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
Prestige Financial Doubles Credit Line
Nick Zulovich
SALT LAKE CITY — Prestige Financial Services recently announced that a transaction with a pair of financial institutions has more than doubled a line of credit funding capacity. First, Prestige revealed that Bank of America Business Capital has joined a line ... [Read More]
Fed: Average Auto Loan Interest Rate Creeps Higher
Nick Zulovich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — After plummeting to a record low in March, interest rates on new-car loans at auto finance companies showed a slight uptick in April, coming in at 2.79 percent, compared with 2.74 percent in March. Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve also ... [Read More]
Auto Finance Presidents Talk about Surviving Tough Times
Nick Zulovich
FORT WORTH — How are three auto finance companies handling the meltdown in the credit market and continuing to help get credit-challenged consumers behind the wheels of vehicles? Three presidents representing Westlake Financial Services, Regional Acceptance Corp. and First Investors Financial ... [Read More]
J.D. Power Provides Glimpse into Online Auto Loan Chatter
Nick Zulovich
FORT WORTH — Later in the day on Thursday, Daniel Pavlinac, senior director in the Web Intelligence Research Division at J.D. Power and Associates, offered a unique look into consumer online chatter about auto loans. Basically, he said capturing data in ... [Read More]
NAF Association Kicks Off Non-Prime Auto Financing Conference Today
Nick Zulovich
FORT WORTH — With the National Auto Finance Association's 13th Annual Non-Prime Auto Financing Conference set to kick off today, the group is set to address the unique challenges facing this arena. Basically, officials representing the association said that the current ... [Read More]
Expert Speaker Lineup for the Non-Prime Auto Financing Conference
Nick Zulovich
FORT WORTH — A packed-full agenda from chief executive officer of non-prime lenders to attorneys to CPAs to analysts to economists and much more will take center stage at this week's National Auto Finance Association's 13th Annual Non-Prime Auto Finance Conference, ... [Read More]
XpressCredit Offers Dealers, Lenders Access to Vehicle History Reports
Nick Zulovich
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — XpressCredit announced earlier this week that, thanks to its integration with Carfax, the company is providing its network of dealers and lenders access to Vehicle History Reports directly through the XpressCredit platform. "Recent studies prove that Carfax Vehicle ... [Read More]
VINtek Introduces Enhanced Collateral Management Platform
Nick Zulovich
PHILADELPHIA — After receiving extensive feedback from its clients, VINtek has launched a revamped version of VINtekTIME, its online auto collateral management system for paperless and paper-based vehicle titles. The enhanced version of VINtekTIME features a workflow and task queuing system with timers, ... [Read More]
SubPrime Executive Recognition Deadline Approaches
Nick Zulovich
CARY, N.C. — SubPrime Auto Finance News will be honoring top subprime executives as part of a special feature in an upcoming edition, but to nominate an industry leader, you must act quickly. The deadline for nominations is Monday. The July/August ... [Read More]
RouteOne to Debut Electronic-Document Storage, Retention Solution
Nick Zulovich
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — RouteOne unveiled today a pilot version of an electronic-document storage and retention solution for dealers that is fully automated and integrated within RouteOne's credit-application management system, as well as the company's other compliance-support offerings, including credit bureaus, ... [Read More]
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