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
Reynolds adds F&I library for Texas dealers
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Reynolds and Reynolds now has more resources for dealerships in the Lone Star State. The week, the company announced that Reynolds Document Services released the Reynolds LAW Texas F&I Library. The library is a comprehensive catalog of standardized, legally reviewed ... [Read More]
Autoscribe collects 2 more honors during Best in Biz Awards
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Autoscribe Corp., provider of PaymentVision and Lyons Commercial Data, has been named a silver winner in the Best in Biz Awards, an independent business awards program judged by members of the press and industry analysts. Autoscribe — also a recent ... [Read More]
CFPB hands Clarity $8M penalty
Nick Zulovich, Editor
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is now wielding its enforcement action and penalty powers in the alternative data space. On Thursday afternoon, the CFPB took action against a nationwide credit reporting company, Clarity Services, and its owner, Tim Ranney, for ... [Read More]
Subprime originators gain more market share in Q3
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
As captive activity also registered gains, Experian Automotive highlighted on Wednesday that what it classifies as finance companies — institutions that don’t hold customer deposits but get most of their business from consumers with subprime and deep-subprime credit — gained a ... [Read More]
Fitch notices losses for subprime auto ABS top 8%
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Fitch Ratings analysts used the terminology “minor cracks” to describe the auto ABS loss trends they continue to see emerging in both the U.S. prime and subprime markets. Analysts spotted that subprime annualized net losses rose for the fifth consecutive ... [Read More]
CPS lands $100M revolving credit facility
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Seen as the raw material to generate more originations, Consumer Portfolio Services announced this week that it has entered into a new two-year revolving credit agreement with Credit Suisse AG and Ares Agent Services. Executives indicated loans under the new ... [Read More]
DriveItNow & GoMoto partner to enhance shopper engagement at dealership
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
DriveItNow, a provider of online pre-qualified monthly payment marketing technology, finalized a partnership this week with GoMoto, a dealership engagement solutions provider. Executives explained DriveItNow will be integrated with GoMoto’s mobile kiosk technology to improve the shopper experience and boost ... [Read More]
2 areas where finance companies can improve service
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The J.D. Power 2015 U.S. Consumer Financing Satisfaction Study gave two specific areas where auto finance providers need to focus their efforts on servicing processes. Stemming from the study that examines the overall customer experience with financing either an automotive ... [Read More]
GO Financial now awarding back-end pool payments
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
GO Financial announced on Monday that its first back-end pool payments began this month. Executives highlighted some of the early GO dealer-partners are seeing the benefits from their first pools maturing and now are receiving back-end pool payments based on ... [Read More]
2 Ohio dealerships settle FTC charges over lease ads
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Federal Trade Commission indicated this week that two Ohio dealers have agreed to settle charges from the agency that they deceived consumers with advertisements that touted low monthly vehicle lease payments but failed to disclose key terms of the ... [Read More]
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