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Used Car Week Hall of Fame honoree Jared Kalfus of Black Book
We finish our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees with a conversation featuring Black Book president Jared Kalfus. Kalfus describes what it takes to be successful in sales and why face-to-face conversations are still vitally ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: Prospects for more auto refinancing with Gravity Lending
In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast brought to you by Allied Solutions, we turn our attention to auto refinancing. Brad Paxman oversees 90 lender relationships for Gravity Lending, which is an auto refinance and fintech company ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Fame: Bob McConkey of McConkey Auction Group
Next up on our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees is a conversation with Bob McConkey, president and CEO of the McConkey Auction Group. McConkey, along with MAG chief operating officer David Pendergraft and DAA ... Listen Here

Newest Open Lending partner brings insurance expertise

Newest Open Lending partner brings insurance expertise
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On Tuesday, Open Lending Corp. gained its third partnership so far this month, aligning with insurance pricing solution provider Akur8 to complement its proprietary Lenders Protection platform. The provider of risk analytics solutions for financial institutions highlighted that this partnership ... [Read More]

Consumers eager to buy cars as credit availability & portfolio trends soften

Consumers eager to buy cars as credit availability & portfolio trends soften
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Despite tighter credit availability and one view of delinquencies showing them higher now than before the pandemic, at least one consumer-driven economic reading showed that people are eager to buy a car. In this economic roundup from three different sources, ... [Read More]

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AI & Auto Finance: An Expert Guide to Using This Technology

This 26-page ebook from Cherokee Media Group, sponsored by dotData, brings together insights from nine experts on how artificial intelligence...
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Turning Dealer Group Data into Demand

Stop letting messy data hold your dealership back from its true earning potential. While many multi-roof dealer groups struggle to...
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Evaluating VPP Cancellation Systems: 7 Questions Every Lender Should Ask

Selecting the right VPP cancellation system is critical to maintaining compliance, maximizing recoveries, and improving operational efficiency. As regulatory requirements...
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Auto lenders spent on AI. Here’s what paid off.

A panel of auto-lending leaders — CEOs of subprime auto finance companies, VPs of Collections, CROs, indirect-lending executives at two...
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Experian Automotive Dealer Fraud Threat Report

Fraud is Hitting Dealerships Hard When one bad deal can erase tens of thousands in profit, fraud becomes impossible to...
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AI-Financing Spotlight: How Tracy Honda Sells 12-15 More Deals Monthly

Discover how Tracy Honda is outperforming its market by leveraging AI-powered auto financing to drive faster approvals and close more...
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The AI Dealer Playbook: 5 Questions to Ask Before You Buy AI

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping dealership operations by automating communication, improving workflows, and supporting staff with tools like copilots and...
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Speaking the Same Language: How Dealers Structure Capital for Real Estate and Growth

Why Capital Structures Matters in Today’s Market Dealers actively expanding or acquiring real estate are often constrained not by opportunity—but...
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6 features of DriveSmart’s first mobile app

DriveSmart
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Last week, DriveSmart launched its first mobile app — GoDriveSmart — for iOS and Android devices. The vehicle service contract administrator highlighted the app offers users access to all perks of their vehicle service contract in one space, including 24/7 ... [Read More]

CFPB unveils revised supervisory appeals process

CFPB files lawsuit against US Auto Sales servicer
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Coming off of tabulating how much into the billions its enforcement actions totaled last year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a procedural rule on Friday, updating the process by which financial institutions can appeal supervisory findings. Officials said ... [Read More]

Launcher finalizes another alliance; this time with goal of serving Hispanics

Launcher
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Launcher landed its second alliance of the week on Thursday with the newest one aimed at expanding access to credit within the Hispanic market. Launcher now is integrated with Conecta Marketing Group in order to help finance companies optimize their ... [Read More]

CFPB penalties in 2023 approach $4B

CFPB seeking more data about repossessions & contract modifications
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently recapped the monetary impact the regulator made through its enforcement actions and other moves last year. In 2023, the CFPB said it filed 29 enforcement actions and resolved through final orders with six previously ... [Read More]

S&P Global Ratings projects second straight year of record auto securitizations

S&P Global Ratings
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
S&P Global Ratings is projecting the auto securitization market to grow this year after setting a record in 2023. Analysts explained this week that pent-up demand for vehicles drove new-car sales 13% higher year-over-year to 15.5 million units in 2023, ... [Read More]

Agenda for NARS 2024 now available

2024 North American Repossessors Summit
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The American Recovery Association released its agenda for the 2024 North American Repossessors Summit, which is scheduled for April 11-12 in Orlando, Fla. Along with the annual golf tournament and silent auction to raise money for the Repo Alliance Lobbyist ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Reviewing FTC’s past & present with Terry O’Loughlin of Reynolds and Reynolds

Podcast
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
For this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast recorded in Las Vegas at this year’s Vehicle Finance Conference hosted by the American Financial Services Association, we share another visit with one of the industry’s great historians: Terry O’Loughlin, who is ... [Read More]

Launcher & Scienaptic AI look to boost credit access & underwriting via partnership

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, Launcher and Scienaptic AI announced their full integration for mutual auto finance clients to make more advanced underwriting decisions. The companies said they’re able to achieve that objective by incorporating artificial intelligence-powered underwriting signals within Launcher’s appTRAKER Loan ... [Read More]

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