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PODCAST: Lenders, forwarders & agents discuss repo bottlenecks
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, 02:22 PM
VantageScore pinpoints how much subprime credit market is growing
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, 11:09 AM
The real cost of inaction when it comes to transport fraud
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Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, 03:30 PM
More dialogue about current complexities of fleet management with David Prusinski of Vehicle Management Systems (VMS)
A limited number of qualified maintenance technicians. A robust mix of gasoline-, diesel- and electric-fueled vehicles. There’s no shortage of challenges for fleet managers nowadays. To help wade through the environment with valuable perspectives, David Prusinski, who is CEO of ... Listen Here
Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, 03:30 PM
Lenders, forwarders & agents discuss repo bottlenecks
In another of the Used Car Week 2025 panel discussions focused on repossessions and recoveries, AutoSquared.ai co-founder Bahador Rahimi led a conversation that included lenders, forwarders and agents. The group exchanged ideas about how industry firms can smooth the bottlenecks ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, 07:16 PM
Exeter Finance leverages ACI Worldwide’s bill payment service
Monday, Jun. 22, 2015, 03:28 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Subprime auto finance company Exeter Finance Corp. on Monday selected the UP Bill Payment Solution offered by ACI Worldwide, a global provider of electronic payment and banking solutions. It’s a move both companies said is meant to simplify multiple bill ... [Read More]
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]
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Used Car Turn Vendor Management Checklist
Vehicles touch multiple vendors before they ever hit the lot, and when approvals, communication, and invoices are scattered, delays are...
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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]
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