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
10 common attributes of external & internal fraud
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
RSM partner Ronnie Lee and his accounting team recently conducted research among specialty finance firms regarding fraud. After sharing some of the details of the company’s research findings, Lee also spelled out four ways finance company managers can deter and ... [Read More]
FactorTrust to provide alternative data to Digital Matrix Systems
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Digital Matrix Systems formalized an agreement on FactorTrust to provide DMS clients with access to FactorTrust’s alternative credit information and risk scores. The companies insisted the strongest risk management strategies in use at leading financial services, auto finance, and insurance ... [Read More]
Trustmark Warranty now offers VSCs through new website
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In light of shoppers spending more time online searching and comparing vehicles, Trustmark Warranty launched a new consumer website this week in an effort to cater to customer’s buying potential beyond the dealership F&I office. The new website can allow ... [Read More]
CFPB updates policy on ‘duplicate’ complaints & company responses
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While President Obama is convening a meeting on Monday with financial regulators to receive an update on the progress in “implementing Wall Street reform,” both the American Financial Services Association and the Consumer Bankers Association offered updates on the revision ... [Read More]
Flagship Credit Acceptance writing ‘a remarkable story’
Nick Zulovich, Editor
About 14 months ago, the merger of Flagship Credit Acceptance and CarFinance Capital became finalized, leaving Michael Ritter as the chief executive officer of the finance company that specializes in filling its portfolio with subprime paper. During that span, Flagship ... [Read More]
A new high: Average payments for new cars near $500
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Experian Automotive determined that the average amount financed and the average monthly payment for a new vehicle continued to climb, breaking the previous records on file. According to its latest State of the Automotive Finance Market report released on Thursday, ... [Read More]
GM Financial completes $2.75B in public offerings
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
General Motors Financial on Tuesday completed two rounds of public offerings that totaled $2.75 billion. According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, one segment is $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of the company’s 4.200 percent Senior Notes due ... [Read More]
8 features of Dealertrack registration and titling solution for California
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Dealertrack on Tuesday launched its next generation in-state registration and titling solution for dealers in California. With a new modern user interface, the company highlighted this latest version of Dealertrack’s registration and titling system was developed to radically simplify the ... [Read More]
4 tips to save deals when presenting F&I products
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
GWC Warranty offered four suggestions to help vehicle deliveries from disintegrating at the point when F&I products are offered to the customer. The company insisted that dealers know a vehicle service contract is a sound purchase that will help protect that ... [Read More]
Top 9 regulatory priorities at the CFPB
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The chief of staff at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently spelled out nine priority goals the regulator intends to work toward during the next two years. While listed alphabetically, the first three mentioned by Chris D’Angelo certainly could be ... [Read More]
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