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Latest two moves by US Bank have dealers & OEMs in mind
U.S. Bank made a pair of moves last week geared to boost its position in automotive with dealerships and OEMs. First, U.S. Bank said it is launching redesigned BMW, MINI and BMW Motorrad Mastercard credit card products that offer cardholders ... Read More
TransUnion and Bankrate collaborate to broaden credit offers  
TransUnion and Bankrate want to make it easier for millions of Americans to find personalized credit offers that meet their needs. On Wednesday, the companies announced they’re working even closer together to deliver smarter matching by combining Bankrate’s lender marketplace ... Read More
COMMENTARY: The LLM compliance paradox & separating conversational AI from quantitative underwriting
It’s hard to open a newspaper or read a tech article today without seeing at least some mention of large language models (LLMs) and their usage in just about any industry. The auto lending sector is no exception, with LLMs ... Read More
SPONSORED EPISODE: High-quality used inventory via the service drive with AutoHub’s Dan Gaughan
Some of the best used-car inventory a dealer could want is sitting right in their own service lane every day. In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, AutoHub general manager Dan Gaughan took dealers through a proven ... Listen Here
Behind the Scenes at Used Car Week
How does an event like Used Car Week come to life? What does this year’s conference have in store? How is agenda planning like Tetris? We go behind the scenes at UCW 2026 and answer those questions with producers extraordinaire ... Listen Here
Jeremy Louisos of Preowned Auto Logistics Returns to Show
Our “PAL” Jeremy Louisos of Preowned Auto Logistics is back on the show for a wide-ranging conversation about his work on remarketing industry committees and conferences, top issues and hot topics in auto transport and much more. The interview is ... Listen Here

PODCAST: April fraud chat with Point Predictive on taxes

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
For the monthly installment of the Auto Remarketing Podcast about fraud with Point Predictive, we tackle taxes since consumers had to complete their state and federal filings by April 18. Point Predictive’s Justin Davis and Frank McKenna recapped some of ... [Read More]

PREMIUM PODCAST: Remote work & increasing delinquencies

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
As an added benefit for Cherokee Media Group Premium Members, we are offering special episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcasts featuring general sessions from this year’s Auto Intel Summit. The next episode in this series features a discussion about remote ... [Read More]

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Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business

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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CFPB explains reasons for using ‘dormant authority’

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with detailing another procedural rule, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) found another potential way to examine your operations and potentially take actions against your company. This week, the CFPB announced that it is invoking a largely unused legal ... [Read More]

Double-digit jump in 2022 tax refunds helps February payments

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Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
According to the April 15 update from the Internal Revenue Service, the IRS had issued $242.62 billion in federal income tax refunds so far this season, representing at 15.2% lift year-over-year. Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) noticed that consumers appear ... [Read More]

Protective Asset Protection deepens powersports F&I presence with RumbleOn

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Protective Asset Protection announced just about a month ago that it was set to acquire AUL Corp. to create a conglomerate used by thousands of auto dealers. On Monday, the provider of F&I programs and services signed a national agreement ... [Read More]

McGlinchey continues firm growth with 2 new additions

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
During the past six months, McGlinchey’s consumer financial services compliance team has added eight new attorneys (including two members) in five offices, including Albany, N.Y., Cleveland, Houston, New Orleans and Washington, D.C. According to separate announcements, the newest additions are ... [Read More]

Average rates on refinancing rise 15 basis points, but remain lower than a year ago

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While Cox Automotive recently reported that auto credit availability still remains at a record reading, RateGenius indicated another part of auto financing remains pretty healthy, too. The platform recently released its monthly Auto Refinance Rate Report revealing the current average ... [Read More]

Auto credit availability remains at record readings

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Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
There might not be a robust amount of used and new vehicles available to retail, but access to credit to fuel originations and deliveries appears to be quite plentiful. For the second month in a row, the Dealertrack Credit Availability ... [Read More]

NAF Association highlights agenda for annual Non-Prime Auto Financing Conference

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Michael Benoit, Klaus Entenmann, Amy Martin and Jonathan Smoke represent just a sampling of the experts scheduled to appear during the 26th annual Non-Prime Auto Financing Conference hosted by the National Automotive Finance Association beginning on June 1 in Plano, ... [Read More]

Strong assertions follow CFPB lawsuit filing against TransUnion

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Both the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and TransUnion used strong language in statements last week, as the regulator filed a lawsuit against the credit bureau, two of its subsidiaries, and an executive that the company said is no longer with ... [Read More]

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