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Sponsored Episode: Winning Trade-Ins and Trust – Navigating Today’s Affordability Challenges
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, 03:15 PM
Affordability challenges are reshaping the automotive landscape—vehicle prices and payments are at all-time highs and negative equity is on the rise. In this episode, Micah Tindor offers a data-driven conversation with real-world strategies around acquisition tactics and long-term profitability to ... Listen Here
Sponsored Episode: Winning Talent Strategies for Car Dealerships – with CDK & Industry Leaders
Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, 10:00 AM
In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, host Bruce Johnson from CDK sits down with Tyler Jones, President of EV Auto, and Joe Brown, CMO at Frank Leta, to explore proven strategies for attracting and retaining top talent ... Listen Here
Dissecting evolving credit scores with Shams Blanc of FICO
Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, 03:34 PM
As much as auto-finance underwriting has become sophisticated, a potential starting point to determine if the applicant will be offered an installment contract is the credit score. Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, described the ... Listen Here

Experts & policymakers see banking system on solid ground

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Tuesday, May. 25, 2021, 02:00 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In what’s likely a positive sign for auto-finance companies of all sizes, both the Federal Reserve and S&P Global Ratings offered positive assessments of the current banking system for both national institutions as well as regional firms. According to the ... [Read More]

Context for another CFPB consent order involving loss damage waivers

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Monday, May. 24, 2021, 01:14 AM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Venable partner Allen Denson offered some context that might help finance companies understand why the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) reached its second consent order in less than a year through an action involving what the regulator deemed to be ... [Read More]

From the editor: Recapping poignant moment of AIS 2021

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Friday, May. 21, 2021, 03:24 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
One of the poignant moments during this week’s Auto Intel Summit happened on Tuesday during a panel discussion featuring representatives from the Auto Intel Council, a private, membership-based organization that includes leading intelligence companies in the automotive space. Executives from ... [Read More]

Subprime consumers secured most refinancing help via RateGenius in April

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Thursday, May. 20, 2021, 03:13 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
It appears subprime consumers took most advantage of refinancing availability in April provided through RateGenius. Soon after Cox Automotive discussed last month’s credit availability at the time of origination, RateGenius released its monthly Auto Refinance Rate Report, which highlighted that ... [Read More]

TransUnion predicts subprime rebound after reviewing Q1 data

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Wednesday, May. 19, 2021, 02:06 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
TransUnion is pretty bullish about the future prospects for the subprime segment of auto financing. While discussing the metrics contained in the Q1 2021 TransUnion Industry Insights report, senior vice president and automotive business leader Satyan Merchant explained how that ... [Read More]

With potential ‘devastating’ measure on Capitol Hill, ARA highlights plans for NARS 2021

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Wednesday, May. 19, 2021, 01:56 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The American Recovery Association (ARA) recently announced the new theme for the North American Repossessors Summit (NARS), which will return as an in-person event in October. That theme, “Resilience: Rising Above and Committed to Building a Stronger Industry,” ties in ... [Read More]

Auto defaults dip again in April to near all-time low

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Tuesday, May. 18, 2021, 02:04 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Perhaps the next round of coffee or drinks should be in celebration for the collections departments at auto-finance companies. The auto portion of the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices declined again in April and now sits just 3 basis points ... [Read More]

KBRA spots ‘well-grounded’ metrics from April remittance reports

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Monday, May. 17, 2021, 02:31 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) used the descriptor “well grounded” when analysts dissected April remittance reports to discover the credit trends that surfaced during the March collection period. KBRA indicated delinquencies for both non-prime and prime contracts decreased. Analysts said ... [Read More]

Car Capital boosts brain trust with 2 new advisors

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Friday, May. 14, 2021, 03:36 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Car Capital continues to make moves to establish itself as an up-and-coming auto-finance technology company that strives to get any deal bought no matter the consumer credit background. After securing two separate rounds of funding, the company announced the appointment ... [Read More]

April credit availability comparisons come against ‘abnormal’ conditions

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Thursday, May. 13, 2021, 02:18 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Cox Automotive reported this week that auto financing availability in April was the most accessible since April 2020, according to the Dealertrack Auto Credit Availability Index. But analysts acknowledged that making year-over-year comparisons is challenging, since they’re versus the outset ... [Read More]
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