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Dissecting evolving credit scores with Shams Blanc of FICO
Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, 03:34 PM
As much as auto-finance underwriting has become sophisticated, a potential starting point to determine if the applicant will be offered an installment contract is the credit score. Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, described the ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Famer Jerry Kroshus of Location Services
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, 04:19 PM
Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees is a conversation with Jerry Kroshus, who is CEO of Location Services. Cherokee Media President Bill Zadeits talks with Kroshus about his career journey in ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Famer Kathy Ruble of Ally
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, 07:52 PM
Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees, we catch up with Kathy Ruble, who is executive director of marketing, dealer financial services and communications at Ally. Ruble has been the longtime moderator ... Listen Here

Explaining likelihood of another interest-rate cut coming this week

Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, 11:57 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Comerica Bank predicted on Monday that the Federal Reserve will lower the federal funds target rate by a quarter percent to a range of 3.75% to 4.00% when policymakers have their next meeting on Wednesday. How the Fed potentially arrives ... [Read More]

Credit Acceptance details CEO transition from Booth to Hegde

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Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, 09:24 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
What’s “been the honor of my career” is winding down for Credit Acceptance’s Kenneth Booth. The subprime auto finance company announced on Tuesday that Booth, who is CEO and president and a member of the company’s board of directors, will ... [Read More]

AFSA & Oxford Economics: Vehicle financing provides $125.5B boost to US GDP

Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, 10:22 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
New research released by the American Financial Services Association (AFSA) on Monday highlighted how much vehicle financing fuels the U.S. economy. AFSA and Oxford Economics found that vehicle-finance providers contributed $125.5 billion to U.S. GDP in 2023, equivalent to $17 ... [Read More]

AFSA maintains dialogue with CFPB over data rights rule reconsiderations even as momentum rises to shut down agency

Friday, Oct. 24, 2025, 12:03 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
American Financial Services Association general counsel Philip Bohi still responded this week to more than 35 questions and provided comments about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Personal Financial Data Rights (PFDR) reconsideration effort. The association’s responses came after the bureau’s ... [Read More]

Resolvion starts ‘new era,’ putting Plascencia in charge of new division

Friday, Oct. 24, 2025, 10:55 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Resolvion created a new division this week to leverage the experience and expertise of executive vice president Claudia Plascencia, who has been with the company for nearly 12 years. The provider of asset recovery management solutions has launched a credit ... [Read More]

Weltman, Weinberg & Reis adds attorneys in Detroit & Pittsburgh

Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, 02:04 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Weltman, Weinberg & Reis hired two more attorneys this month, as the full-service creditors’ rights law firm bolstered its offices in Detroit and Pittsburgh. Joining the firm in the Motor City is Tyra Page, who was born and raised in ... [Read More]

LegalShield Consumer Stress Legal Index hits highest point in more than 5 years

Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, 11:30 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Almost 400,000 individuals have already filed for bankruptcy during the first three quarters of this year. And the newest LegalShield Consumer Stress Legal Index (CSLI) showed that trajectory might continue for the remainder of 2025 and beyond. Consumer legal stress ... [Read More]

Why experts are closely watching lower-income consumers in today’s economy

Revisiting topic of partial payments
Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, 10:32 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Experts are closely monitoring what’s happening with lower-income consumers, which are often served by subprime auto finance companies. New research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia as well as Fitch Ratings’ expectations about asset-backed securities are two examples of ... [Read More]

Credit Acceptance shares another unscheduled update to address ‘select inquiries’

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Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, 11:50 AM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
For the second time in a little more than a month, Credit Acceptance filed a form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission to respond to “select inquiries” that the subprime auto finance companies has received through Monday. The one ... [Read More]

Vervent reiterates that it’s servicing Tricolor loans

Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, 10:15 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Social media memes and motivational merchandise are everywhere nowadays in business, sports and beyond with the simple phrase: Do your job. Vervent reiterated this week that the payment servicing company is doing that as it’s been roughly three weeks after ... [Read More]
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