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SPONSORED EPISODE: Allied Solutions explains why origination is episodic, but servicing is continuous
John Elias, sales specialist in auto finance business development for Allied Solutions, is back as the guest for another sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Elias explains why current market conditions, affordability pressures and changing vehicle values are combining ... Listen Here
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

3 segments potentially ripe for auto refinancing

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
According to Experian’s State of the Automotive Finance Market Report: Q1 2026, the industry has generated at least 111,000 refinanced contracts during each of the past five quarters. And iLending sees the prospect for future refinancing volume might be even ... [Read More]

Cox Automotive finds ‘most forward-looking development’ of latest Fed activities

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Cox Automotive chief economist Jeremy Robb took a few days to react to the first interest-rate decision made by the Federal Reserve led by new chair Kevin Warsh. And what the new Fed leader pledged to do has Robb upbeat ... [Read More]

How auto performed in May within ‘resilient consumer credit landscape’

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Amid “a resilient consumer credit landscape,” the latest edition of CreditGauge from VantageScore showed the average auto loan balance in May rose to $25.100, increasing modestly month-over-month and 2.5% year-over-year. Analysts also indicated the balance-to-loan ratio ticked up 0.13% to ... [Read More]

Wayne Ray fills newly created position of CEO for ARA

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Public and private companies of all sizes sometimes have a chief executive officer. A few industry associations do, too. Count the American Recovery Association in this group, as well. ARA president Todd Case announced on Tuesday the creation of the ... [Read More]

Inaugural auto ABS ‘validates thesis’ for Arra Finance

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Arra Finance used some terminology from academia on Tuesday when announcing the successful closing of its inaugural auto receivables asset-backed securitization transaction. The nonprime auto finance company said the 4(a)(2) transaction was co-sponsored by a fund managed by Obra Capital, ... [Read More]

COMMENTARY: Why credit scores become an immigrant’s first test of trust

Pallawi Uday Singh
One of the strangest parts of moving to a new country is realizing how quickly your past stops mattering in practical ways. When entering a system like the United States, you can arrive with years of education, work experience, savings, ... [Read More]

Equifax sees auto lenders looking to subprime for growth opportunities

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
As total outstanding balances and accounts moved in opposite directions, Will Holleman highlighted notable trends specific to subprime auto financing contained in the Equifax May 2026 Credit Trends report released this week. The vice president of sales for auto at ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Agora Data’s Matt Burke on becoming NAF Association president

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Agora Data’s Steve Burke was one of the founders of the National Automotive Finance Association 30 years ago. Now in 2026, Steve Burke’s son, Matt, not only is a top executive at Agora Data, but he is also president of ... [Read More]

Dealers already wary about interest-rate impact watch Fed pass on chance for adjustment

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Q2 2026 Cox Automotive Dealer Sentiment Index (CADSI) released just after Memorial Day showed operators’ outlook weakened sharply with economic conditions remaining the primary concern. And perhaps that concern intensified on Wednesday when the Federal Reserve voted unanimously to ... [Read More]

ANV Group Holdings to take Open Lending private via all-cash tender offer

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Open Lending is set to gain new ownership through a move that will take the risk analytics solutions provider for financial institutions to being a private company. ANV Group Holdings, a global insurance intermediary platform, announced on Tuesday that it ... [Read More]

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