FICO explains reasons for slight dip in average credit scores within auto
Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, 10:24 AM
Fitch watches tax-refund boost on securitizations fade during half of the year
Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, 11:22 AM
SEC rolls out more charges against former Tricolor executives who have already been federally indicted
Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, 10:09 AM
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
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]
CreditMiner hires former dealer, Equifax exec as VP
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
CreditMiner, the solution provider that pre-qualifies and pre-screens consumers on Experian, TransUnion and Equifax credit bureau platforms, recently added a former Equifax executive to its leadership team. Garth Cappy, former director of dealer enterprise relationships for Equifax, joined the CreditMiner ... [Read More]
6 factors to drive new executive search
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
It’s a scenario perhaps not too uncommon to many finance company executives. They determined one of their key employees is incapable or unwilling to succeed with the company. To illustrate why it’s important to focus on six root factors that ... [Read More]
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