Auto Finance News

Auto Remarketing AR Canada Subprime News BHPH Report Auto Fin Journal
EMAIL SIGNUP CMG PREMIUM LOGIN
X
This Month's Focus

Artificial Intelligence
Presented by
CARS Protection Plus taps Circuitry.ai Warranty Decision Intelligence to help adjusters resolve claims faster
Wednesday, May. 6, 2026, 10:38 AM
Here’s an example from the car-warranty industry where companies are leveraging artificial intelligence to help people, not replace them. On Tuesday, CARS Protection Plus, a provider of vehicle service contracts, announced it has gone live with Circuitry.ai’s Warranty Decision Intelligence ... Read More
DealerOn’s dual launch includes AI search visibility platform, ‘intelligent layer’ touching full dealership
Tuesday, May. 5, 2026, 03:28 PM
DealerOn has done NASA one better. While the space agency recently launched the first astronauts to visit the moon in more than 50 years, the provider of auto dealership websites and digital sales and marketing technology boasted two launches on ... Read More
Newest Experian tool designed to reduce risk within AI-driven commerce
Monday, May. 4, 2026, 11:19 AM
Experian found another way to connect people and technology. And the newest tool emphasizes the component of a transaction including a real person. Last week, the company launched Experian Agent Trust, a framework that designed to establish a secure, verifiable ... Read More
FICO’s Shams Blanc on lenders sharpening underwriting & more
Wednesday, Apr. 29, 2026, 03:54 PM
Fresh off being in Miami as part of the Used Car Industry Summit that Cherokee Media Group hosted this spring, Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, appeared again on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Blanc discussed ... Listen Here
Byron Oldham of Honest Autos & FIADA
Monday, Apr. 27, 2026, 07:47 PM
Byron Oldham is president of the family-owned Honest Autos dealership and is president of the board at the Florida Independent Automobile Dealers Association. In this episode, Oldham talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about the upcoming Southeast ... Listen Here
Automotive CFO-To-Go Kathi Kruse talks dealership finance, accounting in ‘lightning round’
Sunday, Apr. 19, 2026, 04:27 AM
Kathi Kruse, the Automotive CFO-To-Go who brings her financial expertise — born through years of experience as a dealership chief financial officer — to dealers needing help in that area, is back on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. In this episode, ... Listen Here

Edmunds: High rates & negative equity hamper Q1 auto financing

Tuesday, Apr. 2, 2024, 10:41 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with more insight about how much negative equity is an industry hurdle, the latest auto finance data from Edmunds highlighted how affordability challenges triggered by stubbornly high interest rates are impeding growth in the new- and used-car markets. Edmunds ... [Read More]

APCO Holdings welcomes Kathinokkula as chief technology officer

APCO Holdings welcomes Kathinokkula as chief technology officer
Monday, Apr. 1, 2024, 12:12 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Last week, APCO Holdings — home to EasyCare, National Auto Care (NAC), GWC Warranty, and MemberCare brands of automotive and RV products — announced that Kumar Kathinokkula has joined the F&I provider and administrator as chief technology officer. The company ... [Read More]

Massachusetts woman sentenced as part of fraud scheme to purchase more than 45 cars

Monday, Apr. 1, 2024, 12:12 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Potential fraud at your dealership or finance company can stem from activity outside the continental United States, as a case recapped by the Justice Department shows. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts recently announced a Lowell woman ... [Read More]

VantageScore spots delinquency trend not seen in 4 years

Revisiting topic of partial payments
Thursday, Mar. 28, 2024, 11:11 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell has acknowledged multiple times that, “My colleagues and I are acutely aware that high inflation imposes significant hardship as it erodes purchasing power, especially for those least able to meet the higher costs of essentials ... [Read More]

COMMENTARY: Today I hate my job — post-repossession Article 9 letters

COMMENTARY: I hate my job — post-repossession Article 9 letters
Wednesday, Mar. 27, 2024, 02:30 PM
Steve Levine, Ignite Consulting Partners
I don’t mean to alarm anyone with the title. Then again, maybe I do. The truth is I’m discouraged, and today I hate my job. Why? Because it happened again. A dealer reached out because they’ve been hit with a ... [Read More]

Agora Data bolsters team again with new VP of strategic alliances

Wednesday, Mar. 27, 2024, 11:19 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Agora Data reinforced its team again on Tuesday with a professional with a vast background at dealerships and industry service providers. The fintech company that provides technology, capital and guidance with predictable contract performance and analytics for the subprime automotive ... [Read More]

Champ Titles lands $18M in Series C financing led by Point72 Ventures

Champ Titles raises $18M in Series C led by Point72 Ventures
Wednesday, Mar. 27, 2024, 11:17 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Champ Titles now has raised more than $45 million through investors, climbing to that figure after generating $18 million in Series C financing. The provider of digital vehicle title, registration and lien systems of record in the United States announced ... [Read More]

3 findings from study of millennials & Gen Z by Open Lending and TransUnion

"3 findings on Millennials & Gen Z by Open Lending, TransUnion"
Monday, Mar. 25, 2024, 10:32 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Auto financing appears to be one of the best paths to credit success for young consumers. That assertion and more surfaced through a research project by Open Lending and TransUnion, which released a new study on Monday about the borrowing ... [Read More]

FTC sees swell of fraudsters impersonating agency officials

FTC outlines 3 goals for improved digital economy
Monday, Mar. 25, 2024, 11:32 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The latest spike in fraud spotted by the Federal Trade Commission caught the agency’s attention for a notable reason. The FTC issued a warning that scammers are pretending to be affiliated with the regulator to steal consumers’ money. The FTC ... [Read More]

4 new hires at F&I Sentinel

4 new hires at F&I Sentinel
Monday, Mar. 25, 2024, 11:21 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
F&I Sentinel recently added four more professionals to its team. The new hires, coupled with F&I Sentinel’s recent completion of its acquisition of Express Recoveries from Cox Automotive, has more than doubled the number of company employees. The professionals who ... [Read More]

Med Rec 1

MedRec 2

MedRec 3

Filmstrip

Digital Edition Ad

Offerings

X