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
DealerTrack Discusses 4Q, Full-Year Performance, 2010 Outlook
Nick Zulovich
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. — DealerTrack executives remained upbeat about their company's financial standing despite some year-over-year softening in revenue and income. When discussing fourth quarter data, DealerTrack indicated that revenue to close 2009 came in at $53.2 million as compared to ... [Read More]
GMAC: IPO Could Be Possible in Next Two Years
Nick Zulovich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As GMAC's chief executive officer and chief financial officer get ready to testify before a Congressional Oversight Panel today, the executives said in prepared remarks that if GMAC had not received access to government funds that many GM ... [Read More]
AVAbahn Integrates Wolter Kluwer Financial Tools into DMS
Nick Zulovich
MINNEAPOLIS — AVAbahn, a provider of Microsoft-based solutions and services for dealers, recently announced it is incorporating Wolters Kluwer Financial Services' vehicle retail installment contracts and DocOne printing engine into the dealer management system for Microsoft Dynamics AX. AVAbahn highlighted that ... [Read More]
NowAuto Group: Challenge Remains on Collections
Nick Zulovich
PHOENIX — NowAuto Group executives recently shared the reasons why their charge-offs and defaults improved significantly during the fiscal second quarter over the prior quarter and prior year. NowAuto found that charge-offs and defaults in the quarter that ended on Dec. 31 dropped ... [Read More]
CNW: Lease Penetration to Reach 25 Percent This Year
Nick Zulovich
BANDON, Ore. — Reviewing both open and closed-end leases from dealers and third-party lessors, such as banks, CNW Research discovered that the automaker with the largest market share is Ford. Ford trucks apparently account for more than 8.6 percent of lessees ... [Read More]
DealerTrack to Host Free Webinar Thursday
Nick Zulovich
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. — DealerTrack will be hosting a Webinar on Thursday to highlight and discuss all its new offerings which were unveiled at the National Automobile Dealers Association Convention in Orlando, Fla. Topics will include: —Retrieve critical appraisal data within seconds ... [Read More]
NAF Association to Host Webinar with Experian
Nick Zulovich
HANOVER, Md. — The National Automotive Finance Association revealed plans for a Webinar featuring Melinda Zabritski, director of automotive credit for Experian Automotive. The Webinar titled, "A Special Review of the Below-Prime Automotive Finance Market," is scheduled for Feb. 23 beginning ... [Read More]
CMSI, Black Book Partner to Provide Valuations for Portfolios
Nick Zulovich
COLUMBIA, Md. — Credit Management Solutions and Black Book revealed an agreement to provide CMSI eXchange with what executives described as an affordable, monthly valuation and analytics service for auto portfolios. Officials went on to highlight that the timely and accurate ... [Read More]
Zoombak to Improve Tracking via Cell Tower Data
Nick Zulovich
NEW YORK — This morning, Zoombak announced the coming launch of Locate Assist, which by utilizing cell tower data gives dealers another way of tracking units under the company's GPS Recovery Finance Track Buy-Here, Pay-Here product. Basically, if a Zoombak device ... [Read More]
How Did BHPH Dealers Fare in 2009?
Nick Zulovich
HOUSTON — As I reviewed the year-end results of buy-here, pay-here operators throughout the nation, I noticed that 2009 produced some diverse results. Although my analysis (preparatory to compiling the industry benchmarks) is still in progress, here are some preliminary observations: ... [Read More]
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