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
Cordray reiterates issues with arbitration agreements
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Back just before Thanksgiving, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau made a special page on its website where individuals could submit complaints about the auto financing process while the agency reiterated its warnings about signing arbitration agreements, cautioning consumers how they ... [Read More]
AUL promotes Smith to additional leadership position
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Vehicle service contract provider AUL Corp. recently promoted Scott Smith to lead the operations department in addition to his role as the service support manager. Smith joined AUL nine years ago as a customer service representative and then was appointed ... [Read More]
AssurancePlus now integrated with F&I Express
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
F&I Express recently welcomed AssurancePlus to its growing network of aftermarket F&I providers. Officials highlighted that the addition of AssurancePlus to F&I Express will allow dealers the ability to eRate, eContract and eRegister all of AssurancePlus’ services and products. “By ... [Read More]
Execs share 3 common challenges during DRN roundtable
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
When Digital Recognition Network hosted its second annual DRN Lender Roundtable early last month, 20 top executives from some of the largest auto finance companies shared three similar challenges their facing nowadays. According to DRN’s recap of its event, these ... [Read More]
Fleet Financial highlights new branding & more
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
About a year and a half after the company lost its founder, who died in a cycling accident, Fleet Financial has now reemerged with what company leadership hailed as a new look, feel and brand. Fleet Financial, a national finance ... [Read More]
NAF Association hosting first module of compliance program in April
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The National Automotive Finance Association is again hosting the opening module of its Consumer Credit Compliance Certification Program; the ongoing training endeavor to help finance companies and other stakeholders in the industry tackle the increasingly difficult challenge of complying with ... [Read More]
4 features of new MaximTrak global platform
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
After many years of investing in research and development with its valued clients and partners, MaximTrak Technologies recently rolling out an F&I platform the company believes has four unique enhancements geared toward international business. The MaximTrak Global platform is being ... [Read More]
The likely ‘shock’ that pushed Q4 delinquencies higher
Nick Zulovich, Editor
To borrow a term often used now that it’s election season, the soundbite version of what TransUnion discovered about auto delinquencies might sound ominous. TransUnion determined 2015 closed with the high fourth-quarter delinquency rate since 2010. But instead of frothing ... [Read More]
Some subprime elements of leasing reminiscent of 1990s
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Black Book vice president of lender solutions Barrett Teague recollected leasing activities back in the early 1990s; a span when subprime leasing as well as contracts stretching as long as 60 months made their way into finance company portfolios. Teague ... [Read More]
Clarity’s latest research refutes more CFPB data analysis
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Clarity Services’ research division, nonPrime101, published a new report this week based on a unique five-year data set of more than 100 million payday loans representing 20 percent of the storefront payday market. Because of the unique size and duration ... [Read More]
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