AFSA & NIADA welcome halt of discretionary publication of complaint narratives & visualizations by CFPB
Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, 10:34 AM
Edmunds on depth of ‘The Vanishing Affordable Used Car’
Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, 10:17 AM
PODCAST: Additional insight into FTC’s move involving disparate impact from Hudson Cook
Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, 09:25 AM
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
PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor on intersection of payments & technology
PayNearMe recently shared new search, explaining that hidden costs sustained by auto lenders can show up as failed payments, borrower support calls, late payments, collections follow-up, reconciliation work and manual recovery effort. PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor elaborated about ... Listen Here
TransUnion: Higher-risk consumers fuel double-digit jump in Q1 car-insurance shopping
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Fueled in part by what analysts deemed to be higher-risk consumers, auto insurance shopping in the first quarter increased 10% compared to the same period in 2024, according to TransUnion research. And Mercury Insurance reiterated that credit scores can be ... [Read More]
States making moves to ‘fill void’ left by the CFPB
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau certainly isn’t what it was a few months ago, as shown by the recent decision to withdraw several rules and other guidance. Well, state-level regulators are now intensifying their efforts, with one example coming from ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Using data to solve F&I compliance challenges
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
F&I Sentinel chief product officer Kat Venner-Fowler acknowledged data can cause multiple compliance problems. But Venner-Fowler emphasized that data also can be the path to compliance solutions. Venner-Fowler elaborated about the subject during an appearance on the Live Stage presented ... [Read More]
S&P Global Ratings sees seasonal improvement in auto ABS market
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Amidst all the gloomy outlooks about the economy, as well as how many consumers are filing for bankruptcy, let’s turn to some positive analysis from S&P Global Ratings about how the U.S. auto loan asset-backed securities (ABS) market is doing. ... [Read More]
Fed governor cites automotive amid cautious look at economy
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Federal Reserve governor Adriana Kugler gave a speech on Monday at the International Economic Symposium, cohosted by the National Association for Business Economics and the Central Bank of Ireland. Kugler offered several reasons why the U.S. economy isn’t exactly dancing ... [Read More]
Cox Automotive spots ‘notable changes in auto credit access’ in April
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Auto financing — at least on the origination side of the business — doesn’t appear to be fully immune from the headwinds and uncertainty that seem to be influencing the economy. Cox Automotive reported on Monday that the Dealertrack Credit ... [Read More]
YASSI unveils RapidRepo to smooth title work
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On Monday, YASSI announced the launch of RapidRepo, a national portal designed to dramatically speed up the title process for finance companies during the repossession process. YASSI highlighted that RapidRepo addresses costly industry challenges, including storage fees, insurance costs, depreciation ... [Read More]
CFPB update: Massive guidance withdrawal & director nomination in flux
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Dramatic changes at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau keep surfacing, with the latest including the withdrawal of nearly 80 guidance documents, policy statements and interpretive rules released since 2011. Furthermore, there’s likely going to be a change in the nominee ... [Read More]
Ranney launching new credit-reporting venture this spring
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Tim Ranney is getting back into the credit-reporting business this spring. Ranney — who previously owned Clarity Services, which was purchased by Experian in 2018 — is launching Congruit Credit, an emerging national consumer credit reporting agency positioned to usher ... [Read More]
As rates stay unchanged, headwinds build against auto retailers & financiers
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
In what economists said was “universally expected,” the Federal Reserve left the federal funds target rate unchanged on Wednesday. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) kept that rate at a range of 4.25% to 4.50% and reiterated a deliberate approach ... [Read More]
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