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
Wolters Kluwer Unveils Indirect Lending Directory
Nick Zulovich
MINNEAPOLIS — Wolters Kluwer Financial Services is looking to help dealerships connect with more lending sources through its new Indirect Lending Directory. The listing contains lenders that accept and use the company's retail installment contracts to document the financing of ... [Read More]
Triad Veterans Launch CarFinance Capital
Nick Zulovich
IRVINE, Calif. — Several industry veterans behind Triad Financial recently banded together to launch a new non-prime auto finance lender, CarFinance Capital. Based in California, the company will first launch on the West Coast, expand to Texas in June and then continue ... [Read More]
ABI: April Bankruptcy Level Marks Month-Over-Month and Year-Over-Year Drops
Nick Zulovich
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — American Bankruptcy Institute officials determined April's consumer bankruptcies dropped both month-over-month and year-over-year. According to data from the National Bankruptcy Research Center, there were 134,720 consumer bankruptcy filings in April. ABI indicated that this amount was 7 ... [Read More]
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]
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