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
Top 10 vehicles that end up being totaled following crashes
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A metric that finance companies often watch is the number of vehicles in their portfolio that become a total loss when involved in a crash. Levine and Wiss — a personal injury attorney law firm in New York — recently ... [Read More]
Rhode Island AG continues active pursuit of dealerships with $1M settlement
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Six more dealerships reached an agreement with the Rhode Island attorney general to settle allegations of deceptive sales practices in the finance office. The settlement announced in August has the dealerships paying more than $1 million in refunds and penalties. ... [Read More]
AFSA asks NH officials to delay major changes to auto financing processes
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, the American Financial Services Association followed up on its letter to New Hampshire Banking Commission with a petition to state officials asking for a delay of major restructuring of documents associated with the financing and retailing of vehicles ... [Read More]
Longtime Bank of America exec joins Millennium as COO
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Millennium Capital and Recovery Corp. named its new chief operating officer on Wednesday, selecting former Bank of America senior vice president Don Gordon for the role. The provider of nationwide asset recovery management, skip-tracing and remarketing said Gordon will lead ... [Read More]
Consumer advocates urge CFPB to keep digging with Auto Finance Data Pilot
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In June, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau shared seven initial findings from its Auto Finance Data Pilot, deployed in February 2023. A trio of consumer advocates believe the CFPB’s work on this project is far from complete. Those organizations recently ... [Read More]
Near- and Non-Prime Consumer Update reiterates ongoing affordability challenges
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Open Lending Corp. shared more research on Tuesday reinforcing the affordability dilemma many consumers are facing when securing reliable transportation, especially individuals who fall in the near- and non-prime credit tiers. Using AutoCreditInsight data, Open Lending compiled another Near- and ... [Read More]
S&P Global Ratings sees history repeating itself within subprime ABS
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Share a conversation with an executive who has been in subprime auto finance for a decade or two and likely the professional will say, “Yes, I’ve seen that before,” at some point during the exchange. The latest research of managed ... [Read More]
2 studies determine cities & states struggling most with auto delinquency & personal finances
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Separate studies recently released by WalletHub and The Stock Dork compiled lists of cities where auto finance delinquencies are increasing and decreasing the most, as well as states where consumers struggle with personal finances the most. To assemble its analysis ... [Read More]
Former CARFAX manager joins AutoPayPlus
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
AutoPayPlus expanded its sales team this week, adding Averi Tucker as agency development manager. A child of the industry, AutoPayPlus highlighted Tucker grew up in her father’s dealership, giving her a deep-rooted understanding of the automotive world. Taking on many ... [Read More]
‘Buckle up’ amid volatility in labor market & elsewhere
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Twice during a nine-minute video presentation this week, Cox Automotive chief economist Jonathan Smoke suggested auctions, dealerships, finance companies and other operations involved with cars nowadays should “buckle up.” Especially considering the soft metrics coming from the labor market, with ... [Read More]
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