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What might be next for Amazon Autos
Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, 03:52 PM
Cherokee Media Group’s Bill Zadeits hosted a fireside chat with Fan Jin, global leader of Amazon Autos, during Used Car Week 2025. Their wide-ranging conversation about the past, present and future of the online platform and its involvement with automakers ... Listen Here
Auto-finance leaders on growth, risk & recovery
Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, 03:07 PM
It’s a question any business must answer, but it’s especially important in auto finance. How do you balance growth and risk? A trio of industry executives — Mike Goins of TD Bank, Jeff Marsh of Millennium Capital and Recovery and ... Listen Here
Expectations for repossessions in the US & Canada with Purr’s Chris Schellenberger
Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, 07:48 PM
Purr founder and CEO Chris Schellenberger opened Used Car Week 2025 on the Live Stage presented by SYCN Auto Logistics. Schellenberger, whose unique business model offers a retail consignment platform for repossessed vehicles, discussed what the repo industry could be ... Listen Here

Top 3 findings of Near- and Non-Prime Consumer Brief from Open Lending

Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, 10:22 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On Thursday, Open Lending Corp. released a Near- and Non-Prime Consumer Brief, the latest installment in its quarterly series of data reports on vehicle registrations. Despite continued challenges in the vehicle market, the report highlighted new-vehicle registrations have risen and ... [Read More]

Revamped JD Power Consumer Financing Satisfaction Study focuses on ‘financially vulnerable’

Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, 10:00 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Beyond the rankings of finance companies for how they met consumer expectations, a focal point of the J.D. Power 2024 U.S. Consumer Financing Satisfaction Study was what analysts classified as “financially vulnerable.” J.D. Power measures the financial health of any ... [Read More]

More insight from Equifax & TransUnion about Q3 delinquency

Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, 02:39 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Both Equifax and TransUnion discussed delinquency in auto finance this week, with one of the credit bureaus highlighting the rate associated with subprime used-car paper booked less than a year ago. TransUnion indicated that serious consumer-level delinquency rates — contracts ... [Read More]

First 2 recipients of donations from new Endurance Cares program

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Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, 11:15 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Endurance on Tuesday announced the launch of its social impact initiative, Endurance Cares, with two donations totaling $20,000. The provider of auto protection plans in the U.S. said these contributions are part of Endurance Cares’ mission to foster community growth ... [Read More]

Credit availability eases again in October

Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, 11:14 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Dealertrack Credit Availability Index in October posted the largest month-over-month increase in auto credit access since March 2022. Cox Automotive reported this week that the index reading came in at 94.5 in October, up 2.2% from the September reading ... [Read More]

TransUnion: LTVs above 120% for used cars have doubled in past 3 years

Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, 10:23 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with taking an overall look at monthly payments and delinquency, the auto portion of the Q3 2024 Quarterly Credit Industry Insights Report (CIIR) from TransUnion detailed a metric that might illustrate the callbacks, dialogue and negotiations that dealerships and ... [Read More]

FTC’s Holyoak discusses debt collection when recapping regulator’s activities to reduce fraud

Monday, Nov. 11, 2024, 11:02 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Commissioner Melissa Holyoak represented the Federal Trade Commission last week at the Freedom from Fraud event presented to Utah’s Pacific-Islander community. After sharing what she called “sobering statistics,” Holyoak delved into multiple ways the FTC tries to curb fraud, drilling ... [Read More]

Experts give auto-finance outlook after another Fed rate cut & Trump election victory

Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, 11:13 AM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
It’s been a busy week. Donald Trump claimed victory in his bid to return to the White House on Tuesday, and the Federal Reserve cut interest rates again on Thursday. Those developments might not directly impact the vehicles your dealership ... [Read More]

Results & recommendations from federal audit of CFPB’s information security program

Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, 10:49 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau got to experience what it’s like to go through an examination. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) within the Federal Reserve recently released findings and recommendations of its 2024 audit of the CFPB’s information security ... [Read More]

ARA still accepting nominations for 9 industry awards

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Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, 12:12 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The American Recovery Association is still collecting nominations for nine industry awards that will be given at the 2025 North American Repossessors Summit. ARA will gather nominations through Friday for the accolades to be announced during the event that’s on ... [Read More]
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