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: 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
Reynolds & MADA unveil Maryland F&I library
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
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
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
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
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
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]
Former Treasury official takes over as ABA president & CEO
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A former Senate-confirmed Treasury Department official took the reins as president and chief executive officer of the American Bankers Association on Monday. Back in May, ABA board of directors unanimously selected Rob Nichols to succeed former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating, ... [Read More]
The case for making the shift to eContracting
Michael Collins, Dealertrack Technologies
Thanks to technology, today people look for speed and efficiency in everything they do more than ever before — and the car buying process is no exception. Carrying the stigma of being time-consuming, even called “painful” by customers, how can ... [Read More]
20 years and counting: The strong bond of credit unions & dealers
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Perhaps another component of why credit unions are so aggressive in expanding their auto portfolios is their collective relationship with dealerships is as good as it’s ever been. That’s the sentiment conveyed by CU Direct executive vice president Jerry Neemann when ... [Read More]
Exeter adds former Capital One executive
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Exeter Finance Corp. appointed a former Capital One executive to the post of executive vice president, analytics and marketing. Taking on this role effective on Monday was Brian Donohue, who Exeter highlighted as an accomplished financial services executive with broad ... [Read More]
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