Discover how Tracy Honda is outperforming its market by leveraging AI-powered auto financing to drive faster approvals and close more...
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TruDecision’s Parry defends current status of subprime auto finance
Monday, May. 11, 2026, 11:52 AM
Metrics that formed April’s Dealertrack Credit Availability Index ‘masked a more complex picture’
Tuesday, May. 12, 2026, 10:08 AM
NAF Association reveals next recipients of Jack Tracey Pinnacle Award & Summit Leadership Award
Friday, May. 8, 2026, 10:56 AM
This Month's Focus
Artificial Intelligence
EY study shows Canadians still cautious about AI but using it more for everyday activities
Monday, May. 11, 2026, 03:00 PM
Carfluent’s new AI tool helps dealerships beat aggregators in searches
Monday, May. 11, 2026, 09:51 AM
ChatGPT app represents the latest step in CarMax’s ongoing AI evolution
Monday, May. 11, 2026, 09:45 AM
Tiger Okeley describes what it’s like for BHPH dealers during another turbulent year
Tiger Okeley is the executive board member of Oak Motors, a buy-here, pay-here dealership that’s been in business for more than 40 years in central Indiana. Having seen boom times, recessions, and more, Okeley shared his insight to help owners ... Listen Here
Tuesday, May. 12, 2026, 01:47 PM
SPONSORED EPISODE: Know your Buyer & Grow your Lot
In this insightful episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Auto Trader and KBB executives Elizabeth Stegall and David Lumpkin share findings gleaned from Cox Automotive’s unique research into shoppers who buy from Independent Dealers. Learn how shifting buyer expectations connect ... Listen Here
Tuesday, May. 12, 2026, 09:20 AM
FICO’s Shams Blanc on lenders sharpening underwriting & more
Fresh off being in Miami as part of the Used Car Industry Summit that Cherokee Media Group hosted this spring, Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, appeared again on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Blanc discussed ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Apr. 29, 2026, 03:54 PM
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]
Resource Hub
Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business
The AI Dealer Playbook: 5 Questions to Ask Before You Buy AI
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping dealership operations by automating communication, improving workflows, and supporting staff with tools like copilots and...
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Speaking the Same Language: How Dealers Structure Capital for Real Estate and Growth
Why Capital Structures Matters in Today’s Market Dealers actively expanding or acquiring real estate are often constrained not by opportunity—but...
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Dealer Playbook: 5 Takeaways for Auto Retailers Using AI
The May issue of Auto Remarketing — “Shifting Gears: AI’s Role in Retail Automotive” — explores how top auto retailers...
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How TO Maximize Your Digital Sales!
How much revenue is slipping through the cracks in your digital sales process? Our latest guide reveals the most common...
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Loan Origination Automation Guidelines for Modern Lenders
Lenders are under pressure to move faster, handle higher volumes, and reduce manual tasks. Automation can help, but only if...
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Turn Service Visits Into Sales Growth: A GM’s Checklist
Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
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Glenview Finance rolls out eContracting platform
Tuesday, Jul. 23, 2024, 11:30 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Glenview Finance’s Credit Builder subprime financing platform recently debuted its new eContracting system. The company said it’s a comprehensive solution that can have deals funded in less than an hour. Glenview Finance sees this new system as dramatically improving the ... [Read More]
Finance companies facing ‘tough’ credit conditions, too
Monday, Jul. 22, 2024, 12:03 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Dealertrack regularly watches what conditions are like for consumers to obtain auto financing; a landscape that’s been tightening in recent months.
What about the credit environment for finance companies to get the resources they need to book originations? Especially in the non-prime and subprime spaces?
While perhaps an interest rate reprieve is arriving sometime this year, Kyle Birch, who is president of North America operations at GM Financial, described the rough sledding the industry is experiencing ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Latest views on fraud & ransomware with Point Predictive’s Frank McKenna
Friday, Jul. 19, 2024, 10:17 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Point Predictive’s Frank McKenna returned for another episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast for a discussion about what’s happening on the fraud front. McKenna recapped his keynote appearance at this year’s Non-Prime Auto Financing Conference hosted by the NAF Association ... [Read More]
Kontos: ‘Inflation dragon has not been slain’
Thursday, Jul. 18, 2024, 11:08 AM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
While members of the Federal Reserve spoke publicly this week about movements associated with inflation and data that’s indicating them, ADESA chief economist Tom Kontos was a little more hesitant when giving his assessment about inflation to Cherokee Media Group. ... [Read More]
ARA reacts to Supreme Court overturning Chevron Doctrine
Wednesday, Jul. 17, 2024, 02:02 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The American Recovery Association board sent an industry message this week, reacting to the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision overturning what’s been widely known in legal circles as the Chevron Doctrine. ARA first gave a brief explanation of what the Chevron ... [Read More]
Hellman & Friedman becomes majority investor in Safe-Guard
Wednesday, Jul. 17, 2024, 11:05 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Safe-Guard Products International announced this week that it has closed on a majority investment from Hellman & Friedman, one of the world’s largest private equity firms. Specific financial details were not included in a news release from the provider of ... [Read More]
F&I Sentinel partners with defi SOLUTIONS, helping mutual clients with compliance needs
Wednesday, Jul. 17, 2024, 11:04 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
F&I Sentinel finalized a partnership with defi SOLUTIONS on Tuesday in a move designed to increase efficiency and accuracy through automation, while improving F&I product compliance for auto finance companies, dealers and product providers. Through the partnership, defi XLOS and ... [Read More]
US Court of Appeals sets time for CARS Rule arguments
Monday, Jul. 15, 2024, 11:17 AM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Hudson Cook partner Eric Johnson made a clever quip on LinkedIn late last week. “So, Friday is typically a slow news day? Think again,” Johnson wrote in this post because the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit closed ... [Read More]
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