StoneEagle spots new highs in dealer F&I average gross profit, income halfway through 2026
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Wise F&I regional VP chosen as 2026 NAMAD Woman of the Year
Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, 10:42 AM
FTC issues consumer alert over phantom dealerships that experts have seen for more than a year
Wednesday, Sep. 2, 2026, 09:55 AM
SPONSORED EPISODE: Rethinking vehicle-protection plans for today’s wide inventory mix with GWC Warranty
Used-car inventory on dealer lots nowadays can range from older, higher-mileage vehicles to EVs, lifted trucks, and modified vehicles. The result is dealers are also having to change the vehicle-protection conversations with customers. In this special sponsored episode of the ... Listen Here
Recapping credit scores & other trends in auto finance with Shams Blanc of FICO
Shams Blanc, head of auto scores at FICO, made another appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast to elaborate more about the fall edition of the FICO Score Credit Insights report. Along with recapping what’s going on in auto finance, Blanc ... Listen Here
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
F&I Express and First Equity Payment complete integration
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
F&I Express recently finalized an integration with First Equity Payment to better serve their dealership clients by fully integrating their eContracting capabilities. F&I Express has aggregated a network of more than 110 automotive aftermarket insurance providers in an online portal ... [Read More]
How vehicle lines of credit could aid subprime borrowers
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Tony Hughes and Michael Vogan of Moody’s Analytics proposed what some finance company executives might consider an outside-the-box idea to help their customers who are stretching contract terms as long as possible in order to keep monthly payments affordable and ... [Read More]
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]
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