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This Month's Focus

Artificial Intelligence

Alfa Recon leverages AI to strengthen data migration

Monday, May. 18, 2026, 11:11 AM

Alfa, provider of Alfa Systems, strengthened its data migration toolbox last week with the launch of Alfa Recon, a new artificial intelligence-enabled reconciliation module. Designed to help customers migrate legacy data and acquired portfolios to Alfa Systems more quickly, more ... Read More

Dealer group C-suite executives examine role of AI at auto retailers

Monday, May. 18, 2026, 10:23 AM

Artificial intelligence in auto retail, says Zeigler Auto Group chief operating officer Sam D’Arc, is in a similar place as digital retail was 4-5 years ago. There’s a lot of excitement, but perhaps not a complete understanding of how AI ... Read More

Dealers look to AI for customer experience boost

Monday, May. 18, 2026, 10:10 AM

Sam D’Arc doesn’t remember what his query was when he first used ChatGPT, but the response was fast and accurate. “It caused a little bit of awe and surprise in how well it extracted information into the answer to the ... Read More

Explaining lead deterioration & performance-based marketing for dealerships

Tuesday, May. 19, 2026, 02:02 PM

We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. AutoWeb / UsedCars.com president and COO Dan Ingle tackled ... Listen Here

Navigating used-car inventory management with John Ellis of Agile Auto

Tuesday, May. 19, 2026, 01:58 PM

We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. Agile Auto founder and CEO John Ellis acknowledged inventory ... Listen Here

Flipping EV battery risk into faster sales

Monday, May. 18, 2026, 07:49 PM

We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. AVILOO chief executive officer Brett Lippel focused on what ... Listen Here

NADA cheers bill provision impacting CARS Rule implementation

NIADA gearing up for annual Capitol Hill event

Monday, Jun. 10, 2024, 10:40 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) had something to celebrate last week on Capitol Hill. NADA explained that what triggered the cheers was the passage of the fiscal year 2025 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) appropriations bill by the ... [Read More]

Former NAFCU president & CEO joins Open Lending as strategic advisor

AutoCanada Announces Board Appointments

Tuesday, Jun. 4, 2024, 12:43 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The largest portion of Open Lending’s client base consists of credit unions. The company’s newest advisor knows that segment of financial institutions quite well. This week, the auto financing facilitator and provider of risk analytics solutions announced Dan Berger, former ... [Read More]

F&I product survey: Price, availability, budget remain top of mind for consumers

700Credit rolls out driver’s license authentication integration with iTapMenu

Tuesday, Jun. 4, 2024, 10:02 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Protective Asset Protection released findings on Tuesday from its latest survey conducted to better understand consumer perspectives on automotive F&I products, as well as the factors that impact F&I purchase decisions when shopping for a vehicle at a dealership. This ... [Read More]

FTC sends annual report to CFPB recapping activities regarding financial acts

FTC sends annual report to CFPB recapping activities regarding financial acts

Monday, Jun. 3, 2024, 10:41 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Last week, the Federal Trade Commission provided its annual report to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on its enforcement and related activities in 2023 on the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), Consumer Leasing Act (CLA), and Electronic Fund Transfer Act ... [Read More]

Experts on ‘mixed picture’ of consumer & economic trends

Agora Data gains $400M in funding capacity

Friday, May. 31, 2024, 11:02 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Experts at Comerica Bank, Cox Automotive and the University of Michigan all tried this week to decipher economic conditions and sentiments of consumers and policymakers. The general conclusion? “This week’s economic data shows a mixed picture,” Cox Automotive chief economist ... [Read More]

Dissecting Experian’s newest data on delinquency

Dissecting Experian’s newest data on delinquency

Thursday, May. 30, 2024, 11:24 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Experian’s State of the Automotive Finance Market Report: Q1 2024 showed year-over-year increases in both 30- and 60-day delinquency rates. Perhaps what might be a more useful assessment is how those rates are both lower compared to the first quarter ... [Read More]

Next Weltman webinar to focus on how bankruptcy impacts collateral recovery

Next Weltman webinar

Wednesday, May. 29, 2024, 12:01 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Webinars hosted by Weltman, Weinberg & Reis are designed to deliver year-round educational content, specific to creditors’ rights throughout numerous focus areas. The next one in the series titled, “Coffee With Casey,” features shareholder and the firm’s Chicago office managing ... [Read More]

Longtime Cox expert joins F&I Sentinel as chief product officer

Another former Manheim Canada exec joins Otolane

Wednesday, May. 29, 2024, 11:57 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The blending of former Cox Automotive resources at F&I Sentinel continued Wednesday, this time on the personnel front. The risk-management solutions provider for F&I products in the automotive finance industry announced that Kat Venner-Fowler has joined the company as chief ... [Read More]

AutoPayPlus promotes 2 key executives in operations & analytics

Wednesday, May. 29, 2024, 11:55 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

AutoPayPlus recently promoted two of its executives, elevating Amilcar Matus to senior director of operations, while Carl Moore was named senior director of CRM and data analytics. The payment processing company said the moves strengthens its leadership structure to better ... [Read More]

Fitch: Subprime ABS performance suffers from soft tax-refund bounce back

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Friday, May. 24, 2024, 09:25 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Fitch Ratings offered some sullen — and perhaps not surprising to some executives — metrics and observations about U.S. subprime auto ABS performance. Analysts reported on Thursday that performance continues to weaken, with delinquencies and losses trending higher and recovery ... [Read More]

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