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
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]
Dominion’s My Payment solution geared to enhance dealer websites
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, Dominion Dealer Solutions introduced what it’s calling My Payment for dealerships nationwide. Dominion’s My Payment is a suite of tools designed to drive more leads from dealership websites by giving shoppers “real answers” to their payment questions. The ... [Read More]
Former ACA, Wells Fargo exec joins SAFCO
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Southern Auto Finance Co. recently appointed Chris Shelley as vice president of collections at the subprime auto finance company’s collections center located in Orlando, Fla. Shelley has more than 19 years of progressive leadership experience in operations and collections, “and ... [Read More]
Western Funding unveils dealer award program geared toward older vehicles
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Western Funding launched a compliment to its successful Triple Pay Program this week; an initiative dubbed the “10-10-10 Program.” As an extension of the Triple Pay program, the subprime auto finance company explained its “10-10-10 Program” allows dealers to fill ... [Read More]
January auto default rate stays flat
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In light of the economy developing what analysts called a “split personality,” the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices showed the auto loan rate for January remained stable on a sequential comparison. According to S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian, the ... [Read More]
CUNA Mutual Group invests in SpringboardAuto.com
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, CUNA Mutual Group announced it is investing in a new direct-to-consumer lending platform SpringboardAuto.com. Officials indicated the relationship means this new technology solution can provide a direct online auto loan platform so credit unions can lend to members ... [Read More]
TCI names new director of sales
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Teledata Communications (TCI), a provider of cloud-based loan origination solutions, hired Mark Gleason this week as director of sales for the consumer finance industry. In this capacity, TCI highlighted that Gleason will oversee the company’s sales activities in this expanding ... [Read More]
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