AFSA & NIADA welcome halt of discretionary publication of complaint narratives & visualizations by CFPB
Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, 10:34 AM
Edmunds on depth of ‘The Vanishing Affordable Used Car’
Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, 10:17 AM
PODCAST: Additional insight into FTC’s move involving disparate impact from Hudson Cook
Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, 09:25 AM
Additional insight into FTC’s move involving disparate impact from Hudson Cook
The Federal Trade Commission recently announced it will not pursue claims based on disparate-impact or “unfair discrimination” theories. In this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Hudson Cook partners Erica Kramer and Rob Tilley offered some historical perspectives and a ... Listen Here
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
CFPB targets Experian via lawsuit over credit report errors
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
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’
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
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
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]
Open Lending certifies 1 millionth contract through Lenders Protection
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
It’s been a milestone week for Open Lending Corp., which announced the certification of the 1 millionth contract through its Lenders Protection decisioning engine. Company leadership said this achievement underscores Open Lending’s ongoing efforts to empower financial institutions to grow ... [Read More]
COMMENTARY: CFPB’s message is clear about product refunds
Rick Hackett
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently released a special edition of its Supervisory Highlights, focusing a substantial portion of the auto finance industry-specific report on a longstanding issue: the servicing of auto loans with ancillary or F&I products. The ... [Read More]
Federal & state regulators revisit elder financial exploitation
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
It might very well be the case that a 97-year-old consumer is applying for financing to take delivery of a $97,000 luxury SUV. Or it could be someone with illegal intentions trying to take advantage of that elderly individual. Last ... [Read More]
S&P Global Ratings offers 2025 forecast, answers worldwide economic questions
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Let’s take a worldwide economic outlook courtesy of S&P Global Ratings, which touched on both domestic and international trends that could eventually impact automotive financing and retailing. Analysts said last week that economic soft landings in many major economies and ... [Read More]
RouteOne co-founder joins Lender Compliance Technologies
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Lender Compliance Technologies (LCT) reinforced its executive team on Thursday as the previous Emerging 8 honoree continues to roll out Refund Control, a finance company-managed cloud platform for tracking and managing F&I product cancellations and consumer refunds. Joining LCT as ... [Read More]
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