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
GSFSGroup’s field force completes AFIP certification
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Association of Finance & Insurance Professionals (AFIP) highlighted this week that Gulf States Financial Services Group’s entire dealer-support team completed the AFIP Certified F&I Professional program. AFIP executive director David Robertson conducted a review and proctored the certification exam ... [Read More]
Auto defaults remain stable in December
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
With observers saying, “the consumer economy looks good,” the auto loan portion of the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices remained steady for December. Analysts from S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian determined the auto loan default rate was unchanged from ... [Read More]
SpringboardAuto.com adds 2 industry veterans to board
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
SpringboardAuto.com, a new direct-to-consumer auto loan platform, added two executives to its board of directors who bring decades of experience from their time with Capital One and Ford Motor Credit. The company announced on Monday that its board now has ... [Read More]
FTC unveils educational material aimed at Latinos
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Federal Trade Commission recently rolled out a new resource catering to Hispanics in an effort to curtail what the regulator believes are potential pitfalls in the vehicle purchasing and financing process. Officials highlighted their newest Spanish-language fotonovela — a ... [Read More]
What to expect from regulators in 2016
Joe Overby, Staff Writer
There could be new curves for dealers to navigate this year on the regulatory road, a path that can sometimes wind and change course with little notice. Some of those twists in 2016, says Randy Henrick of Dealertrack Technologies, may ... [Read More]
How captives can respond to changing expectations
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The battle for captive auto finance business in the future will be won — or lost — in the world of digital real estate, according to Jonny Combe, general manager of product and channel development at BMW Group Financial Services. ... [Read More]
Primeritus acquires Roquemore to enhance skip-tracing
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Primeritus Financial Services strengthened its recovery management, skip-tracing and remarketing services on Thursday by acquiring Dallas-based Roquemore, a provider of vehicle skip-tracing services to the credit union and collateral protection industries. Primeritus director Chuck Tapp explained why the company made ... [Read More]
House seeks stoppage of Ally settlement distribution
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The chairman of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee is urging Attorney General Loretta Lynch and other federal officials to stop distributing $80 million in settlement proceeds from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s enforcement action against Ally Financial. A second ... [Read More]
7 updates to Dealertrack compliance guide
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Dealertrack Technologies said on Wednesday that the 2016 edition of the Dealertrack Compliance Guide is now available in print and online! For 11 years, Dealertrack has been the industry’s single best source of compliance guidance written for dealers and is ... [Read More]
National Credit Center acquires AimLogic
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
National Credit Center (NCC), a provider of comprehensive solutions and credit data to thousands of dealers to improve the efficiencies surrounding the credit approval process, announced this week it has acquired Las Vegas-based technology firm AimLogic. Developer of the predictive ... [Read More]
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