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
Subprime share moving opposite of Dealertrack Credit Availability Index, which hits highest point in more than 4 years
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Dealertrack Credit Availability Index for May rose sequentially for the second month in a row to land at its highest level since April 2022. But the share of contracts to subprime consumers declined for the second consecutive month. Cox ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Experian’s Melinda Zabritski discusses ongoing stretching of terms
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The latest appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast by Melinda Zabritski, Experian’s head of automotive financial insights and Automotive Intelligence Award recipient, focused on auto-loan terms, which oftentimes are at least 72 months nowadays. Zabritski also compared a data point ... [Read More]
Credit Acceptance’s c-suite changes continue by appointing new CFO
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The c-suite revamp at Credit Acceptance continued on Wednesday with the appointment of Joe Billante as chief financial officer, effective July 27. Billante succeeds Jay Martin, who will retire on July 27 after 23 years with the subprime auto finance ... [Read More]
LocateSmarter & Repo Report partner to boost agent efficiency
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
LocateSmarter and Repo Report see a partnership that they finalized on Wednesday gives repossession agents valuable details to complete assignments more efficiently. According to a news release, address data from LocateSmarter will be integrated directly into Repo Report — the ... [Read More]
‘Front-row seat’ gives Lackey path to become TurboPass CEO
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
What Tyler Lackey described as having a “front-row seat” in the development of TurboPass as a verification solution in the auto-finance industry has led to him taking the seat as the company’s chief executive officer. On Tuesday, TurboPass appointed Lackey ... [Read More]
Explaining ‘genuine crosscurrents’ that could impact auto finance & retail this summer
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Jeremy Robb might have single-handedly summarized data and observations offered by Comerica Bank, Cox Automotive and VantageScore in recent days. “For dealers, the picture heading into summer is one of genuine crosscurrents,” Robb, who is Cox Automotive’s chief economist, wrote ... [Read More]
Arra Finance welcomes Nemecek as chief growth officer
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Arra Finance announced via social media the addition of a new chief growth officer whose industry experience dates to 1994. Now holding the role for the company that came to be via the acquisition of Crescent State Bank’s auto-finance operation ... [Read More]
Dealer strategy behind Lifetime Start Battery Protection from EFG Companies
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
EFG Companies last week delivered what the provider of F&I development, training, product development, compliance, and product administration is hoping to be a positive jolt for dealerships. The company introduced Lifetime Start Battery Protection, what EFG sees as a high-impact ... [Read More]
NAF Association installs new board leadership to finish successful 30th annual conference
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with adding two new member companies to the board of directors, the National Automotive Finance Association also held its annual membership meeting to pick its 2026–2027 executive committee leadership. Selected during the 30th annual Non-Prime Auto Financing Conference this ... [Read More]
Santander reaches settlement with NY regulator over fees associated with payment extensions
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
What the New York State Department of Financial Services deemed to be a discrepancy with charges to get payment extensions has left Santander Consumer USA to pay a $400,000 penalty and more than $275,000 to eligible impacted consumers. According to a ... [Read More]
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