AFSA explains 4 top problems associated with credit reporting to House lawmakers, offers 4 possible solutions
Friday, May. 1, 2026, 10:07 AM
TransUnion updates auto performance, shares research about K-shaped path of overall consumer credit market
Thursday, Apr. 30, 2026, 10:10 AM
VantageScore spots ‘subtle migration’ of consumers toward lower credit tiers in March
Monday, Apr. 27, 2026, 10:37 AM
FICO’s Shams Blanc on lenders sharpening underwriting & more
Fresh off being in Miami as part of the Used Car Industry Summit that Cherokee Media Group hosted this spring, Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, appeared again on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Blanc discussed ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Apr. 29, 2026, 03:54 PM
Byron Oldham of Honest Autos & FIADA
Byron Oldham is president of the family-owned Honest Autos dealership and is president of the board at the Florida Independent Automobile Dealers Association. In this episode, Oldham talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about the upcoming Southeast ... Listen Here
Monday, Apr. 27, 2026, 07:47 PM
Automotive CFO-To-Go Kathi Kruse talks dealership finance, accounting in ‘lightning round’
Kathi Kruse, the Automotive CFO-To-Go who brings her financial expertise — born through years of experience as a dealership chief financial officer — to dealers needing help in that area, is back on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. In this episode, ... Listen Here
Sunday, Apr. 19, 2026, 04:27 AM
This Month's Focus
Artificial Intelligence
Tekion adds another new partner with integration of DAS Technology’s customer experience platform
Friday, May. 1, 2026, 10:12 AM
A single customer file allows dealers to easily integrate AI vendors in DealerBuilt DMS
Friday, May. 1, 2026, 10:09 AM
AI’s potential on display at NADA Show as it expands into more areas of dealership operations
Friday, May. 1, 2026, 09:49 AM
PayLink Payment Plans connects to F&I Express
Monday, Aug. 24, 2015, 03:35 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
F&I Express recently added PayLink Payment Plans to its online network of aftermarket F&I product providers. Officials explained that F&I Express has aggregated aftermarket insurance provider product information online to make the automotive retail F&I process more efficient for dealers ... [Read More]
Top 20 grossing vehicles for 3 different subprime credit tiers
Friday, Aug. 21, 2015, 02:48 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Special finance software solution provider ProMax Unlimited reviewed dealership data from July and compiled the top 20 highest grossing vehicles in three different subprime credit tiers. The three lists should be especially helpful for dealerships and finance companies that originate ... [Read More]
NextGear Capital to add 200 workers, invest close to $51M
Friday, Aug. 21, 2015, 02:45 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
NextGear Capital announced a series of strategic moves this week to enhance its resources for dealers, including plans to add up to 200 new jobs by 2018. The company also intends to make substantial investments exceeding $50.88 million to lease ... [Read More]
Vanguard Dealer Services partners with private equity firm
Friday, Aug. 21, 2015, 02:40 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Vanguard Dealer Services — an agent and administrator of F&I products and services to franchised dealers nationwide — formed a partnership this week with Southfield Capital, a lower middle market private equity firm. Officials indicated Vanguard's senior management, including chief ... [Read More]
Reynolds & MADA unveil Maryland F&I library
Friday, Aug. 21, 2015, 02:38 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Reynolds Document Services, a part of Reynolds and Reynolds, joined forces with the Maryland Automobile Dealers Association (MADA) this week to establish the Reynolds LAW Maryland F&I Library. The library is a comprehensive catalog of standardized, legally reviewed F&I documents ... [Read More]
Q2 delinquencies drop to lowest level in 2 years
Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015, 04:36 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A day after the latest auto loan default data showed only marginal movement, TransUnion reported on Wednesday that its information shows the national auto loan delinquency rate declined to its lowest level in two years. TransUnion’s auto delinquency rate — ... [Read More]
NAF Association’s latest effort to help finance companies’ document training
Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015, 04:31 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Even the freshest law school graduate likely understands the concept of, “If you didn’t document it, it didn’t happen.” In an intensifying regulatory world where compliance training is becoming more important, the National Automotive Finance Association highlighted how several major ... [Read More]
EFG Companies & Northwood create F&I Innovator of the Year competition
Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015, 04:24 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
EFG Companies and Northwood University are collaborating again, this time for an F&I competition designed to “jolt” the industry into a higher standard of innovation. A new accolade to be held annually, officials highlighted the F&I Innovator of the Year program will ... [Read More]
CU Direct Connect develops custom risk score with FICO
Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015, 04:18 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
CU Direct Connect (CUDC), a participant in the Colorado automotive financing market that provides indirect services to credit unions and dealers, announced the upcoming availability of a custom auto loan risk score designed by FICO. Officials highlighted this new score ... [Read More]
Auto defaults move ‘scant’ higher from low point
Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015, 02:35 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Contrary to what happens most times when the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices are updated, the auto loan component made a move upward on a sequential basis while the other four elements watched by S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian ... [Read More]
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