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Auto defaults start 2020 below 1%
Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, 04:03 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While the composite reading might be in the midst of rising for three consecutive months, the auto portion of the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices posted a decrease to begin 2020. On Tuesday, S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian released ... [Read More]
Awards submissions for NARS 2020 now open
Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, 06:52 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Organizers of the North American Repossessors Summit (NARS) have announced the opening of nominations for their second annual Industry Awards. Designed to honor exemplary repossession professionals, this year’s award categories include Recovery Agent of the Year, Service Representative of the ... [Read More]
TransUnion examines depth Gen Z is using auto financing
Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, 03:45 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Your portfolio might be filling with contract holders from Generation Z — consumers born in or after 1995. Recent research from TransUnion showed that this generation isn’t necessarily just staring at smartphone constantly. These individuals also are getting behind the ... [Read More]
Dealertrack going to AFSA & NADA armed with 6 new enhancements & partnerships
Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, 04:29 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Dealertrack is heading to Las Vegas for annual events hosted this week by the American Financial Services Association (AFSA) and the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) armed with a half dozen new-product enhancements and enriched partnerships to highlight. These latest ... [Read More]
DOJ indicts 4 members of Chinese military over Equifax data breach
Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, 04:27 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The U.S. Justice Department on Monday morning made a major announcement in connection with the Equifax data breach, calling it “a day of reckoning.” With Equifax leadership “grateful to the Justice Department and the FBI for their tireless efforts,” officials ... [Read More]
5 components of Resolvion’s new specialty repossession services
Friday, Feb. 7, 2020, 04:44 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, Resolvion, released a new specialty suite of services. The skip-tracing and repossession management firm explained these specialty services were designed to address many of the challenges that finance companies encounter in their repossession activities. Resolvion’s specialty services include ... [Read More]
Trust Science names new chief data and analytics officer
Friday, Feb. 7, 2020, 04:42 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The migration of experienced executives moving from one of the three traditional credit bureaus to Trust Science continued this week. The provider of artificial intelligence-powered credit scoring announced that Jeremy Mitchell has joined Trust Science as chief data and analytics ... [Read More]
ANALYSIS: Negative auto equity has doubled in 10 years
Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, 04:13 PM
David Paris, J.D. Power
A new vehicle is one of the worst investments you can make. We’ve all heard it before: “Half the value is lost as soon as you drive it off the lot.” The fact is, however, that vehicles today are hanging ... [Read More]
RISC unveils recovery training specific to Massachusetts
Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, 05:10 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Recovery professionals that conduct activities in Massachusetts now have another training opportunity to maintain their compliance knowledge. RISC recently launched the Massachusetts-specific collateral recovery training course as part of its CARS National Certification Program. The compliance services company emphasized that ... [Read More]
MaximTrak GO leverages text messages to generate F&I activity
Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, 05:03 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, MaximTrak launched the latest tool available through its F&I platform by leveraging the capability and convenience of text messages. The company highlighted MaximTrak GO is designed to be a customer-driven, dealer-controlled menu presentation that can allow consumers to ... [Read More]