SPONSORED EPISODE: Bracing for more than ‘portfolio stress’ with John Elias of Allied Solutions
John Elias, sales specialist in auto finance business development with Allied Solutions, acknowledged lenders might be experiencing more than just “portfolio stress” since delinquencies, insurance costs, negative equity, and repossessions are all intensifying at the same time. Elias, who was ... Listen Here
Monday, Jun. 22, 2026, 07:11 PM
Agora Data’s Matt Burke on becoming NAF Association president
Agora Data’s Steve Burke was one of the founders of the National Automotive Finance Association 30 years ago. Now in 2026, Steve Burke’s son, Matt, not only is a top executive at Agora Data, but he is also now president ... Listen Here
Friday, Jun. 19, 2026, 01:00 AM
Experian’s Melinda Zabritski discusses ongoing stretching of terms
The latest appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast by Melinda Zabritski, Experian’s head of automotive financial insights and Automotive Intelligence Award recipient, focused on auto-loan terms, which oftentimes are at least 72 months nowadays. Zabritski also compared a data point ... Listen Here
Friday, Jun. 12, 2026, 09:35 AM
Veros Credit Adds Reps in 6 New Markets
Monday, Aug. 4, 2014, 04:24 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Subprime finance company Veros Credit has started its expansion strategy, making its first inroads in markets east of the Mississippi River in states such as North Carolina and Florida. Veros Credit now has marketing representatives in Raleigh and Durham, N.C., ... [Read More]
Department of Justice Subpoenas GM Financial
Monday, Aug. 4, 2014, 04:21 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
As the company completed a property purchase to house more personnel, General Motors Financial said in a regulatory filing on Monday that the company has been subpoenaed by the U.S. Department of Justice. According to the paperwork posted with the ... [Read More]
Student Loans Impacting Today’s Subprime Borrower
Monday, Aug. 4, 2014, 04:18 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
A new kind of subprime borrower is starting to influence the statistics gathered by Equifax. Jennifer Reid, the senior director of product marketing at Equifax Automotive Services, acknowledged that dealers and finance companies typically think of subprime consumers as ones ... [Read More]
Dahlheim Takes Over Control at VW Credit
Friday, Aug. 1, 2014, 04:17 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, Volkswagen Group of America tapped Christian Dahlheim to be the new president and chief executive officer of VW Credit. Dahlheim takes the place of Andrew Stuart, who left the captive finance company earlier this summer to be the ... [Read More]
Republican Lawmakers Bring GAO into CFPB Discrimination Query
Friday, Aug. 1, 2014, 04:14 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Republican-led U.S. House Financial Services Committee has conducted multiple hearings to investigate alleged discrimination at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, including a session with director Richard Cordray earlier this week. Now the lawmakers on the committee want the Government ... [Read More]
AFSA, Ally, CPS Refute Claims in Recent Times Article
Friday, Aug. 1, 2014, 04:12 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Several top industry players came to the defense of how subprime vehicle financing is operating nowadays after the unflattering picture they said The New York Times painted in an article a couple of weeks ago that’s since made its way ... [Read More]
AFS Acceptance Appoints New VP of Loan Production
Wednesday, Jul. 30, 2014, 04:12 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
AFS Acceptance continued to add to its management stable this week by appointing a former driversselect executive as vice president of loan production. Taking on the role effective Monday is Michael Thacker. AFS Acceptance indicated Thacker will preside over all ... [Read More]
Dealertrack Partners with Element to Simplify Payment Processing
Wednesday, Jul. 30, 2014, 04:08 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Dealertrack Technologies reached a partnership on Wednesday with Element Payment Services, a Vantiv company, to seamlessly integrate electronic payment processing into Dealertrack DMS 2.0. With Element’s fully integrated payment technology within Dealertrack DMS 2.0, officials highlighted that all types of ... [Read More]
AmeriCredit’s Strong Q2 Pushes GM Financial’s Originations
Wednesday, Jul. 30, 2014, 04:00 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
In a quarter company executives said contained a “leveling of competitive intensity,” the AmeriCredit-branded business generated by General Motors Financial during the second quarter jumped to a higher level than in any quarter seen in a year. AmeriCredit, which originates ... [Read More]
Black Book Sees Vehicle Depreciation Gaining Steam
Wednesday, Jul. 30, 2014, 03:58 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Black Book explained how its depreciation forecast of 13.5 percent for 2014 is still on track, even though the market produced a pace much slower than that expectation during the first six months of the year. Senior vice president and ... [Read More]
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