Time dwindling to submit public comments about House’s major CFPB reform proposal
Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, 11:19 AM
F&I Sentinel, Global Lending Services, CHAMP again among Inc. 5000
Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, 11:13 AM
Cox Automotive: Subprime share decreases again in July, as loan terms stay at all-time high
Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, 10:16 AM
Deeper dive into rising LTVs with TransUnion’s Satyan Merchant
One of the notable findings from TransUnion’s Q2 2026 Credit Industry Insights Report (CIIR) was how much loan-to-value ratios have changed in the past five years. Satyan Merchant, one of this year’s Automotive Intelligence Award recipients and senior vice president ... Listen Here
PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor on intersection of payments & technology
PayNearMe recently shared new search, explaining that hidden costs sustained by auto lenders can show up as failed payments, borrower support calls, late payments, collections follow-up, reconciliation work and manual recovery effort. PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor elaborated about ... Listen Here
Matt Babcock of Wolters Kluwer on how digital transformation continues to gain steam in auto financing
Matt Babcock, who heads up digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, returned for another visit on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Wolter Kluwer recently released its latest quarterly Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index. Babcock recapped the sustained upward trajectory the ... Listen Here
ARA and NFA Merge Into One Trade Association, Roll Out New Forwarding Co-op
Nick Zulovich
AUSTIN, Texas — In developments that likely will affect many repossession agencies, lenders' recovery departments and repo units coming down the lanes, the American Recovery Association and National Finance Adjusters merged into one trade association this week. Officials explained the ... [Read More]
TransUnion: Non-prime Originations, Delinquencies Rose During Second Half of 2012
Nick Zulovich
CHICAGO — While noticing a surge in non-prime originations, TransUnion came out Tuesday saying that the national auto loan delinquency rate moved higher to close 2012 but continued to remain near historic low levels. TransUnion determined the ratio of borrowers ... [Read More]
700Credit Announces Integration Partnership with ADAM Systems
Nick Zulovich
TORRANCE, Calif. — 700Credit, one of the nation's largest credit reporting agencies offering a suite of value-added compliance services to more than 4,000 dealers, recently formed an integration partnership with ADAM Systems. Officials explained this agreement will allow ADAM Systems ... [Read More]
NextGear Capital Closes $1.55 Billion Financing Securitization
Nick Zulovich
CARMEL, Ind. — NextGear Capital recently closed a $1.55 billion securitized bank facility. Led by the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, the company highlighted the two-year securitized facility provides flexibility and tremendous lending capacity through a large six bank syndicate. Executives noted ... [Read More]
Sonic Stretches F&I Revenue by Double-Digits; Lithia, Group 1 Looking for More
Nick Zulovich
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It was a busy year in the F&I office at Sonic Automotive dealerships, as the retailer increased revenue in the finance, insurance and other category by nearly 20 percent in 2012. Sonic closed the year by pushing ... [Read More]
Chase Auto Finance Taps New CEO
Nick Zulovich
NEW YORK — Chase Auto Finance appointed a new chief executive officer today, succeeding Marc Sheinbaum who has asked to pursue other opportunities. Moving into the role is Thasunda Brown Duckett who previously was part of Chase's consumer and community ... [Read More]
CNW: February Subprime Approvals on Softening Trend
Nick Zulovich
BANDON, Ore. — While approvals for subprime deals is one of the factors that appears to be taking some steam out of new-vehicle sales momentum this month, CNW Research also noticed that the percentage of used-vehicle contracts with buyers having ... [Read More]
Car-Mart Grows Q3 Sales by 16 Percent as Competition Heightens
Nick Zulovich
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — As more lenders are buying deeper into subprime pools, buy-here, pay-here dealership chain America's Car-Mart managed to post a 16-percent increase in the number of units sold during the third quarter of its fiscal year. Car-Mart turned ... [Read More]
DealerCenter, IADAC Complete Co-Marketing Agreement
Nick Zulovich
LOS ANGELES — In a state where more regulation went into place this year specifically targeted at buy-here, pay-here stores, Nowcom Corp.'s DealerCenter and the Independent Automobile Dealers Association of California announced today that they have entered into a memorandum ... [Read More]
Report: CFPB Set to Sue Four Banks Over Auto Lending
Nick Zulovich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In what the compliance counsel from Dealertrack Technologies cautioned might be coming, an online report earlier this week said the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has told at least four banks that it may sue them over vehicle ... [Read More]
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