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
Car business could take brunt of impact from keeping rates high
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
The job market improved in April, but the Federal Reserve doesn’t like how inflation is tracking, so policymakers decided not to lower interest rates this week. Comerica Bank is expecting rate cuts by the end of the year, but Cox ... [Read More]
APCO breaks into the glass world by acquiring Crystal Fusion Technologies
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
APCO Holdings continued to grow on Wednesday, announcing the acquisition of Crystal Fusion Technologies, which is a provider of automotive glass protection solutions. The provider and administrator F&I products and home to the EasyCare and GWC Warranty brands said this ... [Read More]
9 recipients of 2024 NARS Industry Awards
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The American Recovery Association handed out nine industry awards during this year’s North American Repossessors Summit. The 2024 NARS Industry Awards recognized repossession agents as well as representatives from finance companies and service providers. Along with explanations of each award ... [Read More]
EFG adds experienced trio to key dealer profitability positions
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
EFG Companies has added three senior executives with more than 70 years of experience in retail automotive sales and F&I management combined. Joining the firm recently named as a USA Today National Standard Top Employer are: —Adam Fifield as vice ... [Read More]
Agora Data CEO in running for EY entrepreneur honor
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Agora Data CEO Steve Burke was named an Entrepreneur of the Year 2024 Southwest Award finalist by Ernst & Young. Now in its 38th year, the company highlighted the Entrepreneur of the Year program is a competitive business award endeavor ... [Read More]
Experian survey: Personal finance knowledge gaps lead to costly mistakes
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Country music singer Tracy Lawrence released the song, “Lessons Learned,” in 2000. The chorus contains the lines, “Oh lessons learned, man they sure run deep; they don’t go away and they don’t come cheap.” It’s 24 years later, and new ... [Read More]
Allied Solutions & FINOFR integrate further to spot chances to add protection products after origination
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Allied Solutions and FINOFR recently expanded their ongoing partnership to expand their digital footprint for financial institutions. The result is an integration called Vehicle Protection Reset, which merges FINOFR’s platform with Allied Solutions’ iQQ and Direct Impact Marketing solutions. By ... [Read More]
700Credit rolls out driver’s license authentication integration with iTapMenu
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Last week, 700Credit — a provider of credit reports, compliance solutions, soft pull, identity verification and fraud detection platforms — announced an integration with iTapMenu, an F&I menu platform that offers e-signature and e-payment solutions. The new integration includes the ... [Read More]
AFSA unveils Consumer Credit Conditions Index
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The American Financial Services Association (AFSA) leveraged its membership base to create its latest ongoing project — the Consumer Credit Conditions Index (C3 Index). AFSA revealed the first findings from this initiative, which is meant to fill a need among ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Lessons learned by 4 repo agents
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Four forthcoming repossession agents shared a variety of personal and professional anecdotes last week during the North American Repossessors Summit in Orlando, Fla. The session titled “What I Wish I’d Known … A Cautionary Tale for Small, Medium, & Large ... [Read More]
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