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SPONSORED EPISODE: Allied Solutions explains why origination is episodic, but servicing is continuous

Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, 04:00 PM

John Elias, sales specialist in auto finance business development for Allied Solutions, is back as the guest for another sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Elias explains why current market conditions, affordability pressures and changing vehicle values are combining ... Listen Here

Additional insight into FTC’s move involving disparate impact from Hudson Cook

Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, 09:18 AM

The Federal Trade Commission recently announced it will not pursue claims based on disparate-impact or “unfair discrimination” theories. In this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Hudson Cook partners Erica Kramer and Rob Tilley offered some historical perspectives and a ... Listen Here

Deeper dive into rising LTVs with TransUnion’s Satyan Merchant

Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, 09:45 AM

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

Experian: Subprime share, overall terms keep climbing in Q1

Friday, May. 29, 2026, 10:54 AM

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

Monday, May. 25, 2026, 01:34 PM

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

Friday, May. 22, 2026, 10:43 AM

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

Friday, May. 22, 2026, 10:41 AM

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

Thursday, May. 21, 2026, 10:28 AM

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

Wednesday, May. 20, 2026, 01:42 PM

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

Wednesday, May. 20, 2026, 10:38 AM

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

Tuesday, May. 19, 2026, 10:24 AM

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

Monday, May. 18, 2026, 10:38 AM

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]

Westlake Portfolio Management adds another $300M to auto segment

Glenview expands services with bulk loan buying

Friday, May. 15, 2026, 10:25 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

This week, Westlake Portfolio Management (WPM) announced the successful onboarding and servicing of a $300 million portfolio of auto loans on behalf of what it called “a leading institutional asset owner.” The division of Westlake Technology Holdings that’s a primary ... [Read More]

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