A Look Back at Last Two Decades of the Used-Car Industry in Canada
In the grand finale of our podcast episodes from Canada’s Used Car Week in June, conference chair and Cherokee Media Group president Bill Zadeits is joined by Brad Hart and Peter Snoyer on a panel celebrating 20th anniversary of the ... Listen Here
Thursday, Sep. 18, 2025, 02:32 PM
SPONSORED EPISODE: AI & Big Data Deliver Significant Improvements to Inventory Management
In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Merritt Critcher, Director of Product Management with CDK speaks with Bill Zadeits about the newest trends and potential for AI and big data to meet and exceed the inventory management needs ... Listen Here
Thursday, Sep. 11, 2025, 04:33 PM
Experian on how much auto refinancing is gaining traction
Melinda Zabritski, Experian’s head of automotive financial insights, said consumers are looking for ways to secure more favorable vehicle financing terms, especially with interest rates leveling out and perhaps a cut coming next week from the Federal Reserve. The base ... Listen Here
Thursday, Sep. 11, 2025, 01:53 PM
COMMENTARY: Balance of 2022 outlook for F&I product sales and profit potential
Thursday, Sep. 8, 2022, 02:14 PM
Travis Wools, Protective Asset Protection
Today’s automotive industry continues to see noticeable changes in everything from consumer demand, behavior, and shopping patterns to the way operations are dealing with an ongoing shortage of inventory, parts, and labor. What’s more, the shopping process itself continues to ... [Read More]
PODCAST: New Primeritus Financial Services CEO Steve Norwood
Wednesday, Sep. 7, 2022, 06:27 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This summer certainly has been a season of change for Primeritus Financial Services, which now has a new chief executive officer and chief financial officer. Taking on the CEO post is Steve Norwood, who previously led Consolidated Asset Recovery Systems ... [Read More]
RISC Pro fees waived for new members through rest of 2022
Wednesday, Sep. 7, 2022, 03:05 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Last week, RISC collaborated with MBSi Corp. to deploy VendorConnect, what they called a “revolutionary” compliance management solution that can allow access to a comprehensive list of compliant, vetted third-party vendors in the repossession industry. This week, RISC announced free ... [Read More]
COMMENTARY: How crypto helps lenders cover loan values
Tuesday, Sep. 6, 2022, 02:05 PM
Fred Brothers, Cion Digital
Auto repossessions are on the rise. Subprime repos are up 11% since 2020, according to Jalopnik. Even among prime borrowers with excellent credit scores, repossession rates have doubled from 2% to 4% in the past two years, according to Barron’s. ... [Read More]
PODCAST: More insight about Experian Q2 auto finance data with Melinda Zabritski
Thursday, Sep. 1, 2022, 01:21 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Experian senior director of automotive financial solutions Melinda Zabritski shared more time for the Auto Remarketing Podcast to discuss which auto finance metrics landed within expectations for the second quarter and which ones did not. Zabritski also touched on how ... [Read More]
MBSi & RISC introduce compliance management solution for repossessions
Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, 04:12 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Repossessions are complicated, so MBSi Corp. and RISC are working together to help finance companies find the compliant resources they need. This week, the SaaS provider of repossession assignment software and third-party compliance management company for the auto finance industry ... [Read More]
Carvana adds 4 states covering 16 markets to co-signer program
Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, 04:10 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
At the beginning of August, Carvana launched the option to add a co-signer during the financing application process for potential buyers in South Carolina with the intention of rolling out the process in more locations before a full nationwide push. ... [Read More]
COMMENTARY: Why aren’t more dealers and lenders leveraging credit-first soft pulls?
Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, 02:35 PM
Ken Hill, 700Credit
Shopping for a vehicle comes with all kinds of stressors for a consumer — some of which can affect their relationship with the dealer and lender. The decision to require a shopper to undergo a credit verification can be stressful ... [Read More]
ARA hosting free webinar to explain new-found choice of compliance platform
Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, 03:19 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, new American Recovery Association executive director Joel Kennedy shared a development meant to benefit not just organization members, but potentially any repossession agent, too. In an industry letter, Kennedy said “several” of the largest auto finance companies in ... [Read More]
Experian Q2 finance data reinforces shift to used vehicles
Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, 02:12 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The newest auto finance data from Experian reinforced the theory that consumers are taking delivery of used vehicles more often because of necessity. As the automotive market continues to face inventory shortages, analysts said consumers are shifting back to the ... [Read More]
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