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Cutting keys & cutting costs during repossessions and recoveries
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:42 PM
Drawing standing-room-only attendance in the second-largest setting at Used Car Week 2025, Ryan Miller led a six-executive panel session that focused on one of the most complex challenges in all of repossessions and recoveries. Now available through this episode of ... Listen Here
Four experts on automotive & the economy
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:39 PM
Used Car Week 2025 again brought together experts who can explain which parts of the economy impact automotive most. This year’s event included views from Laura Wehunt of Black Book, Tim Gill of the American Financial Services Association, T.J. Cox ... Listen Here
Sponsored Episode: Winning Trade-Ins and Trust – Navigating Today’s Affordability Challenges
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, 03:15 PM
Affordability challenges are reshaping the automotive landscape—vehicle prices and payments are at all-time highs and negative equity is on the rise. In this episode, Micah Tindor offers a data-driven conversation with real-world strategies around acquisition tactics and long-term profitability to ... Listen Here

55% Percent of US Households Live Paycheck to Paycheck

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Friday, Jan. 30, 2015, 05:16 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
New analysis by The Pew Charitable Trusts showed again how much that monthly payment is critical to formulating a vehicle installment contract. The report indicated the majority of American households are living paycheck to paycheck because analysts discovered 55 percent ... [Read More]

ABS Filled with Smaller Cars Could Soften in 2015

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Friday, Jan. 30, 2015, 05:10 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Fitch Ratings indicated the shift away from smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles could result in lower wholesale vehicle prices and marginally slow asset performance of auto ABS transactions in 2015. Analysts pointed out that sales of trucks and SUVs reached the ... [Read More]

Midwest Sales & Financing Prospects Look Promising

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Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, 05:05 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
For dealers and finance companies with business interests in the Midwest, Huntington Bank’s third annual Midwest Economic Index is offering an encouraging forecast for possible deliveries and originations. The index showed 16 percent of consumers in the region definitely will ... [Read More]

Equifax Launches Platform to Aid 3rd Party Verifications

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Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, 05:03 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While claiming that a “majority” of the nation’s top auto finance companies already leverage its employment verification service, Equifax unveiled its newest technology platform during the recent National Automobile Dealers Association Convention. Equifax highlighted AutoConnect can enable partners to deliver ... [Read More]

Another Chance to Begin NAF Association Compliance Program

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Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, 05:01 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Spurred in part by demand for training to meet evolving regulatory demands, the National Automotive Finance Association is giving company executives and managers who might have missed the opening in-person training module of its Certified Consumer Credit Compliance Professional Program ... [Read More]

Auto/Mate Takes F&I Menu Solution to Mobile Devices

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Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, 04:59 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Auto/Mate Dealership Systems recently launched Option/Mate Mobile, a mobile-optimized version of its F&I menu solution for dealers. The company explained F&I managers using Auto/Mate’s dealership management system now can offer customers at their stores a variety of menu presentations on ... [Read More]

CPS Receives DOJ Subpoena

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Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, 04:34 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Within a year of settling charges with the Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Portfolio Services is now dealing with matters from the U.S. Department of Justice. The subprime auto finance company said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission ... [Read More]

New Compliance Guide on Federal Advertising Rules

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Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, 05:06 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
With regulators such as the Federal Trade Commission honing in on advertisements that focus on the financial elements of a vehicle transaction, the National Automobile Dealers Association responded by issuing a new publication during this year’s NADA Convention. The association ... [Read More]

New Experian Tool to Estimate Equity, Aid in Refinancing

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Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, 05:03 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Experian Automotive recently launched a new tool the company is calling its Auto Equity Model, a consumer credit–based solution designed to help finance companies and dealers estimate the current equity on an individual’s open vehicle loan. Officials explained this level of ... [Read More]

Ally Previews New Flagship VSC and Technology Platform

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Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, 05:01 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Ally Financial offered a preview of its new flagship vehicle service contract, Ally Premier Protection, during the National Automobile Dealers Association Conference and Expo this past weekend. The company highlighted the new product brings together enhanced features and benefits for ... [Read More]
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