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SPONSORED EPISODE: Bracing for more than ‘portfolio stress’ with John Elias of Allied Solutions

Monday, Jun. 22, 2026, 07:11 PM

John Elias, sales specialist in auto finance business development with Allied Solutions, acknowledged lenders might be experiencing more than just “portfolio stress” since delinquencies, insurance costs, negative equity, and repossessions are all intensifying at the same time. Elias, who was ... Listen Here

Agora Data’s Matt Burke on becoming NAF Association president

Friday, Jun. 19, 2026, 01:00 AM

Agora Data’s Steve Burke was one of the founders of the National Automotive Finance Association 30 years ago. Now in 2026, Steve Burke’s son, Matt, not only is a top executive at Agora Data, but he is also now president ... Listen Here

Experian’s Melinda Zabritski discusses ongoing stretching of terms

Friday, Jun. 12, 2026, 09:35 AM

The latest appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast by Melinda Zabritski, Experian’s head of automotive financial insights and Automotive Intelligence Award recipient, focused on auto-loan terms, which oftentimes are at least 72 months nowadays. Zabritski also compared a data point ... Listen Here

3 new executives reinforce management as Veros Credit eyes more market share

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Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, 10:36 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Veros Credit on Monday recapped the addition of several key executives as part of its strategic initiative to expand operations and strengthen its presence across the United States. By leveraging cutting-edge systems and models to enhance the user experience of ... [Read More]

Open Lending partners with Point Predictive to boost underwriting in non-prime space

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Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, 10:35 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Open Lending recently formed a partnership with Point Predictive Designed to bring enhanced speed, security and performance to auto finance companies that want to book near-prime and non-prime paper, the service providers highlighted that the partnership integrates the capabilities of ... [Read More]

Onbe releases survey about refund processes amid CFPB examinations

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Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, 11:11 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

One of the processes to draw ire during examinations in the past year by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was refunds associated with voluntary protection products. This week, Onbe published its 2024 Auto Finance Payments Survey, exploring consumers’ refund preferences. ... [Read More]

Automotive Risk Management Partners tries to see potential positives from CARS Rule

Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, 11:00 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Oral arguments in the legal challenge to the Combating Auto Retail Scams (CARS) Rule were set to begin this week in New Orleans. Attorneys for the Federal Trade Commission, the National Automobile Dealers Association and the Texas Automobile Dealers Association ... [Read More]

Agora Data reveals 5 members of new financial institutions group

Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, 10:59 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Agora Data on Tuesday announced the formation of its new financial institutions group, which is tailored to serve finance companies that specialize in addressing the needs of the subprime to non-prime market. Agora Data said the division supports independent consumer ... [Read More]

CFPB’s newest Supervisory Highlights detail numerous ‘illegal practices’ in auto finance

Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, 10:11 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published a special edition of its Supervisory Highlights on Tuesday focused solely on auto finance. The regulator found numerous “illegal practices,” including vehicle repossessions even when the customers caught up on monthly payments or received ... [Read More]

CPS integrates with Informed.IQ’s Dealer Verify tool

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Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, 11:41 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Consumer Portfolio Services on Monday announced the successful integration of Informed.IQ’s Dealer Verify tool into its origination process. The subprime auto finance company said this advanced solution driven by artificial intelligence can enhance the dealer experience by automatically verifying stipulations, ... [Read More]

PayNearMe bolsters collaboration with PayPal

Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, 11:40 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Last week, PayNearMe announced an expansion of its strategic collaboration with PayPal. The companies highlighted that the expanded integration with PayPal’s full stack processing capabilities for both payments and disbursements into the PayNearMe platform can help increase reliability and expand ... [Read More]

FTC emphasizes relevance of Holder Rule nearly 50 years after implementation

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Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, 10:11 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

It’s been nearly 50 years since the Federal Trade Commission rolled out the Trade Regulation Rule Concerning Preservation of Consumers’ Claims and Defenses, better known in compliance circles as the Holder Rule. While much has developed in almost five decades ... [Read More]

Survey: 27% of consumers do not review their credit report annually

Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, 10:57 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

It’s nearly automatic that one of the first things a finance company does to examine an applicant is check the individual’s credit report. But consumers doing that process on their own doesn’t appear to be so habitual, as a new ... [Read More]

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