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Urban Science survey: Dealers confident in sales process, wary of AI for lead follow-ups
Friday, May. 15, 2026, 11:48 AM
The sixth annual automotive research study by Urban Science in collaboration with The Harris Poll highlighted that nine in 10 U.S. car buyers said a traditional dealership is their top choice for purchasing a vehicle. Now let’s delve deeper into ... Read More
Bain Survey: Few Companies Ready for Sustainability Rules (24%) Building on three-year partnership, Bain invests in OpenAI Deployment Company
Wednesday, May. 13, 2026, 12:13 PM
Bain & Company today announced an investment in the Deployment Company, a new venture launched by OpenAI with 19 global partners. According to a news release, the OpenAI Deployment Company is built to help businesses deploy artificial intelligence across their ... Read More
EY study shows Canadians still cautious about AI but using it more for everyday activities
Monday, May. 11, 2026, 03:00 PM
This artificial intelligence is pretty smart, eh? That sentiment might be held by at least some Canadians who are already embedding AI into everyday decisions, often in ways that extend beyond simple assistance into early autonomy, even while concerns about ... Read More
Tiger Okeley describes what it’s like for BHPH dealers during another turbulent year
Tuesday, May. 12, 2026, 01:47 PM
Tiger Okeley is the executive board member of Oak Motors, a buy-here, pay-here dealership that’s been in business for more than 40 years in central Indiana. Having seen boom times, recessions, and more, Okeley shared his insight to help owners ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: Know your Buyer & Grow your Lot
Tuesday, May. 12, 2026, 09:20 AM
In this insightful episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Auto Trader and KBB executives Elizabeth Stegall and David Lumpkin share findings gleaned from Cox Automotive’s unique research into shoppers who buy from Independent Dealers. Learn how shifting buyer expectations connect ... Listen Here
FICO’s Shams Blanc on lenders sharpening underwriting & more
Wednesday, Apr. 29, 2026, 03:54 PM
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

ARA & MBSi partner to streamline compliance mandates in repossession & recovery

LCT teams with AKUVO to streamline loan refunds
Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, 11:29 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
More synergy in repossession and recovery spaces surfaced on Monday. The American Recovery Association (ARA) and MBSi announced a new partnership providing MBSi users the ability to accept ARA’s Compliance System within its RecoveryConnect platform. The move is meant to ... [Read More]

Glenview Finance lands new VP, relationship with RouteOne

Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, 11:00 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Glenview Finance made a couple of moves this week to reinforce its market position; one associated with personnel and the other with technology. Along with bringing aboard a new vice president of business development who previously spent nine years with ... [Read More]

Vitu finalizes acquisition of Dealertrack registration & titling businesses from Cox Automotive

Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, 10:59 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Vitu, a leading innovator in vehicle-to-government (V2Gov) technology, announced this week that it has successfully closed on its acquisition of the Dealertrack registration and titling businesses from Cox Automotive. Through a development first revealed just before Thanksgiving, the acquired businesses ... [Read More]

Flagship Credit Acceptance welcomes new chief risk officer

Another former Manheim Canada exec joins Otolane
Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, 11:26 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
An executive whose career includes time with DriveTime Automotive and Capital One now is with Flagship Credit Acceptance. Continuing a string of industry executive moves to begin the year, Flagship Credit Acceptance on Wednesday appointed Matthew Long to be its ... [Read More]

LCT welcomes former EY managing director to board of advisors

Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, 11:32 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Lender Compliance Technologies (LCT) has a new resource to guide its way through the world of compliance solutions for managing F&I product refunds. LCT on Tuesday announced the appointment of Bob Johnson to its board of advisors. The company said ... [Read More]

CFPB targets Experian via lawsuit over credit report errors

Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, 11:32 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is suing Experian, claiming the nationwide consumer reporting agency is unlawfully failing to properly investigate consumer disputes. According to a news release distributed on Tuesday, the CFPB alleges that Experian does not take sufficient ... [Read More]

Experts see positives of Trump & Congress on auto, plus less Fed impact

Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, 11:29 AM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
President-elect Donald Trump is set to return to the White House, and a Republican-controlled Congress is about to be in place, too. Those developments and what lawmakers could do going forward, plus potential future decisions by the Federal Reserve, are ... [Read More]

AFSA: Safety of conference attendees in New Orleans is ‘our top priority’

Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, 10:45 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Like the sentiments conveyed by the National Automobile Dealers Association, the American Financial Services Association offered a statement late on Thursday, offering sympathy to people impacted by the horrific incident earlier this week in New Orleans, which is also the ... [Read More]

Edmunds: Down payments for financed used cars edge higher in Q4

Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, 10:44 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with highlighting how many consumers are committing to a monthly payment of more than $1,000 to take delivery of a new vehicle, the newest auto finance data from Edmunds showed dealerships and finance companies coaxed a bit more of ... [Read More]

FTC collaborates with AGs in Illinois & Maryland on dealer allegations & $20M settlement

FTC sends annual report to CFPB recapping activities regarding financial acts
Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, 11:09 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Federal Trade Commission didn’t sit idle this holiday season, especially when policing car dealerships. The regulator made separate announcements before and after Christmas involving two dealer groups that operate more than a dozen stores. The first action was connected ... [Read More]

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