July VantageScore report notes stability in auto delinquency & overall scores
Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, 11:00 AM
Experian sees refinancing continue to ripen in Q2
Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, 11:01 AM
Even as F&I profits remain ahead of year-ago pace, JM&A Group reminds dealers to reinforce finance office personnel
Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026, 10:57 AM
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
Wide-ranging car-business conversation with Lotlinx chairman and CEO Len Short
Lotlinx chairman and CEO Len Short firmly believes car dealers are the most resilient operators in any business. During this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Short explained why he is anticipating dealers showing that resilience again because it’s needed ... Listen Here
Path to delivering education in Spanish with Ignite Dealer Compliance Group
Steve Levine has dozens of dealer clients with Spanish as their native language. Those dealers also have hundreds of Hispanic customers who cannot speak or understand English. To fill compliance and training gaps created by language challenges, the owner of ... Listen Here
Vosotas Resigns as Nicholas Financial Chairman
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
After almost 30 years with the company he founded, Peter Vosotas no longer is chairman of the board and a director at Nicholas Financial, an indirect special finance company that originates subprime loans with more than 1,600 dealers. According to ... [Read More]
Motorsports Sales Ripe for Fruitful Subprime Growth This Year and Beyond
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Steve Klees sees motorcycles and other powersports equipment sitting at dealerships and can’t help but think there are possibly scores of potential subprime buyers for those items if more finance companies chose to delve into that market. Klees, who is ... [Read More]
TransUnion: Reporting of Rental Payments Could Benefit Subprime Consumers
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A new TransUnion analysis found that the reporting of rental payment information to the credit bureaus in a manner similar to other financial obligations could have a positive effect for the majority of subprime consumers' credit. Analysts found the subprime ... [Read More]
Millennials Give Finance Companies New Challenges
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Beyond the metrics about originations, collections and other figures associated with vehicle financing, the 2014 member survey orchestrated by the National Automotive Finance Association highlighted just how important Millennials are to the present and future of the industry. During his ... [Read More]
CNW: Subprime Approvals Climbing in June
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
With the firm’s Jitters Index improving significantly during the first part of month, CNW Research is expecting subprime vehicle financing approvals to climb both month-over-month and year-over-year in June. According to its June Retail Automotive Summary, CNW is seeing this ... [Read More]
Cordray’s Appointment to CFPB Still Questioned
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Though a Supreme Court decision last week only included a decision invalidating President’s Obama’s recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board, the chairman of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee remains adamant that the president’s recess tapping of the ... [Read More]
How Latest CFPB Consent Order Gave Valuable Guidance
SubPrime Auto Finance News
In his newest commentary to help finance companies generate the most revenue out of the sale of add-on products, FNI Inc. president David Bafumo spotted what he described as valuable new guidance from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in its ... [Read More]
Metrolina Partners with Plateau Group to Market F&I Products
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Metrolina Credit Co., a specialty finance operation offering indirect auto financing solutions in the subprime credit space as well as consumer and personal loans direct to the public, recently made a partnership with The Plateau Group, an insurance and financial ... [Read More]
Hyundai and Kia to Offer Free FICO Scores to College Grads
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Hyundai Capital America declared this week that it’s now the first captive auto finance company to provide free FICO scores to customers as part of the FICO Score Open Access Program. Hyundai Motor Finance and Kia Motors Finance will offer ... [Read More]
Survey Shows How Unaware Borrowers Are of Refinancing
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A new survey by RateWatch, a banking data and analytics service owned by TheStreet, showed how many consumers are still unaware there are possible opportunities to refinance their vehicle purchase to a lower interest rate than the one set in ... [Read More]
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