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
SPONSORED EPISODE: Allied Solutions explains why origination is episodic, but servicing is continuous
John Elias, sales specialist in auto finance business development for Allied Solutions, is back as the guest for another sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Elias explains why current market conditions, affordability pressures and changing vehicle values are combining ... Listen Here
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
Disparate impact use continues to frustrate industry
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The reported acknowledgement by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that its use of disparate impact could over-count potential discrimination by indirect auto finance companies continues to churn the industry’s frustration with how the regulator operates. Paul Metrey, chief regulatory counsel ... [Read More]
78 more executives on path to compliance certification
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The National Automotive Finance Association enjoyed another great turnout for the opening module of its Consumer Credit Compliance Certification program. The most recent session last week in Irvine, Calif., drew 78 participants from 55 different companies. Hudson Cook partner Patty ... [Read More]
2 reasons why residuals should be used for underwriting
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Perhaps while finance companies consider changes to underwriting practices as the fourth quarter approaches, Black Book’s latest white paper shows how executives and managers should be using collateral and residual values in the underwriting process. Black Book highlighted that the ... [Read More]
W.Va dealer group settles another FTC lawsuit for $80K
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A West Virginia franchised dealer group again found itself involved in a regulatory matter with the Federal Trade Commission. Ramey Motors recently agreed to pay an $80,000 civil penalty to settle a lawsuit the FTC brought last year. The FTC ... [Read More]
CPS finalizes $300M securitization; third one of 2015
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Consumer Portfolio Services recently closed its third term securitization of the year. The company pointed out the transaction is CPS’ 18th senior subordinate securitization since the beginning of 2011 and the first securitization to receive a triple-A rating on the ... [Read More]
GWC Warranty launches 2 new products
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
GWC Warranty bolstered its offerings of vehicle service contracts and related finance and insurance products by recently introducing a new 5-year, 100,000-mile used model coverage term length and a Service Lane product. Based on input from dealers across the country, ... [Read More]
Another rate pass by Fed; 2 experts discuss future ramifications
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Perhaps what Equifax chief economist Amy Crews Cutts shared about the thinking of most observers means the Federal Reserve will deliver finance companies the gift of an interest rate adjustment a little more than a week before Christmas. With the ... [Read More]
NADA’s new online campaign to highlight F&I work
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In a move to highlight the important work being completed by F&I offices at franchised dealerships, the National Automobile Dealers Association rolled out an online campaign this week to tell stories of consumers who saved money by financing new-vehicle purchases ... [Read More]
Despite some tighter underwriting subprime to see ‘new entrants’
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Perhaps underwriting standards aren’t quite as relaxed now as they might have a been a few quarters ago, but Fitch Ratings still is expecting to see “new entrants” into subprime auto financing during the near term. Along with touching on ... [Read More]
The ‘real’ question about potential interest rate rise
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Even one of the experts who specializes in the certified pre-owned vehicle market and is set to appear at Used Car Week for the fifth year in a row joined the discussion about what moves the Federal Reserve might make ... [Read More]
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