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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

Auto Defaults Tick Up 3 Basis Points

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Although auto loan defaults are drifting slightly upward, analysts who generate the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices aren’t ready to hit the panic button. Analysts from S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian found that the February auto loan default rate ... [Read More]

Westlake Hopes ACI Worldwide’s Bill Pay Service Saves Millions

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
ACI Worldwide, a global provider of electronic payment and banking solutions, announced this week that Westlake Financial Services selected ACI UP Bill Payment Solutions to facilitate customer vehicle installment contract payments and possibly save the finance company millions of dollars ... [Read More]

Primeritus Hires New Chief Financial Officer

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Primeritus Financial Services, a provider of repossession management, remarketing, title services and skip-tracing services, recently hired Wayne Acklen as chief financial officer, effective immediately. The company indicated Acklen will be responsible for leading Primertus’ financial, accounting, compliance and IT operations. ... [Read More]

LendingTree Joins Pack Refuting Subprime Bubble

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Add LendingTree to the list of industry observers and players who don’t see a “bubble” coming in the subprime auto finance space. LendingTree analyzed the credit scores of subprime borrowers for vehicle installment contracts the company originated last year and ... [Read More]

Autosoft Certifies StoneEagle Technology Solutions to Help F&I Managers

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with outlining the company’s upcoming training opportunities to help dealership F&I managers, Autosoft recently announced that StoneEagle has completed the certification process for integration with the FLEX DMS as part of Autosoft’s FLEX Connect program. StoneEagle offers fully supported ... [Read More]

AIADA Chair: Left Hanging by the CFPB

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Bradley Hoffman, AIADA
On Feb. 18, a coalition of industry trade groups, including the American Financial Services Association and the national Chamber of Commerce, sent a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. In the letter, the coalition asked the CFPB to publicly ... [Read More]

Consumers Still Misunderstand What Impacts Credit Score

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Think of the amount of times you’ve heard these lines from customers looking to buy a vehicle but they have soft credit histories. “But I’ve made my rent payments every month. Same with my Verizon contract. Why is my credit ... [Read More]

FTC & CFPB to Keep Collaborating to Regulate Industry

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Finance companies and trade associations might not always agree with the mandates from the Federal Trade Commission and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but the two regulatory agencies announced they plan to continue to work in tandem. This week, the FTC ... [Read More]

PassTime Expands Partnership With UK Finance Company

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
GPS-based technology solution provider PassTime USA broadened a foreign partnership that goes back six years with the Car Finance Co., an alternative finance lender based in the United Kingdom. Officials highlighted the exclusive agreement brokered this week between the two ... [Read More]

ELEAD1ONE to Continue Donation Program to Help California Youth

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Customer contact management and dealership software provider ELEAD1ONE this week extended its pledge of ongoing donations to support the Oakland California Youth Outreach (OCYO) throughout the remainder of the year. Officials indicated the donations help fund case management services provided ... [Read More]

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