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
Westlake Launches Business Unit to Acquire Portfolios
Nick Zulovich
LOS ANGELES — Westlake Financial Services announced late last week that it has created a new division to specialize in portfolio acquisition services. The company is willing to buy from dealerships, brokers and finance companies looking to sell all or part ... [Read More]
Santander Can Now Instantly Verify Consumer Info to Speed up Loan Process
Nick Zulovich
VIENNA, Va., and DALLAS — Through a new deal, Santander Consumer USA can now instantly verify name, address and phone numbers of consumers sharing information via their local dealer or at RoadLoans.com. To complete this verification, Santander Consumer USA teamed up ... [Read More]
Wolters Kluwer Introduces CompliSource for BHPH Financing
Nick Zulovich
MINNEAPOLIS — Wolters Kluwer Financial Services announced this week that it has added a new resource for buy-here, pay-here dealers to its CompliSource solution. CompliSource for Buy-Here, Pay-Here Financing can offer comprehensive compilations of information available about current state laws and ... [Read More]
Shilson Offers Sneak Peek at BHPH Industry Benchmarks
Nick Zulovich
HOUSTON — Ken Shilson, founder of the National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers, recently completed the latest industry benchmarks and shared some of the results with SubPrime Auto Finance News. According to Shilson, 2009 was a very challenging year. "A credit ... [Read More]
BarNone Unveils New Campaign to Drive Strong Leads to Dealers
Nick Zulovich
OAKLAND, Calif. — BarNone, a provider of special finance leads, recently launched a new per-lead national television advertising campaign; however, the company pointed out that it is compensated only for each applicant it drives to a dealer. BarNone explained how its campaign will ... [Read More]
VINtek Broadens Accessibility of Online Tax, Tag, Title Calculator
Nick Zulovich
PHILADELPHIA — VINtek recently expanded the availability of its interactive, real-time tax, tag and title fee calculator. Previously only accessible by lenders, dealers and consumers now can use the tool through the launch of www.taxandtags.com. Previously, the company noted that this ... [Read More]
NADA, AFSA Stand Up in Support of Dealers, Lenders
Nick Zulovich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Automobile Dealers Association, along with other commercial lending executives representing four major banks, met with the Small Business Administration recently to discuss ways to make the SBA's dealer floor plan pilot program more effective. The association ... [Read More]
Are Auto Lenders Returning to Some of the Same Practices that Caused Their Instability?
Nick Zulovich
DETROIT — Many lenders are apparently returning to some of the some practices that played a role in their financial instability, such as zero-percent financing, low down payments and more, according to Sudarshan Mhatre, senior analyst with PricewaterhouseCoopers' Autofacts. He also ... [Read More]
Nationwide Acceptance Finishes DealerTrack Integration
Nick Zulovich
CHICAGO — Nationwide Acceptance Corp. recently completed integration with DealerTrack, meaning that dealers can now process credit applications electronically to Nationwide through the DealerTrack platform. "We are very excited to integrate with one of the nation's premier platforms for dealers to ... [Read More]
Saab Dealers to Continue Relationship with GMAC
Nick Zulovich
DETROIT — Now an independent company, Saab Automobile announced Monday that it has selected GMAC Financial Services as its preferred provider of wholesale and retail financial services for its qualified Saab dealers and customers throughout the world. The automaker's dealers already ... [Read More]
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