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
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
Toyota Financial Exec Awarded by AFSA
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Toyota Financial Services’ own Ann Bybee was honored with the Distinguished Service Award (DSA) by the American Financial Services Association at the AFSA’s 98th Annual Meeting in Los Angeles at the end of October. Bybee, the company’s vice president of ... [Read More]
Bankruptcy Filings Down By Double-Digits
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Bankruptcy filing in the U.S. took a double-digit slide this past month. That’s according to data provided by Epiq Systems Inc. to the American Bankruptcy Institute, which showed total bankruptcy filings fell by 12 percent year-over-year in October. Overall filings ... [Read More]
CalAmp Incorporates Mileage Management Component into Solution
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
CalAmp enhanced its vehicle finance payment assurance solution, LenderOutlook, to incorporate a function previously available only to its fleet customers. Now CalAmp’s new mileage management feature within LenderOutlook can enable lease-here, pay-here (LHPH) dealers and larger finance companies to directly measure ... [Read More]
Re3 Executive Of The Year: Karen Nelson
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Karen Nelson’s career as a collector began while she was earning money for her tuition to attend Old Dominion University. Nelson worked her way through school by handling the day-in, day-out chores of a collector and graduated with a degree ... [Read More]
SubPrime Auto Finance Executive of the Year: Ian Anderson
Nick Zulovich, Editor
When the Great Recession began to grip the economy, Westlake Financial Services president Ian Anderson said the company installed a trio of values to help it navigate through a rougher period than many experts projected. Those values included people, purpose ... [Read More]
CU Direct Connect Brings on New Member
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
CU Direct Connect, a leader in the Colorado automotive lending market that provides indirect auto lending services to credit unions and dealers, added another member to its network this week. Bringing Northern Colorado Credit Union of Greeley, Colo., into the ... [Read More]
Equifax Verifications Now Available to CBC Dealers
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Equifax highlighted this week that dealers who use Credit Bureau Connection's credit reports and compliance solutions now have the opportunity to access income and employment data as well. Officials explained this data provided via The Work Number can allow dealers ... [Read More]
Investment Firm to Merge Flagship Credit Acceptance & CarFinance Capital
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The investment firm that oversees two subprime auto finance companies — Flagship Credit Acceptance and CarFinance Capital — announced on Thursday that it is merging the two operations together. Officials from the alternative asset management unit of Perella Weinberg Partners ... [Read More]
700Credit Offers Free Compliance Webinar on Thursday
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
700Credit is hosting a free webinar on Thursday that aims to answer many questions on dealers’ minds when it comes to compliance. The Adverse Action, Red Flag and Risk-Based Pricing compliance webinar, titled Dealer Knowledge Webinar: Compliance Questions Answered, is scheduled for 2 ... [Read More]
Sunset Transfers LOI for MotorMax Purchase to The Mint Leasing
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Investment and advisory firm Sunset Capital Assets said Tuesday its existing letter of intent to buy Motors Acceptance Corp. — which, along with its family of companies in the subprime auto space, is known as “MotorMax” — is being reassigned ... [Read More]
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