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TransUnion and Bankrate collaborate to broaden credit offers  
TransUnion and Bankrate want to make it easier for millions of Americans to find personalized credit offers that meet their needs. On Wednesday, the companies announced they’re working even closer together to deliver smarter matching by combining Bankrate’s lender marketplace ... Read More
COMMENTARY: The LLM compliance paradox & separating conversational AI from quantitative underwriting
It’s hard to open a newspaper or read a tech article today without seeing at least some mention of large language models (LLMs) and their usage in just about any industry. The auto lending sector is no exception, with LLMs ... Read More
COMMENTARY: Calibrating AI risk models for shifting macroeconomic cycles
At the end of Q2 2026, the New York Federal Reserve reported that loan originations hit a record $211 billion, the highest figure in the Fed’s data history. At the same time, lenders continued to extend credit to an increasing ... Read More
SPONSORED EPISODE: High-quality used inventory via the service drive with AutoHub’s Dan Gaughan
Some of the best used-car inventory a dealer could want is sitting right in their own service lane every day. In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, AutoHub general manager Dan Gaughan took dealers through a proven ... Listen Here
Behind the Scenes at Used Car Week
How does an event like Used Car Week come to life? What does this year’s conference have in store? How is agenda planning like Tetris? We go behind the scenes at UCW 2026 and answer those questions with producers extraordinaire ... Listen Here
Jeremy Louisos of Preowned Auto Logistics Returns to Show
Our “PAL” Jeremy Louisos of Preowned Auto Logistics is back on the show for a wide-ranging conversation about his work on remarketing industry committees and conferences, top issues and hot topics in auto transport and much more. The interview is ... Listen Here

Credit Acceptance & 40 state AGs finalizes $700M resolution to investigations dating back to 2020

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Multiple states and attorneys general that began to investigate Credit Acceptance during the height of the pandemic reached a $700 million resolution on Thursday. The subprime auto finance company announced that it has entered, or will enter, into consent judgments ... [Read More]

COMMENTARY: Portfolio performance starts long before default

Details of upcoming repossession webinars from ARA & Weltman
Nick Cherry, Ardent Credit Services and Phillips & Cohen Associates
For years, auto finance companies have measured portfolio performance using familiar metrics: delinquencies, charge-offs, recoveries and losses. Those measures remain essential, but I believe they’re telling an incomplete story. Working with lenders across North America has shown me the same ... [Read More]

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Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business

AI & Auto Finance: An Expert Guide to Using This Technology

This 26-page ebook from Cherokee Media Group, sponsored by dotData, brings together insights from nine experts on how artificial intelligence...
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Turning Dealer Group Data into Demand

Stop letting messy data hold your dealership back from its true earning potential. While many multi-roof dealer groups struggle to...
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Evaluating VPP Cancellation Systems: 7 Questions Every Lender Should Ask

Selecting the right VPP cancellation system is critical to maintaining compliance, maximizing recoveries, and improving operational efficiency. As regulatory requirements...
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Auto lenders spent on AI. Here’s what paid off.

A panel of auto-lending leaders — CEOs of subprime auto finance companies, VPs of Collections, CROs, indirect-lending executives at two...
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Experian Automotive Dealer Fraud Threat Report

Fraud is Hitting Dealerships Hard When one bad deal can erase tens of thousands in profit, fraud becomes impossible to...
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AI-Financing Spotlight: How Tracy Honda Sells 12-15 More Deals Monthly

Discover how Tracy Honda is outperforming its market by leveraging AI-powered auto financing to drive faster approvals and close more...
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The AI Dealer Playbook: 5 Questions to Ask Before You Buy AI

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping dealership operations by automating communication, improving workflows, and supporting staff with tools like copilots and...
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Speaking the Same Language: How Dealers Structure Capital for Real Estate and Growth

Why Capital Structures Matters in Today’s Market Dealers actively expanding or acquiring real estate are often constrained not by opportunity—but...
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Average diesel costs above $6 per gallon pushing repo agents to brink

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Cox Automotive chief economist Jeremy Robb on Monday explained how $6 a gallon diesel costs are beginning to impact consumers, matriculating into the car business. As AAA reported on Wednesday that the average cost of diesel fuel in the U.S. ... [Read More]

Truist to sell Regional Acceptance, further exiting auto-financing business

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Truist Bank is selling Regional Acceptance, its near-prime auto finance operation. Truist confirmed the move involving a $5.5 billion portfolio in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday, with the institution expecting the transaction to close late ... [Read More]

ADP & Cox Automotive examine murky picture for employment & car business as Fed considers rate adjustment

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Federal Open Market Committee began its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday as Federal Reserve policymakers will finish their gatherings on Wednesday by announcing their decision involving the federal funds rate, which hasn’t been adjusted since December. Among the array ... [Read More]

AKUVO promotes 2 execs, lands SECU as new collections technology client

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with recently landing what’s considered to be the second largest credit union in the United States as a client, AKUVO on Friday announced the promotions of Melissa Bachman to chief product officer and Mike Ruggiero to chief strategy and ... [Read More]

DriveItAway & Voyager Global Mobility eye subprime through alliance involving off-fleet vehicles

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
DriveItAway Holdings and Voyager Global Mobility recently announced a strategic alliance to create a new distribution channel for Voyager’s off-fleet vehicles. What’s unique about this arrangement is the program will make selected off-fleet vehicles available directly to participating subprime and ... [Read More]

Cox Automotive: Auto credit availability at highest level in almost 9 years

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
If you noticed more of your dealership teammates returning to potential car buyers with body language that indicated, “Yes! I got that deal bought,” the August reading of the Dealertrack Credit Availability Index might be part of the reason why. ... [Read More]

Federal auto-loan tax deduction regulations to be implemented in November

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The American Financial Service Association spotted that “long-awaited” regulations from the IRS and the Treasury Department involving the auto-loan interest deduction were published in the Federal Register this week. According to the 31-page document, the regulations go into effect on ... [Read More]

Latest KBRA research examines geography of auto loan ABS performance

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On Wednesday, KBRA released research examining state-level auto loan asset-backed securities performance across the U.S., recapping three key takeaways in a news release. Those top findings included: —The Southeast reported the greatest credit stress, accounting for four of the five ... [Read More]

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