AFSA & NIADA welcome halt of discretionary publication of complaint narratives & visualizations by CFPB
Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, 10:34 AM
Edmunds on depth of ‘The Vanishing Affordable Used Car’
Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, 10:17 AM
PODCAST: Additional insight into FTC’s move involving disparate impact from Hudson Cook
Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, 09:25 AM
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
PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor on intersection of payments & technology
PayNearMe recently shared new search, explaining that hidden costs sustained by auto lenders can show up as failed payments, borrower support calls, late payments, collections follow-up, reconciliation work and manual recovery effort. PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor elaborated about ... Listen Here
S&P/Experian: Auto Loan Defaults Decline
Nick Zulovich
NEW YORK — According to the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices, the auto loan default rate dropped from 1.45 percent in April to 1.34 percent in May. Moreover, first and second mortgage default rates decreased in May to 2.09 percent and ... [Read More]
Credit Acceptance Increases Credit Facility
Nick Zulovich
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — Credit Acceptance Corp. has extended the maturity and increased the amount of its revolving secured line of credit facility, as well as extended the date on which its $325 million revolving secured warehouse facility will cease to revolve. Credit Acceptance ... [Read More]
Hyundai Renews Partnership with Social Website to Help Consumers with Down Payments
Nick Zulovich
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. — In an effort to push the 2012 Accent and the rest of its new-model lineup, Hyundai Motor America renewed its partnership with Motozuma, a free social savings website where consumers can stash money to be used ... [Read More]
Finance Express Now Offers AutoCheck Reports Online
Nick Zulovich
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. — Taking its dealer suggestions seriously, Finance Express recently announced that Experian Automotive’s AutoCheck vehicle history reports will now be available through the company’s Internet-based dealer management system. "We take our dealers' suggestions very seriously, so ... [Read More]
PNC to Expand South with RBC Bank Purchase
Nick Zulovich
PITTSBURGH — PNC announced this week that it has reached a deal to purchase the U.S. arm of Royal Bank of Canada for $3.45 billion, or a $112 million discount on "tangible book value," according to management. With about $25 billion in ... [Read More]
Below Prime Auto Financing Conference: As the Market Comes Back, Auto Lenders Look to Grow
Nick Zulovich
FORT WORTH, Texas — Even though the industry is facing ever-increasing regulation thanks to the developing Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and all the rules this will likely entail, the atmosphere at this year's Below Prime Auto Financing Conference in Fort Worth, ... [Read More]
Chase Reaches Settlement with OCC
Nick Zulovich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — SubPrime Auto Finance News learned Wednesday that JP Morgan Chase & Co. has settled some challenges raised by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency over its auto finance credit tactics and credit tactics at two other ... [Read More]
DBRS: Auto ABS Performance Outshines Other Investment Segments During Recession
Nick Zulovich
NEW YORK — Evidently the portfolio assembled by auto lenders during the past five years generated stronger returns for Wall Street investors than other possibilities such as home mortgages. That's according to the assessment offered by DBRS in its latest ... [Read More]
Vehicle Acceptance Joins the NIADA National Member Benefit Program
Nick Zulovich
DALLAS — This week, Vehicle Acceptance Corp. joined the National Member Benefit Program orchestrated by the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association. The alignment is geared to provide association members with preferred access to capital and a professional collection efforts. VAC ... [Read More]
ABI Poll: One Director for Consumer Protection Bureau More Effective than Board
Nick Zulovich
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The American Bankruptcy Institute recently asked visitors to its website if the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would be more effective run by one director or a five-member board. Results from the ABI Quick Poll showed a ... [Read More]
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