Time dwindling to submit public comments about House’s major CFPB reform proposal
Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, 11:19 AM
F&I Sentinel, Global Lending Services, CHAMP again among Inc. 5000
Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, 11:13 AM
Cox Automotive: Subprime share decreases again in July, as loan terms stay at all-time high
Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, 10:16 AM
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
Matt Babcock of Wolters Kluwer on how digital transformation continues to gain steam in auto financing
Matt Babcock, who heads up digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, returned for another visit on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Wolter Kluwer recently released its latest quarterly Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index. Babcock recapped the sustained upward trajectory the ... Listen Here
DriveTime Unveils Exchange Offer for Senior Secured Notes
Nick Zulovich
PHOENIX — DriveTime Automotive Group and DT Acceptance Corp., announced this week the start of an exchange offer for $151 million aggregate principal amount of their outstanding 12.625-percent Senior Secured Notes due in 2017. The decision also includes the guarantees ... [Read More]
GM Financial: GM Financing & Leasing Reaches Almost 40% of Quarterly Originations
Nick Zulovich
FORT WORTH, Texas — GM Financial revealed Wednesday that loan and lease financing on new General Motors vehicles accounted for 38.8 percent of the company's quarterly origination volume, compared to 19 percent in the previous quarter. Loan originations for the quarter ... [Read More]
Huntington Auto Finance Supports Japan Recovery
Nick Zulovich
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Huntington Auto Finance recently announced that it will make a donation for every auto loan booked through its dealership partners — up to $100,000 — to the Japanese Red Cross Society. Donations will be made in the names of the ... [Read More]
Hudson Cook Partner to Discuss e-Auto Loan Processes
Nick Zulovich
BALTIMORE — eOriginal, a vaulted repository, electronic signature and transaction management solution provider, is bringing together a partner from Hudson Cook and the president of Connections Insights for an auto finance Webinar. These experts plan to discuss how electronic signatures ... [Read More]
Santander Adopts NAAA’s National Certification Standards
Nick Zulovich
DALLAS — Santander Consumer USA revealed this week it has adopted the National Auto Auction Association's Silver National Certification Standard for finance company vehicles sold at auctions nationwide. Santander recapped that this wholesale certification program introduced by NAAA in January ... [Read More]
Ally: Leasing Grows to 16%, While Used Originations Climb to 17%
Nick Zulovich
NEW YORK — In reporting its preliminary first-quarter results, Ally Financial announced that its auto originations from continuing operations soared 75 percent for the first quarter to $14.3 billion, compared to $8.2 billion in the previous year. First-quarter consumer originations included ... [Read More]
Experian to Break Out BHPH Demographics at NABD 2011
Nick Zulovich
HOUSTON — The National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers announced this week that an Experian credit expert will be on hand at its annual event to break out the BHPH marketplace, number of dealers and largest stats for BHPH financing. Melinda ... [Read More]
Huntington’s Double-Digit Auto Loan Climb Boosts 1Q Gains
Nick Zulovich
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Along with offering forecasts about how it might fare later in the year, Huntington Bancshares recently revealed that it opened 2011 with a 13-percent jump in auto loans year-over-year, helping its first-quarter net income total climb to ... [Read More]
CPS Details Year’s First Asset-Backed Securitization
Nick Zulovich
IRVINE, Calif. — Consumer Portfolio Services announced this week the closing of its first rated term securitization of the year. The company highlighted the transaction is CPS' second senior subordinate securitization since 1993. In the transaction, executives explained qualified institutional ... [Read More]
Nicholas Financial to Remain Standalone Company
Nick Zulovich
CLEARWATER, Fla. — After being approached about potentially being acquired, Nicholas Financial began a strategic review of its business model to decide the best course of action. With the analysis now complete, management revealed the best course of action for shareholders ... [Read More]
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