FICO explains reasons for slight dip in average credit scores within auto
Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, 10:24 AM
Fitch watches tax-refund boost on securitizations fade during half of the year
Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, 11:22 AM
SEC rolls out more charges against former Tricolor executives who have already been federally indicted
Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, 10:09 AM
SPONSORED EPISODE: Greenville Auto Auction Celebrates 16 Years—A look back and a look ahead
On this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits visits with Billy Willis and Kevin Stallings of Greenville Auto Auction. The auction celebrates 16 years in early September, and the guys talk about the history of the sale, ... Listen Here
Wide-ranging car-business conversation with Lotlinx chairman and CEO Len Short
Lotlinx chairman and CEO Len Short firmly believes car dealers are the most resilient operators in any business. During this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Short explained why he is anticipating dealers showing that resilience again because it’s needed ... Listen Here
Path to delivering education in Spanish with Ignite Dealer Compliance Group
Steve Levine has dozens of dealer clients with Spanish as their native language. Those dealers also have hundreds of Hispanic customers who cannot speak or understand English. To fill compliance and training gaps created by language challenges, the owner of ... Listen Here
10 attributes about millennials’ ‘fragile’ financial standing
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A pair of experts from the Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center at the George Washington University School of Business shared their analysis about millennials’ personal finances and highlighted 10 key findings. Coming from the report titled, Gen Y Personal Finances: ... [Read More]
More than 500 dealers mingle with lawmakers
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The National Automobile Dealers Association chose an appropriate time to conduct its Washington Conference with all of the vehicle financing activity that percolated out of the nation’s capital last week. More than 500 franchised dealers and dealer association executives from ... [Read More]
Credit Acceptance completes $75M secured warehouse facility
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Credit Acceptance recently completed a $75 million revolving secured warehouse facility with an institutional investor. Under this facility, the company explained it will contribute loans to a wholly owned special purpose entity (SPE) and the SPE may borrow up to the ... [Read More]
2 trends reinforced in Fifth Third action with CFPB
Nick Zulovich, Editor
In developments that frustrated a trio of franchised dealer trade groups, it appears the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau strengthened two regulatory patterns when the agency released its enforcement action against Fifth Third Bank earlier this week. To get some clarity about ... [Read More]
Westlake offers 7 details regarding agreement with CFPB
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Westlake Financial Services made public statements late Thursday after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau penalized the subprime auto finance company and its auto title lending subsidiary Wilshire Consumer Credit for pressuring borrowers using what the regulator deemed to be illegal ... [Read More]
CFPB action against Westlake tops $44M
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The second significant Consumer Financial Protection Bureau enforcement action of the week in the auto finance space hit one of the largest players in the subprime market — Westlake Financial Services. On Thursday, CFPB punished Westlake and its auto title ... [Read More]
House lawmakers pepper Cordray over dealer reserve
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Two of U.S. House membesr who are two of staunchest defenders of dealers and how the indirect auto financing model currently operates — one that still includes dealer reserve — peppered the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau who ... [Read More]
Westlake expanding workforce in Dallas
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Westlake Financial Services shared its plans this week to expand its servicing team at the WFS Production Center in Dallas. Since its inception back in January, the company highlighted this facility has increased support for Westlake’s dealer partners, providing them with ... [Read More]
AmTrust Financial Services closes acquisition of Warranty Solutions
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
AmTrust Financial Services recently completed of the acquisition of Warranty Solutions from Wells Fargo & Co. for approximately $158 million in cash. Officials indicated the transaction is expected to be immediately accretive, meaning it will add more value than the ... [Read More]
Fifth Third Bank ordered to pay $18M, reduce mark-up to 1.25% or less
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
First Ally Financial, then American Honda Finance Corp., and on Monday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau added Fifth Third Bank to its list of recipients of multi-million-dollar actions for what the regulators determined to be discrimination in vehicle financing. As ... [Read More]
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