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Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, 10:23 AM
COMMENTARY: A dealer's 2026 strategy guide for F&I in the new age of affordability
Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, 09:55 AM
Growing volume of paper booked in Q3 has terms stretching toward 2033
Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, 10:58 AM
Cutting keys & cutting costs during repossessions and recoveries
Drawing standing-room-only attendance in the second-largest setting at Used Car Week 2025, Ryan Miller led a six-executive panel session that focused on one of the most complex challenges in all of repossessions and recoveries. Now available through this episode of ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:42 PM
Four experts on automotive & the economy
Used Car Week 2025 again brought together experts who can explain which parts of the economy impact automotive most. This year’s event included views from Laura Wehunt of Black Book, Tim Gill of the American Financial Services Association, T.J. Cox ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:39 PM
Sponsored Episode: Winning Trade-Ins and Trust – Navigating Today’s Affordability Challenges
Affordability challenges are reshaping the automotive landscape—vehicle prices and payments are at all-time highs and negative equity is on the rise. In this episode, Micah Tindor offers a data-driven conversation with real-world strategies around acquisition tactics and long-term profitability to ... Listen Here
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, 03:15 PM
NAMAD & EFG announce first Northwood scholarship recipient
Monday, Jun. 22, 2015, 03:26 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
EFG Companies, together with the National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers (NAMAD), selected the recipient for their first Northwood University private donor scholarship on Monday. This NAMAD scholarship will fund the remainder of four-year tuition for Javante Dilworth while he ... [Read More]
S&P report says CFPB considering legal action against Westlake
Friday, Jun. 19, 2015, 06:39 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A securitization presale report from Standard & Poor’s gave a glimpse as to what the interaction between Westlake Financial Services and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been like dating back more than a year. The report based on information ... [Read More]
Why NY dealer settlement impact might ripple elsewhere
Friday, Jun. 19, 2015, 03:53 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
While dealership management emphasized this week’s settlement with the New York attorney general “acknowledges no admission of wrongdoing or liability,” Dealertrack Technologies' Randy Henrick shared his unsavory assessment of the “payment packing” possibly orchestrated by a trio of Honda stores ... [Read More]
BB&T Dealer Finance halts markups
Friday, Jun. 19, 2015, 03:42 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
For franchised and independent dealerships that use BB&T Dealer Finance, a segment of BB&T Dealer Financial Services, flat-fee compensation is coming your way. On Thursday, the commercial bank announced the launch of what it dubbed “a nondiscretionary dealer compensation program, ... [Read More]
Industry notes: GM Financial upgrade & CPS securitization
Friday, Jun. 19, 2015, 03:35 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
As Consumer Portfolio Services closed its second term securitization of the year, General Motors cheered Fitch Ratings’ decision this week to raise the credit ratings of both GM and GM Financial to investment grade with the finance company’s diminishing presence in ... [Read More]
Edmunds: ‘Substantial pullback’ in subprime not likely at this point
Friday, Jun. 19, 2015, 03:01 PM
Joe Overby, Staff Writer
The growth in the subprime auto finance market has been as steep as it has been talked about — and it’s also something that Edmunds.com chief economist Lacey Plache says to keep an eye on. However, she emphasized that we’re ... [Read More]
CFPB suing SNAAC over debt collections
Wednesday, Jun. 17, 2015, 06:02 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While officials said the complaint is not a finding or ruling that the finance company has actually violated the law, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued Security National Automotive Acceptance Co. (SNAAC) today for aggressive debt collection tactics against servicemembers. ... [Read More]
Auto loan defaults sink to new low
Wednesday, Jun. 17, 2015, 03:44 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Auto loan defaults dropped to an historic low in May, according to the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices released on Tuesday. Analysts for S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian determined the auto loan default rate dipped by 8 basis points ... [Read More]
NY nets nearly $14M settlement with 3 dealers
Wednesday, Jun. 17, 2015, 03:39 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
With actions possibly coming against another 11 dealerships in the Big Apple, New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman raked in a multi-million dollar settlement with three dealerships on Wednesday in a development associated with the alleged unlawful sale of credit ... [Read More]
Spireon, P360 forge partnership to reduce porfolio risk
Wednesday, Jun. 17, 2015, 03:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In a move targeted at the subprime market, Spireon on Wednesday formed a strategic partnership with P360, a provider of loan-level data management and analytics. The companies highlighted the collaboration will provide a comprehensive portfolio solution to help auto finance companies ... [Read More]
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