppOne indirect loan origination platform. Officials highlighted the joint solution is designed to create a comprehensive auto finance platform for dealers to originate ... [Read More]
Exeter CEO resigns; Floyd back as interim chief
Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015, 06:45 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Subprime auto finance company Exeter Finance Corp. announced today that Tom Anderson has resigned from his role as chief executive officer and as a member of the board of directors to pursue other interests. Mark Floyd, a member of Exeter's ... [Read More]
TransUnion 2016 auto finance forecast
Monday, Dec. 14, 2015, 04:27 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
TransUnion’s 2016 auto loan forecast — including its projection that delinquency rates are likely to remain unchanged — should allow the subprime auto finance industry to maintain two of its most important positions that can satisfy both consumers and perhaps ... [Read More]
Equifax streamlines dealer application & credentialing process
Monday, Dec. 14, 2015, 04:26 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Dealers can now apply and be approved for access to Equifax consumer insights data in a matter of hours thanks to a new, streamlined onboarding platform released on Monday. Leveraging technologies from DocuSign and Salesforce.com, along with its own proprietary ... [Read More]
2010 flashback: How much term length has grown
Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, 04:05 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Veteran F&I managers might remember a time when stretching terms beyond 36 months to complete the financing for a used-vehicle installment contract seemed outlandish. Now getting deals bought and used models delivered with terms double that term length is more ... [Read More]
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