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
Alfa Recon leverages AI to strengthen data migration
Monday, May. 18, 2026, 11:11 AM
Dealer group C-suite executives examine role of AI at auto retailers
Monday, May. 18, 2026, 10:23 AM
Dealers look to AI for customer experience boost
Monday, May. 18, 2026, 10:10 AM
Explaining lead deterioration & performance-based marketing for dealerships
We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. AutoWeb / UsedCars.com president and COO Dan Ingle tackled ... Listen Here
Tuesday, May. 19, 2026, 02:02 PM
Navigating used-car inventory management with John Ellis of Agile Auto
We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. Agile Auto founder and CEO John Ellis acknowledged inventory ... Listen Here
Tuesday, May. 19, 2026, 01:58 PM
Flipping EV battery risk into faster sales
We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. AVILOO chief executive officer Brett Lippel focused on what ... Listen Here
Monday, May. 18, 2026, 07:49 PM
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]
Line\5 & MenuMetric integrate to streamline F&I product selection
Monday, Jul. 15, 2024, 11:15 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Line\5 announced a new integration with MenuMetric last week in a move the service providers said can generate a seamless and efficient experience for both dealerships and their customers. This strategic partnership aims to enhance the efficiency of F&I product ... [Read More]
Dealertrack index for June shows more credit tightening
Thursday, Jul. 11, 2024, 10:42 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
First, Edmunds highlighted how much negative equity and lengthening terms surfaced within auto financing booked during the second quarter. Then, Cox Automotive pointed out how difficult it might have been to get approved for auto financing at all last month. ... [Read More]
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