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Sponsored Episode: Winning Trade-Ins and Trust – Navigating Today’s Affordability Challenges
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, 03:15 PM
Affordability challenges are reshaping the automotive landscape—vehicle prices and payments are at all-time highs and negative equity is on the rise. In this episode, Micah Tindor offers a data-driven conversation with real-world strategies around acquisition tactics and long-term profitability to ... Listen Here
Sponsored Episode: Winning Talent Strategies for Car Dealerships – with CDK & Industry Leaders
Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, 10:00 AM
In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, host Bruce Johnson from CDK sits down with Tyler Jones, President of EV Auto, and Joe Brown, CMO at Frank Leta, to explore proven strategies for attracting and retaining top talent ... Listen Here
Dissecting evolving credit scores with Shams Blanc of FICO
Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, 03:34 PM
As much as auto-finance underwriting has become sophisticated, a potential starting point to determine if the applicant will be offered an installment contract is the credit score. Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, described the ... Listen Here

As delinquency continues to rise, consumers’ view on buying vehicles deteriorates, too

Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, 10:21 AM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Signals about what happens before and after a vehicle is delivered and financed aren’t so rosy. Cox Automotive chief economist Jonathan Smoke pointed out that the initial October reading of consumer sentiment from the University of Michigan showed, “Consumers’ views ... [Read More]

Auto credit availability improves slightly again in September

Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, 11:52 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Perhaps because of automotive market and general economic turbulence, there might be some tightening of underwriting by finance companies. The Dealertrack Credit Availability Index showed that development has yet to come based on Cox Automotive data gathered in September. The ... [Read More]

More than 6 investors push $50M Series B funding into Yendo to grow beyond vehicle-secured credit card

Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, 10:04 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Loans connected with vehicle titles aren’t new. But Yendo announced a $50 million Series B funding round on Thursday to fuel its efforts to grow as a company that claims to be behind the first-ever vehicle-secured credit card. According to ... [Read More]

Top 10 states where rates on auto financing are rising most

NextGear Capital
Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, 11:46 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
For individuals residing in Wyoming, they’re having to “cowboy up” for their auto financing, according to new research shared on Thursday by WalletHub. WalletHub recently reported average interest rates on auto loans aren’t rising evenly across the country. To identify ... [Read More]

Bell & Williams taps RISC for compliance monitoring

Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, 01:27 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
According to a post on social media, Bell & Williams Associates has selected Recovery Industry Services Co. (RISC) as its exclusive partner for third-party recovery agent compliance monitoring. In a move that was effective Oct. 1, RISC will manage all ... [Read More]

Carputty launches Flexloan in partnership with Westlake to reach more non-prime consumers

Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, 11:28 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On Tuesday, Carputty announced the launch of Flexloan, a new product that the fintech company said “significantly expands” the namesake’s addressable market. In partnership with Westlake Direct, a division of Westlake Financial, Carputty has introduced Flexloan, which is a product ... [Read More]

Experts from Davis+Gilbert and McDonald Hopkins offer more analysis of Tricolor bankruptcy impact

Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, 11:27 AM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Experts are still trying to project how the dramatic bankruptcy filing by Tricolor Holdings is going to impact subprime auto finance for the remainder of the year and beyond. Legal practitioners from Davis+Gilbert and McDonald Hopkins each recently offered perspectives, ... [Read More]

AFSA urges CFPB to rescind larger participants rule for vehicle finance

CFPB building
Monday, Oct. 6, 2025, 11:58 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
American Financial Services Association general counsel Philip Bohi recently submitted a comment letter in response to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) on supervision of vehicle finance companies. AFSA recapped that the CFPB is allowed ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Cox Automotive’s Andy Mayers on opportunity in subprime & elsewhere in auto finance

Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, 10:52 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Andy Mayers sees opportunity in subprime and other parts of auto finance. The associate vice president of business operations for retail solutions with Cox Automotive explained his reasons during this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Mayers also mentioned another ... [Read More]

4 components of Protective Asset Protection’s revamped appearance coverage

Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, 10:51 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Sometimes a vehicle’s paint needs a touchup. That’s what Protective Asset Protection did with one of its F&I offerings. This week, Protection Asset Protection refreshed its paint and fabric product, which is now called Appearance Protection The company highlighted this ... [Read More]
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