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Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Satyan Merchant of TransUnion
Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, 07:01 PM
Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners wrap up with Satyan Merchant, who is senior vice president, automotive and mortgage business leader at TransUnion. Merchant recollected how his interest in data started when studying statistics on the back ... Listen Here
Top Reasons Dealers can benefit by attending the Used Car Summit
Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, 03:27 PM
On this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits has a conversation with Vanessa Rocha, VP, All-American Bonds and Insurance and a Board member with the Florida Independent Auto Dealers Association. Vanessa speaks to some of the big issues ... Listen Here
Industry Elite: Tony Rimas of XPEL
Tuesday, Mar. 31, 2026, 07:40 PM
Concluding our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Tony Rimas, who is vice president of global revenue at XPEL Inc. Rimas — an avid biker who swam and ran track & field and cross country ... Listen Here

Questions Arise about Industry’s New Normal

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Wednesday, Mar. 5, 2014, 04:17 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
From captive finance companies to one-lot buy-here, pay-here dealers, the entire industry is seeing a shift to a ‘new normal,’ which includes smaller down payments, longer terms and negative equity being rolled into a larger financed amount. While metal is ... [Read More]

Subprime Buyers Finding More Financing for New Models

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Tuesday, Mar. 4, 2014, 03:54 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Finance companies still aren’t shying away from giving contracts to subprime consumers based on the fourth-quarter information from Experian Automotive. According to its latest State of the Automotive Finance Market report, Experian highlighted today that financing became easier to obtain ... [Read More]

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Frazer Integrates with Preferred Warranties’ eContract

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Monday, Mar. 3, 2014, 04:58 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Officials highlighted that independent dealers using Frazer management software and offering Preferred Warranties extended service contracts for pre-owned vehicles can now import data from their DMS directly into Preferred’s eContract portal. Preferred’s proprietary eContract program can allow dealers to instantly ... [Read More]

Moody’s Analytics, Equifax Team for Free Webinar

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Monday, Mar. 3, 2014, 04:56 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Moody’s Analytics and Equifax are uniting to host a free webinar aimed at answering a pair of questions. Loan originations in automotive are leading the credit rebound, but which lenders are at the forefront and which consumers are they targeting? ... [Read More]

Dealertrack Completes Acquisition of Dealer.com

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Monday, Mar. 3, 2014, 04:54 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Dealertrack Technologies today announced the completion of its acquisition of Dealer.com, a provider of comprehensive digital marketing solutions and services for the automotive retail industry. Rick Gibbs, former chief executive officer of Dealer.com and one of its co-founders, will lead ... [Read More]

Latest House Bill Aims at Curbing CFPB’s Authority

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Monday, Mar. 3, 2014, 04:52 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
During the same week the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau “strongly urged” companies to make credit scores more readily available, a bill passed through the U.S. House aimed at limiting the authority of the bureau, which the measure’s author called, “a ... [Read More]

CFPB Wants Credit Scores More Readily Available

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Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, 09:17 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
If the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau gets it way, potential buyers who have a credit card account will already know their credit score before they walk on the lot or enter the F&I office looking to complete vehicle financing. On ... [Read More]

TransUnion: Subprime Delinquencies Rise in Q4, but Overall Levels Expected to Dip

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Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, 09:15 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
As delinquencies associated with subprime loans continue to rise but not at a pace that concerns TransUnion, analysts determined that overall auto loan debt per borrower increased for the 11th straight quarter. During the closing quarter of 2013, that overall ... [Read More]

Equifax: Resurgence of Subprime Finance Continues; Some November Auto Loan Averages Best in 7 Years

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Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, 09:14 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Along with the continued resurgence of subprime financing, Equifax highlighted that the amount of auto loans booked by both commercial banks and finance companies in November — the most recent data the company has available — came in higher than ... [Read More]

Experian Is ‘Pleasantly Surprised’ by 3.5 Percent Drop in Q4 Delinquencies

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Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, 09:12 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
As open loans in the nonprime, subprime and deep subprime spaces constituted more of the overall market, consumers continued to pay on their car notes during the fourth quarter at a pace that left Experian Automotive analysts "pleasantly surprised." According ... [Read More]

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