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
RouteOne Recognizes Lenders
Nick Zulovich
LAS VEGAS — This week, RouteOne announced the winners of the Captive and Non-Captive 'Funder of the Year' awards in Las Vegas. For the second straight year, readers of F&I magazine (which voted for their favorites) selected GMAC and Wells Fargo ... [Read More]
New Lender Joins Finance Express
Nick Zulovich
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. — Finance Express recently announced an addition to its platform. Joining Finance Express is Consumer Portfolio Services. CPS is a specialty finance company that provides indirect auto financing to borrowers with past credit problems, low incomes or limited ... [Read More]
SmartMove Auto Announces Debt Financing Transaction
Nick Zulovich
DENVER — SmartMove Auto announced that it has completed a $30 million debt financing. The company has a chain of used stores that focus on subprime customers through buy-here, pay-here and rent-to-own business models. Morgan Keegan & Co. acted as sole ... [Read More]
Bankruptcy Filings Continue to Climb
Nick Zulovich
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — U.S. consumer bankruptcy filings increased 17.3 percent nationwide in August from the previous month, according to the American Bankruptcy Institute. Overall consumer filings totaled 74,607 in August, up from the 63,600 filings in July, the group said, relying ... [Read More]
NRC Features Subprime Portfolio Remarketing
Nick Zulovich
CARY, N.C. — Remarketing of subprime portfolios will enjoy the limelight at the upcoming National Remarketing Conference. Leading a workshop and imparting their insight will be Neil Boardman of Regional Acceptance Corp., and John Scordo of Universal Special Auto Finance. ... [Read More]
ADI Adds RouteOne to Curriculum, Platform Gains New Lender
Nick Zulovich
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — RouteOne announced that the Automotive Dealership Institute will now include its Web-based credit application management system as part of the core curriculum for students enrolled in ADI's F&I Management Program. RouteOne will be included as a permanent ... [Read More]
JPMorgan Chase Subsidiary Appoints VP of Sales
Nick Zulovich
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Systems & Services Technologies, a subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase, recently appointed Larry Chiavaro as its vice president of sales. Prior to joining SST, the 20-year veteran of the finance industry held senior management positions at GE Capital, ... [Read More]
AmeriCredit Announces $1 Billion Asset-Backed Securitization
Nick Zulovich
FORT WORTH, Texas — While the subprime mortgage market continues to falter, it doesn't appear to be impacting solid, subprime auto finance companies who want to tap the credit markets to support their business. An example of this is AmeriCredit, ... [Read More]
DealerTrack Updates DealWatch
Nick Zulovich
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. — DealerTrack announced it has added several enhancements to its DealWatch compliance product that are designed to enable dealers to electronically capture, store and manage all of a store's customer-related documents. These updates include DealWatch's new external document ... [Read More]
Compli Partners with Leading Auto Law Firm for Additional Compliance Content
Nick Zulovich
PORTLAND, Ore. — Compli announced it is launching a new effort to expand compliance content through its Dealership Compliance Management System software by aligning itself with leading industry experts who specialize in this arena. In its first step in this effort, ... [Read More]
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