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
TransUnion: 4Q National Auto Loan Delinquency Rate Flat
Nick Zulovich
CHICAGO — In a positive turn for auto lenders, TransUnion's quarterly analysis determined that the latest reading on the national 60-day auto delinquency rate — which is the ratio of loan borrowers 60 or more days past due — showed no change between ... [Read More]
ABI Notes Continuing Rise in Consumer Bankruptcies
Nick Zulovich
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The American Bankruptcy Institute determined Tuesday that 111,693 consumer bankruptcies were filed in February, according to data the firm reviewed from the National Bankruptcy Research Center. Institute officials calculated that last month's total represented a 14-percent increase nationwide ... [Read More]
GMAC Completes Sale of Insurance Business
Nick Zulovich
DETROIT — GMAC Financial Services announced Monday that it has completed the sale of its U.S. consumer property and casualty insurance business. The company noted that its dealer-related insurance business, which includes extended service contracts and insurance for dealer inventories, has ... [Read More]
AmeriCredit Increases and Extends Warehouse Credit Facility
Nick Zulovich
FORT WORTH, Texas — AmeriCredit Corp. announced Monday that it has expanded and extended its warehouse credit facility. The borrowing capacity available under the facility has now increased to $1.3 billion from $1 billion. AmeriCredit said the facility includes commitments from ... [Read More]
DBRS Assigns Ratings for Chrysler Financial, Ford Credit Trusts
Nick Zulovich
NEW YORK — This week, DBRS revealed ratings associated with Chrysler Financial and Ford Credit. According to DBRS, the assigned provisional ratings to the following classes issued by Chrysler Financial Lease Trust Series 2010-A are: —Series 2010-A Notes, Class A-1 rated ... [Read More]
Wachovia Dealer Services to Become Wells Fargo Dealer Services
Nick Zulovich
SAN FRANCISCO — Wachovia Dealer Services is changing its name to Wells Fargo Dealer Services on March 20, a company spokesperson told SubPrime Auto Finance News on Wednesday. "New name, same great relationship with our dealers. Our dealers can continue to ... [Read More]
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]
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]
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