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
TFS Issues Asset-Backed Green Bond to Fund Consumer Loans and Leases
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
There now is a much larger pool of funds to underwrite contracts for Toyota’s most fuel-efficient vehicles. Today, Toyota Financial Services issued what the company believes is the industry’s first-ever asset-backed green bond in the amount of $1.75 billion. Officials ... [Read More]
NADA, Capital One Counsels Reiterate CFPB Questions
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Andy Koblenz, executive vice president and general counsel for the National Automobile Dealers Association, heard leaders from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau speak last week and again left with questions about how the new regulatory agency intends to oversee vehicle ... [Read More]
Small Dealer Population Sees Subprime Pullback
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
For the first time this year, some dealers are seeing finance companies pull back in their willingness to complete contracts. According to the latest dealer survey from KeyBanc Capital Markets, the financing outlook still remains favorable as 50 percent of ... [Read More]
TransUnion Study Reaffirms Auto Loan Payment Importance
Nick Zulovich, Editor
The latest update of an ongoing TransUnion study showed consumers continue to place an emphasis on paying their auto loans before their mortgages and credit card payments — and by a wide margin. TransUnion contends this trend has been in ... [Read More]
Wolters Kluwer Survey Shows Depth of Regulatory Burden Growth
SubPrime Auto Finance News
Results of the latest Regulatory & Risk Management Indicator for the U.S. banking industry issued this week by Wolters Kluwer Financial Services indicated U.S. banks and credit unions are carrying a much heavier regulatory and risk management burden than they ... [Read More]
Credit Acceptance Posts Gains During Tax Season
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Since Credit Acceptance Corp., is planning to purchase up to 637,420 shares of its outstanding common stock later this month, the company offered some operating results for the two months of the year as the industry navigated through the peak ... [Read More]
CPS Finalizes 1st Securitization of 2014
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
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]
House Members Want More Access to CFPB Meetings
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
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]
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