Why Capital Structures Matters in Today’s Market Dealers actively expanding or acquiring real estate are often constrained not by opportunity—but...
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As subprime space keeps changing, how long can average terms stretch?
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TransUnion updates auto performance, shares research about K-shaped path of overall consumer credit market
Thursday, Apr. 30, 2026, 10:10 AM
Reviewing FICO & FSA data to see how much student loans could be impacting your auto-finance portfolio
Tuesday, May. 5, 2026, 10:13 AM
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This Month's Focus
Artificial Intelligence
DealerOn’s dual launch includes AI search visibility platform, ‘intelligent layer’ touching full dealership
Tuesday, May. 5, 2026, 03:28 PM
Newest Experian tool designed to reduce risk within AI-driven commerce
Monday, May. 4, 2026, 11:19 AM
Fed’s Bowman outlines 3 steps now that Anthropic’s Mythos adds more possible AI risk to banking
Monday, May. 4, 2026, 11:18 AM
FICO’s Shams Blanc on lenders sharpening underwriting & more
Fresh off being in Miami as part of the Used Car Industry Summit that Cherokee Media Group hosted this spring, Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, appeared again on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Blanc discussed ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Apr. 29, 2026, 03:54 PM
Byron Oldham of Honest Autos & FIADA
Byron Oldham is president of the family-owned Honest Autos dealership and is president of the board at the Florida Independent Automobile Dealers Association. In this episode, Oldham talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about the upcoming Southeast ... Listen Here
Monday, Apr. 27, 2026, 07:47 PM
Automotive CFO-To-Go Kathi Kruse talks dealership finance, accounting in ‘lightning round’
Kathi Kruse, the Automotive CFO-To-Go who brings her financial expertise — born through years of experience as a dealership chief financial officer — to dealers needing help in that area, is back on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. In this episode, ... Listen Here
Sunday, Apr. 19, 2026, 04:27 AM
CPS Finalizes 1st Securitization of 2014
Friday, Mar. 21, 2014, 03:36 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, Consumer Portfolio Services announced the closing of its first term securitization of the year. The transaction is CPS’ 12th senior subordinate securitization since the beginning of 2011. In the transaction, qualified institutional buyers purchased $180 million of asset-backed ... [Read More]
Spireon Forms Alliance to Help Credit Unions Mitigate Risk
Wednesday, Mar. 19, 2014, 03:27 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Spireon is a part of new alliance aimed at rolling out a solution developed and designed exclusively for credit unions to help them track vehicles in their auto loan portfolios. Earlier this week, Spireon highlighted a new collaboration between the ... [Read More]
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Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business
Dealer Playbook: 5 Takeaways for Auto Retailers Using AI
The May issue of Auto Remarketing — “Shifting Gears: AI’s Role in Retail Automotive” — explores how top auto retailers...
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How TO Maximize Your Digital Sales!
How much revenue is slipping through the cracks in your digital sales process? Our latest guide reveals the most common...
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Loan Origination Automation Guidelines for Modern Lenders
Lenders are under pressure to move faster, handle higher volumes, and reduce manual tasks. Automation can help, but only if...
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Turn Service Visits Into Sales Growth: A GM’s Checklist
Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
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House Members Want More Access to CFPB Meetings
Wednesday, Mar. 19, 2014, 03:24 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
To mark “Sunshine Week,” a national initiative launched by the media to promote open government, U.S. House Financial Services Committee chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling is calling on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Richard Cordray to end the bureau’s closed-door meeting ... [Read More]
Composite Default Reading at Lowest Point Since 2006
Wednesday, Mar. 19, 2014, 03:21 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The other four credit categories included in the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices joined auto loans in showing declines in February. Analysts from S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian indicated that February data showed the auto loan default rate dipped ... [Read More]
Survey: Bankers Expect Higher Credit-Loss Reserves
Monday, Mar. 17, 2014, 04:26 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
According to a new survey by financial information company Sageworks, U.S. banks and credit unions that are preparing for proposed changes to how they must estimate credit losses anticipate they’ll eventually need to boost allowances for loan and lease losses ... [Read More]
Wells Fargo Maintains Hold of Used-Vehicle Financing Market
Monday, Mar. 17, 2014, 04:24 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Of the Top 20 finance companies in the used-vehicle market, only eight gained market share year-over-year as of the close of the fourth quarter. And according to Experian Automotive, many of the operations that lost ground in Q4 saw their ... [Read More]
Top 5 Cheapest Places to Finance a New Car
Monday, Mar. 17, 2014, 04:21 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
With an average of tax refund of more than $3,000 coming to consumers, GOBankingRates analysts sought out to find the states and cities that boast the lowest interest rates on new-vehicle loans this month. The site’s study determined the five ... [Read More]
Equifax’s Key Auto Market Trends for 2014
Friday, Mar. 14, 2014, 04:26 PM
Dennis Carlson, Equifax
Will buyers flock to showrooms to buy new vehicles this year? Market optimists seem to think so. And most who attended the North American International Auto Show are utterly ebullient. But those who believe the glass is half empty say ... [Read More]
Ally’s Succession Plan for Dealer Financial Services Business
Friday, Mar. 14, 2014, 04:23 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Ally Financial announced its succession plan this week since Bill Muir, the president and current head of the dealer financial services business, has elected to retire by year-end. The company tapped Jeffrey Brown, currently senior executive vice president of finance ... [Read More]
Why Collateral’s Value Retention Even More Vital Today
Friday, Mar. 14, 2014, 02:56 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
The staff at Black Blook Lender Solutions envisions underwriting personnel at finance companies watching two computer screens when evaluating an application that arrives from a dealership in their network. One screen shows the applicant’s complete credit history. The other monitor ... [Read More]
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