Auto Finance News

Auto Remarketing AR Canada Subprime News BHPH Report Auto Fin Journal
EMAIL SIGNUP CMG PREMIUM LOGIN
X
The Future of EVs & More From the OEM Lens
Tuesday, Sep. 30, 2025, 07:38 PM
Laurie Harbour is a partner at Wipfli, a top 25 accounting and advisory firm, and works with automakers and suppliers on how to adjust to changing winds of automotive. Harbour joins the Auto Remarketing Podcast to discuss how automakers are ... Listen Here
Chip Perry & Dom Pope of sellmyride
Friday, Sep. 26, 2025, 03:08 PM
Chip Perry, founding president and CEO of Autotrader and former CEO of TrueCar, has a new role: chairman of sellmyride, a startup seeking to help dealers source inventory from private sellers. Perry and sellmyride founder and president Dom Pope join ... Listen Here
A Look Back at Last Two Decades of the Used-Car Industry in Canada
Thursday, Sep. 18, 2025, 02:32 PM
In the grand finale of our podcast episodes from Canada’s Used Car Week in June, conference chair and Cherokee Media Group president Bill Zadeits is joined by Brad Hart and Peter Snoyer on a panel celebrating 20th anniversary of the ... Listen Here

More ‘Normalizing’ Ahead for Captives

graph concept 2
Monday, May. 18, 2015, 03:27 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Fitch Ratings is projecting that “normalization” is ahead for many major U.S. captive finance companies. Analysts arrived at that position because they see strong asset quality and profitability measures among several captive finance companies are expected to continue to revert ... [Read More]

Subprime Share at Lowest Point in 3 Years

subprime clouds
Monday, May. 18, 2015, 01:31 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Evidently, dealerships and finance companies aren’t just giving cars away to just any consumer who arrives on the lot and completes a vehicle installment contract application, inflating that “bubble” some observers continue to mention. On Monday, Experian Automotive reported that ... [Read More]

defi SOLUTIONS Acquires OpenRule Systems

news
Friday, May. 15, 2015, 06:35 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While outlining the five service offerings that will result from the development, executives from defi SOLUTIONS on Friday announced the acquisition of OpenRule Systems APM (Application Process Manager). They indicated the two companies will combine to create an even stronger ... [Read More]

84-Month Loans Focus of New Black Book Analysis

sales agreement 2
Friday, May. 15, 2015, 03:49 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Black Book Lender Solutions wanted to give the industry analysis and information so dealerships and finance companies can handle the latest origination challenge. A potential buyer has a family budget cap for a monthly payment of roughly $400, but those ... [Read More]

Exeter Finance Highlights $550M Securitization

money car
Friday, May. 15, 2015, 03:43 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In the company’s second securitization of the year, Exeter Finance Corp. announced the pricing of a $550 million securitization backed by automobile loan receivables. The private offering included four classes of fixed rate notes issued by Exeter Auto Receivables Trust (EART) ... [Read More]

3 Ways Dealers Can Get Payments in New Western Funding Program

money 2
Friday, May. 15, 2015, 03:40 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Western Funding, a specialized auto finance company focusing on subprime credit, explained the benefits its Triple Pay reward program for dealerships while also reporting sustainable growth stemming from its first-quarter performance. With the launch of Triple Pay, the company highlighted ... [Read More]

MaximTrak F&I Platform Now Certified with Autosoft FLEX DMS

integration button
Friday, May. 15, 2015, 03:35 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Autosoft announced this week that MaximTrak Technologies’ F&I suite has completed the certification process for integration with FLEX DMS as part of Autosoft’s FLEX Connect program. Officials explained the MaximTrak F&I suite can help dealers transform the vehicle delivery process ... [Read More]

Outstanding Loan Balances Up Nearly 10%

data management - money tracking
Thursday, May. 14, 2015, 03:19 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Equifax is reporting two main indicators of auto finance market health — outstanding balances and severe delinquency rates — continue to move along steady upward courses. According to analyst data available through March, outstanding balances on total auto loans and ... [Read More]

Student Loan Impact May Be Overblown

student loans
Wednesday, May. 13, 2015, 02:43 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Charlie Wise acknowledged banks, credit unions and finance companies kept coming to him and his TransUnion colleagues asking about the risks associated with consumers — particularly millennials — holding student loan debt. The volume of inquiries prompted TransUnion to examine ... [Read More]

FICO Score 9 Now Available for Auto Lenders

credit report
Wednesday, May. 13, 2015, 02:38 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In an effort to enhance the capabilities of underwriting departments, FICO recently announced the general availability of industry-specific versions of FICO Score 9 for U.S. auto finance companies and credit card issuers. The industry versions of FICO Score 9 are ... [Read More]
X