StoneEagle spots new highs in dealer F&I average gross profit, income halfway through 2026
Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, 10:21 AM
Wise F&I regional VP chosen as 2026 NAMAD Woman of the Year
Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, 10:42 AM
FTC issues consumer alert over phantom dealerships that experts have seen for more than a year
Wednesday, Sep. 2, 2026, 09:55 AM
SPONSORED EPISODE: Rethinking vehicle-protection plans for today’s wide inventory mix with GWC Warranty
Used-car inventory on dealer lots nowadays can range from older, higher-mileage vehicles to EVs, lifted trucks, and modified vehicles. The result is dealers are also having to change the vehicle-protection conversations with customers. In this special sponsored episode of the ... Listen Here
Recapping credit scores & other trends in auto finance with Shams Blanc of FICO
Shams Blanc, head of auto scores at FICO, made another appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast to elaborate more about the fall edition of the FICO Score Credit Insights report. Along with recapping what’s going on in auto finance, Blanc ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: Greenville Auto Auction Celebrates 16 Years—A look back and a look ahead
On this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits visits with Billy Willis and Kevin Stallings of Greenville Auto Auction. The auction celebrates 16 years in early September, and the guys talk about the history of the sale, ... Listen Here
BMW Settles FTC Complaint Over Warranty Coverage
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In what could be a wake-up call for dealerships and F&I managers when explaining how warranties work according to federal mandates, BMW of North America agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges this week that its Mini division violated the ... [Read More]
GWC Warranty Celebrating 20 Years in Business
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, GWC Warranty, a national provider of vehicle service contracts and related finance and insurance products sold through dealers, began to celebrate its 20th year in business. Since opening in 1995, GWC Warranty has partnered with more than 20,000 ... [Read More]
CFPB Finalizes Complaint Policy
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In the past, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Richard Cordray called complaints the agency’s compass. And earlier today, the CFPB finalized its policy about how those complaints are gathered and posted — and more importantly for finance company leaders — ... [Read More]
Small Banks & Credit Unions Urge Lawmakers to Reduce Regulatory Burdens
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Executives representing community banks and credit unions want federal lawmakers to study the impact financial agencies are having on them considering that these smaller operations believe they are being hit with the same regulatory zeal as what’s being unleashed on much ... [Read More]
Auto Defaults Tick Up 3 Basis Points
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
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
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
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
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
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]
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