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SPONSORED EPISODE: Five questions to ask before choosing a transportation partner
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, 09:15 PM
This sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast features two experts from Central Dispatch who offer valuable guidance for choosing a transportation partner. Shanna Wise, who oversees business strategy execution, and Blake Bentley, who leads enterprise client account success, take ... Listen Here
Inside Auto Auction M&A with Mach10 CEO George Pero
Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, 02:01 PM
The auto auction industry has seen a spike in M&A over the last three years, similar to the consolidation in auto retail that has been going on much longer. And our guest today has experience with both. George Pero is ... Listen Here
Insight into Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index
Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, 04:17 PM
While the year-over-year figure reflects broader market volatility, Matthew Babcock, who oversees digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, explained the strong quarter-over-quarter increase of the Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index signals market re-engagement. Babcock elaborated about ... Listen Here

Weltman, Weinberg & Reis reinforces Philadelphia office

Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, 02:02 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., a full-service creditors’ rights law firm with more than 95 years of client service, recently announced the addition of attorney Sofia Tamimi to the firm’s Philadelphia office. The firm highlighted Tamimi brings “a unique blend ... [Read More]

San Francisco Fed offers new way to look at labor market & spot recessions

Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, 10:59 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco devised a new way of looking at the job market to provide more clarity to the auto-finance industry and the credit space in general. The San Francisco Fed rolled out the Labor Market ... [Read More]

Credit applications tick up as vehicle-buying intentions remain stable

Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, 10:17 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Cox Automotive chief economist Jonathan Smoke said Tuesday that unique credit applications per dealer on Dealertrack increased 6% year-over-year last week, perhaps reflecting some previously mentioned consumer sentiment trends shared by the Conference Board. In his weekly Auto Market Report, ... [Read More]

TransUnion ponders if auto-loan delinquency is at or near peak

Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, 11:01 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
TransUnion acknowledged the percentage of consumers 60 days or more past due on their auto loan climbed to a rate in the second quarter that exceeded what analysts recorded in 2009. But TransUnion also said the pace of increases in ... [Read More]

Ally Financial tops subprime space in J.D. Power study for fifth consecutive year

Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025, 10:17 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with a discussion about performance among banks, the J.D. Power 2025 U.S. Dealer Financing Satisfaction Study highlighted that Ally Financial topped the chart again among non-captive subprime auto finance companies. The study showed Ally Financial ranked highest in overall ... [Read More]

Fed survey shows steady auto-finance strategy by banks in Q2

Details of upcoming repossession webinars from ARA & Weltman
Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, 01:40 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Banks didn’t make many adjustments in the auto-finance department during the second quarter. The auto-loan portion of the July Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices (SLOOS) generated by the Federal Reserve showed high percentages of participants keeping ... [Read More]

Hudson Cook adds associate to DC office

Another former Manheim Canada exec joins Otolane
Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, 10:08 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Hudson Cook added to its stable to legal experts last week, announcing that Francesca Gross has joined the firm as an associate in its Washington, D.C. office, focusing on litigation, regulatory compliance, and government investigations. Hudson Cook highlighted Gross brings ... [Read More]

Centerbridge Partners to acquire MeridianLink for $2B

Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, 10:07 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
MeridianLink is going to be a private company. The provider of modern software platforms for financial institutions and consumer reporting agencies announced on Monday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by funds advised by affiliates ... [Read More]

Fed’s Bowman maintains stance for rate cut

Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, 10:23 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Michelle Bowman, who is the Federal Reserve’s vice chair for supervision, was one of two members of the Federal Open Market Committee who dissented from the majority vote that kept interest rates unchanged when policymakers made their decision at the ... [Read More]

Only momentary tariff bump interrupts ongoing expansion of auto credit access

Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, 10:39 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
It appears only talk about tariffs disrupted the upward trajectory of expanded auto credit access since last summer. Cox Automotive reported the Dealertrack Credit Availability Index improved again in July, marking the third consecutive month of enhanced credit access. The ... [Read More]
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