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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

Santander Chairman Passes Away Unexpectedly

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
It’s been an emotional week for Banco Santander and Santander Consumer USA leaders both in Europe and the U.S. Chairman Emilio Botín unexpectedly passed away on Tuesday, and a day later the bank’s board of directors of unanimously agreed to ... [Read More]

Less-Seasoned Loans Push Average Debt Levels Higher

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Nick Zulovich, Editor
Make it 13 quarters in a row during which the average amount consumers had remaining on their vehicle installment contract moved higher year-over-year. TransUnion's Industry Insights Report indicated that auto loan debt per borrower jumped 4.1 percent from $16,410 in ... [Read More]

Auto Affordability Questioned As Job Growth Slows

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Despite Comerica Bank saying the latest economic trends might be better than the raw numbers indicate, Requisite Press insisted when it released its August Auto Buyer's Affordability Index (ABAI) on Wednesday that a growing economy is “simply not” enough to ... [Read More]

Used-Value Decline Not Expected to Hurt Auto Lease ABS

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Fitch Ratings asserted that U.S. auto lease ABS will continue to perform within expectations, and ratings will be stable even though analysts understand that used-vehicle values will continue to decline moderately from their recent “untenable” highs. Fitch also projected that ... [Read More]

NADA Supports Latest Bipartisan Effort to Reform CFPB Guidance

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
National Automobile Dealers Association members are gathering on Capitol Hill this week to urge Congressional lawmakers to pass bipartisan legislation that franchised dealers say would nullify the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s “flawed” guidance on auto lending. NADA explained H.R. 5403 ... [Read More]

BillingTree Finalizes Examination in Conformity with SSAE

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
BillingTree recently completed its examination in conformity with Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) No. 16, Reporting on Controls at a Service Organization for the period from May 1 of last year through April 30 of this year. The ... [Read More]

Hyundai Capital America Reaches 25 Years in Business

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This past Saturday was a silver one for Hyundai Capital America as the captive finance company that does business as Hyundai Motor Finance and Kia Motors Finance celebrated its 25th anniversary and a quarter century in Orange County, Calif. Originally ... [Read More]

CFPB’s Latest Mandate: Watch Your Service Providers

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Nick Zulovich, Editor
One of the marketing hooks that subprime finance companies of all sizes often use contains the pitch about how consistent payments can lead to steady reporting to credit bureaus and eventually the possible healing of the borrower’s profile. Hudson Cook ... [Read More]

Latest ABS Losses Within Fitch’s Expectations

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Fitch Ratings reported U.S. auto loan ABS delinquencies and losses climbed in July on a monthly basis. However, Fitch expected such a movement, so the firm contends that asset performance in the sector should moderate further in the remainder of ... [Read More]

American Lending Solutions & Resolvion Finalize Merger

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Resolvion and American Lending Solutions (ALS) completed a merger agreement this week that will combine their respective operations into one of the largest skip-tracing and repossession management firms in the industry. Executives indicated the new company will operate under the ... [Read More]

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