FICO explains reasons for slight dip in average credit scores within auto
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Fitch watches tax-refund boost on securitizations fade during half of the year
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SPONSORED EPISODE: Allied Solutions explains why origination is episodic, but servicing is continuous
John Elias, sales specialist in auto finance business development for Allied Solutions, is back as the guest for another sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Elias explains why current market conditions, affordability pressures and changing vehicle values are combining ... Listen Here
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
Negative equity is growing, especially on car notes
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
NADA Used Car Guide gave SubPrime Auto Finance News an exclusive look at its latest white paper that examines a new way of financing in light of lengthening terms and deeper negative equity positions. During a conversation on Monday, executive ... [Read More]
GWC Warranty names new VP of training
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
GWC Warranty recently hired Tom Blackwell as its new area vice president of training. The company highlighted that Blackwell will lead the development and implementation of innovative training programs for GWC Dealer Consultants, providing them with the tools and resources ... [Read More]
3 industry groups find similar concerns with CFPB arbitration proposal
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Three large industry organizations — the American Financial Services Association, the American Bankers Association and the Consumer Bankers Association — all found similar issues with the proposed rule governing arbitration released on Thursday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. As ... [Read More]
EFG among BenchmarkPortal’s Top 100 call centers
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Coinciding with the recent hiring of a former executive at Hyundai and Nissan as vice president of product development, EFG Companies highlighted this week that it is the only F&I product provider to be named to the BenchmarkPortal Top 100 call centers ... [Read More]
CFPB finalizes proposal for arbitration changes
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The auto finance industry has new terminology for what the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau refers to as arbitration — "contract gotchas." Ahead of a field hearing scheduled for later today in Albuquerque, N.M., the CFPB early on Thursday released its ... [Read More]
5 findings from Black Book’s finance company survey
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Released a day after AutoData Corp. indicated April new-vehicle sales rose both sequentially and year-over-year, Black Book released results of its recent survey taking the pulse of the finance company community. And that community is pretty upbeat about its prospects ... [Read More]
SNAAC outlines aggressive growth plan
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Top executives at Security National Automotive Acceptance Co. (SNAAC) highlighted how they are executing an aggressive growth plan based on a strategy to add a significant number of dealership customers throughout the United States. To accomplish these goals, SNAAC recently ... [Read More]
Ally sticks to strategy as Q1 originations soften
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Ally Financial chief executive officer Jeffrey Brown articulated a host of reasons why the finance company’s $800 million decline in originations year-over-year is not a cause for concern, as it set records in other metrics associated with first-quarter originations. Brown ... [Read More]
DriveItNow surpasses 4 billion online payment quotes
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Online pre-qualified monthly payment marketing provider DriveItNow recently reached the milestone of more than 4 billion monthly payments quoted to online shoppers since the service launched in 2008. The company highlighted DriveItNow’s patent pending truPayments calculation engine is now generating ... [Read More]
Record March ignites CPS’ Q1 originations
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
While also touching on how the subprime auto finance company is navigating challenges in both collections and rolling out securitizations, Consumer Portfolio Services highlighted that it closed the first quarter by originating the most contracts ever in a single month. ... [Read More]
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