5 components of Treasury Department’s National Strategy for Financial Inclusion
Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, 11:10 AM
Experts give auto-finance outlook after another Fed rate cut & Trump election victory
Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, 11:13 AM
Results & recommendations from federal audit of CFPB’s information security program
Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, 10:49 AM
Launcher & OTTOMOTO partner to streamline auto-finance originations
Monday, Sep. 23, 2024, 11:33 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Launcher, a technology provider specializing in automotive financing originations, announced a strategic integration partnership last week with OTTOMOTO, a dealer auto retail finance platform offering a full suite of desking tools. The companies highlighted the partnership allows finance companies using ... [Read More]
StoneEagle rolls out compliance offering for product refunds, hires Apicella as VP
Monday, Sep. 23, 2024, 11:32 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
StoneEagle recently revamped its leadership team, and last week, the F&I solutions provider ventured into the compliance business to offer cost-effective solutions for the benefit of the industry and consumers. As a part of StoneEagle’s enterprise solutions, the company that’s ... [Read More]
Safe-Guard’s leadership transition continues with new COO
Friday, Sep. 20, 2024, 10:20 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Less than a week after promoting two of its executives to be the company’s chief financial officer and chief risk officer, Safe-Guard Products International appointed its new chief operating officer on Thursday. Taking on the role for the provider of ... [Read More]
NAF Association highlights success of first C-Suite Retreat
Friday, Sep. 20, 2024, 10:18 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The National Automotive Finance Association celebrated the success of its newest in-person event — the C-Suite Retreat in San Antonio. The association highlighted its private gathering offered a rare opportunity for CEOs and senior leaders to collaborate on addressing the ... [Read More]
Experts project potential impact in auto after Fed’s 50-basis-point rate cut
Thursday, Sep. 19, 2024, 10:24 AM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
The interest-rate cut by the Federal Reserve finally came on Wednesday afternoon, and it was more than what many experts anticipated. Policymakers trimmed the federal funds rate by 50 basis points. But, unfortunately, don’t expect an avalanche of car buyers ... [Read More]
ARA reveals new executive director & director of commercial operations
Wednesday, Sep. 18, 2024, 02:08 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
American Recovery Association (ARA) now has more professionals in place to serve its membership of recovery and remarketing professionals. Cherokee Media Group previously learned ARA promoted Todd Squires to be its new executive director. And then the association announced on ... [Read More]
SAFCO makes another move, hiring new SVP of account services
Wednesday, Sep. 18, 2024, 10:58 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Southern Auto Finance Co. (SAFCO) continued its string of notable personnel and strategic moves on Tuesday. The latest action is hiring Noel Ortega as its new senior vice president of account services. Prior to joining SAFCO, Ortega served as senior ... [Read More]
Likely interest-rate cut arriving in soft economic environment revealed in AFSA credit index
Tuesday, Sep. 17, 2024, 11:38 AM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
An interest-rate cut is widely expected to arrive when the Federal Reserve announces its decision on Wednesday. But the current environment described by economic experts and research projects from the American Financial Services Association and KeyBank illustrated the significant headwinds ... [Read More]
Santander unveils expanded auto finance program to support ‘backbone of the US economy’
Monday, Sep. 16, 2024, 10:56 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
At a time when many auto finance companies are pulling back on credit availability, Santander Consumer USA rolled out an expanded program on Monday that’s tailored specifically to applicants who can have a great impact on the entire economy. Santander ... [Read More]
CFPB fines TD Bank nearly $28M over inaccurate information impacting consumer credit reports
Monday, Sep. 16, 2024, 10:55 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) levied some harsh allegations and nearly $28 million in fines and penalties against TD Bank. The regulator said the bank “repeatedly” shared inaccurate, negative information about its customers to consumer reporting companies, ... [Read More]