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
Klarna and Tekion collaborate to deliver flexible-payment options in the service lane
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A $1,200 brake job or a $3,000 transmission repair could push a cash-strapped consumer already struggling to maintain their monthly car payment into some dire financial straits. So, Klarna, a global digital bank and flexible payments provider, is partnering with ... [Read More]
Experian: Subprime share, overall terms keep climbing in Q1
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
As contract terms keep stretching throughout auto financing, Experian is seeing a gradual increase in the subprime segment, too. According to Experian’s State of the Automotive Finance Market Report: Q1 2026 released on Thursday, subprime consumers made up 15.75% of ... [Read More]
StoneEagle sees F&I trends stay strong among Q1 dealer profits
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Just ahead of Memorial Day weekend, StoneEagle released first-quarter findings from its StoneEagleDATA F&I Benchmark Report, highlighting how much hay dealership F&I offices made during the first three months of the year. Analysts indicated the first quarter extended one of ... [Read More]
Millennium Capital & Recovery hires former Bank of America exec as president
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In a move that was effective May 11, Millennium Capital & Recovery Corp. announced on Thursday that Jason Collins is now president of the company that provides collateral recovery management and remarketing solutions serving banks, credit unions, fintechs, auto captives, ... [Read More]
NCC’s CFO arrives after time with Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Last week, NCC looked to help dealership finances by rolling out a tool powered by Equifax to spot chargeback risk. This week, the provider of integrated credit, compliance, desking, and fraud prevention solutions for automotive retailing made sure its own ... [Read More]
Fitch: Stress in subprime surfaces through auto ABS trends
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Fitch Ratings took a close look at the subprime auto loan securitization space as part of the Vehicle Depreciation Report compiled in collaboration with Black Book. Analysts used words such as stress and shocks when recapping subprime auto loan ABS ... [Read More]
Auto finance plays role in April bankruptcy filings rising year-over-year
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Bankruptcy filings climbed 14% year-over-year in April, and the industry is pointing toward auto financing as part of the cause. According to data provided by Epiq AACER, total bankruptcy filings came in at 56,427. Here’s how analysts broke down that ... [Read More]
Expert: 7 activities that could justify dealer doc fees to regulators
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Thompson & Associates CPAs, an accounting and consulting firm with experience involving automotive dealership operations and dealership fee analyses, made the argument that dealership documentation fees are not “junk fees” as they’ve sometimes been referenced by the Federal Trade Commission ... [Read More]
Reviewing CFPB’s amending of ECOA & Regulation B
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
There are still compliance and regulatory developments emanating from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Weltman, Weinberg & Reis shareholder Matthew Young recapped in a blog post last week that the CFPB issued a final rule amending the Equal Credit ... [Read More]
TransUnion’s April Credit Industry Snapshot shows positives for auto finance
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Let’s begin the week with a little positive news for the auto-finance space, courtesy of TransUnion’s April Credit Industry Snapshot. While TransUnion reported the 30-day delinquency rate for auto rose 16 basis points sequentially to 3.97%, analysts also noticed the ... [Read More]
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