Loan extensions keep climbing as repo agents now seeing ramifications
Thursday, Apr. 23, 2026, 10:24 AM
4 attorneys decipher developments since FTC sent letters to dealers nationwide
Friday, Apr. 24, 2026, 10:51 AM
VantageScore spots ‘subtle migration’ of consumers toward lower credit tiers in March
Monday, Apr. 27, 2026, 10:37 AM
Byron Oldham of Honest Autos & FIADA
Byron Oldham is president of the family-owned Honest Autos dealership and is president of the board at the Florida Independent Automobile Dealers Association. In this episode, Oldham talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about the upcoming Southeast ... Listen Here
Monday, Apr. 27, 2026, 07:47 PM
Automotive CFO-To-Go Kathi Kruse talks dealership finance, accounting in ‘lightning round’
Kathi Kruse, the Automotive CFO-To-Go who brings her financial expertise — born through years of experience as a dealership chief financial officer — to dealers needing help in that area, is back on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. In this episode, ... Listen Here
Sunday, Apr. 19, 2026, 04:27 AM
Talking about the car business in the US & Canada with Peter Smith of the Lion Partnership
As Cherokee Media Group was getting ready to host the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami, Peter Smith of the Lion Partnership spent some time with Nick Zulovich for this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Smith recapped some of ... Listen Here
Monday, Apr. 13, 2026, 03:50 PM
EFG: Dealers need to focus on controllable parts of their businesses
Wednesday, Jul. 31, 2024, 11:47 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
EFG Companies sees some market strength and positive economic and consumer trends. But the provider of protection products acknowledged there are ongoing vehicle price concerns and lingering inflation coupled with the heightened political climate. EFG said those are ingredients that ... [Read More]
Weltman celebrates opening of new offices near Clevelend
Wednesday, Jul. 31, 2024, 11:44 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co. hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony last week to celebrate the opening of its new offices near Cleveland. Gregory Kurtz, the mayor of Independence, Ohio, along with members of the city council, joined the festivities that also ... [Read More]
How industry is seeing down payments, potential for refinancing
Tuesday, Jul. 30, 2024, 11:59 AM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Jody Lambert acknowledged that it often is surprising when a sizeable down payment or trade-in value arrives as part of an application for auto financing. Lambert is vice president of dealer risk management for Anderson Brothers Bank, which is based ... [Read More]
SCM hires Van Scoyoc after 9 years with MBSi
Tuesday, Jul. 30, 2024, 11:37 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Secure Collateral Management (SCM) hired a new vice president of business development this week, welcoming a veteran executive who served in a similar capacity within the skip-tracing and repossession management solutions industry. Joining SCM’s executive team is Sam Van Scoyoc, ... [Read More]
NY Fed spots spike in auto finance rejections
Monday, Jul. 29, 2024, 11:40 AM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
It’s the heat of summer nationwide, but perhaps you could make the argument that things are frozen when considering auto financing and interest rates. Evidence of how frosty things might be within auto financing surfaced from the most recent findings ... [Read More]
Former iA American CRO joins RoadVantage as president
Friday, Jul. 26, 2024, 10:24 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
RoadVantage modified its leadership team in multiple ways this week, welcoming John Lutman as president of the F&I company, which offers a full portfolio of vehicle service contracts and ancillary products through certified agents. With Lutman coming aboard, RoadVantage slid ... [Read More]
AutoPayPlus sees client demand necessitate 30% growth in workforce
Friday, Jul. 26, 2024, 10:23 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
AutoPayPlus has good reasons to be in a celebratory mood this summer. The payment processing company recently hosted an employee gathering because AutoPayPlus’ workforce has grown by 30% year-over-year, sparked in part because of “innovative business process enhancements, increasing customer ... [Read More]
CFPB circular focuses on whistleblowing guidelines for financial institutions
Thursday, Jul. 25, 2024, 10:39 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is blowing a whistle, so to speak, about whistleblowing. On Wednesday, the bureau issued a circular to law enforcement agencies and regulators explaining how companies may be breaking the law by requiring employees to ... [Read More]
Loanbridge.AI & AutoSquared.AI partner to speed up repossessions & trim impound fees
Wednesday, Jul. 24, 2024, 11:35 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
With Cox Automotive chief economist Jonathan Smoke making note of them this week, vehicle repossessions might be an even higher priority for finance companies nowadays. To help with the situation, Loanbridge.AI and AutoSquared.AI reiterated their partnership is aimed to improve ... [Read More]
Cox Automotive: Average used APR up 80 basis points so far in July
Wednesday, Jul. 24, 2024, 11:33 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Cox Automotive chief economist Jonathan Smoke squeezed in an online video update about auto financing while also being a keynote presenter in San Antonio this week for the Texas Independent Automobile Dealers Association’s annual convention. Citing data collected via Dealertrack, ... [Read More]
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