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
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]
Total Q4 auto charge-offs at banks eclipse $1B
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
For the first time according to the data that goes back to the first quarter of 2011 provided by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC), commercial banks that participate in auto financing saw their quarterly charge-off amount surpass $1 billion. ... [Read More]
Credit Acceptance finalizes $385M asset-backed financing
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Credit Acceptance Corp. recently completed $385.0 million in asset-backed non-recourse secured financing. Pursuant to this transaction, Credit Acceptance contributed loans having a net book value of approximately $481.4 million to a wholly-owned special purpose entity that will pledge the loans ... [Read More]
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