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Top 5 metro areas & smaller cities where consumers spend most and least on loans & insurance
Wednesday, Jun. 30, 2021, 03:25 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Reading have more in common than just being three cities in Pennsylvania. A report generated by doxo, an innovative web and mobile bill pay service, showed the trio from the Keystone State is among locations where consumers are ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Subprime securitizations with Davis+Gilbert partner Joseph Cioffi
Tuesday, Jun. 29, 2021, 02:53 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau “changing the rules of the game” when it comes to subprime auto finance securitizations? That’s one of the many questions explored during this podcast with Davis+Gilbert partner Joseph Cioffi, orchestrator of the Credit Chronometer ... [Read More]
700 Credit lands relationships with Vision Dealer Solutions & Scienaptic
Monday, Jun. 28, 2021, 04:02 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The number of integrations and partnerships involving 700 Credit has ramped up again in recent days as the credit reports, compliance solutions and consumer pre-qualification products landed relationships with Vision Dealer Solutions and Scienaptic. According to the first of separate ... [Read More]
RateGenius: Refinance approvals spike 66%
Monday, Jun. 28, 2021, 04:00 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Rising home values often prompt families to refinance their mortgages. Soaring used-vehicle prices evidently have done the same thing within the auto-finance space, according to a report from RateGenius, which works with more than 150 partners nationwide to help consumers ... [Read More]
Warburg Pincus set to acquire Exeter from Blackstone
Monday, Jun. 28, 2021, 01:04 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Exeter Finance is changing hands from one investment firm to another that already has a robust automotive portfolio. The finance company that specializes in the subprime market announced on Monday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be ... [Read More]
From the editor: Remembering Jack Tracey
Friday, Jun. 25, 2021, 06:15 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Jack Tracey was a man I looked up to — literally and figuratively. Likely similar to scores of other industry executives, I was jarred this week to learn of the passing of Jack Tracey, a founder and the only executive ... [Read More]
NAF Association executive director Jack Tracey passes away
Friday, Jun. 25, 2021, 06:13 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
The National Automotive Finance Association said one of its founders and the only executive director it's ever had passed away earlier this week. The NAF Association confirmed in a statement on Friday that Jack Tracey passed away on Monday after ... [Read More]
DriveItAway gains Knightsgate Ventures as institutional investor
Friday, Jun. 25, 2021, 04:06 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
DriveItAway has a new institutional investor. The platform that offers dealerships the chance to provide cash-strapped customers the opportunity to secure a vehicle via its rent-to-own technology announced this week that Knightsgate Ventures — a leading venture capital firm focused ... [Read More]
Lendbuzz lands nearly $700M in growth resources through new funding & debt financing
Friday, Jun. 25, 2021, 04:03 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Lendbuzz is striving to modernize what it contends is an “outdated” auto-finance industry, with a focus on serving consumers who have thin or no credit history in the United States. And its drive toward that modernization got quite a financial ... [Read More]
TransUnion: Majority of consumers made payments while in accommodation programs
Thursday, Jun. 24, 2021, 02:28 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Even when finance companies helped their customers with installment payment accommodations during the worst of the pandemic, providers oftentimes still saw funds following into their collection baskets. That’s one of the conclusions from a new TransUnion study that found the ... [Read More]