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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AFSA & NIADA welcome halt of discretionary publication of complaint narratives & visualizations by CFPB
Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, 10:34 AM
Edmunds on depth of ‘The Vanishing Affordable Used Car’
Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, 10:17 AM
PODCAST: Additional insight into FTC’s move involving disparate impact from Hudson Cook
Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, 09:25 AM
Additional insight into FTC’s move involving disparate impact from Hudson Cook
The Federal Trade Commission recently announced it will not pursue claims based on disparate-impact or “unfair discrimination” theories. In this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Hudson Cook partners Erica Kramer and Rob Tilley offered some historical perspectives and a ... Listen Here
Deeper dive into rising LTVs with TransUnion’s Satyan Merchant
One of the notable findings from TransUnion’s Q2 2026 Credit Industry Insights Report (CIIR) was how much loan-to-value ratios have changed in the past five years. Satyan Merchant, one of this year’s Automotive Intelligence Award recipients and senior vice president ... Listen Here
PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor on intersection of payments & technology
PayNearMe recently shared new search, explaining that hidden costs sustained by auto lenders can show up as failed payments, borrower support calls, late payments, collections follow-up, reconciliation work and manual recovery effort. PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor elaborated about ... Listen Here
CarGurus unveils pre-qualify program through Capital One, Westlake & GLS
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The next development in the working relationship involving CarGurus, Capital One, Westlake Financial and Global Lending Services (GLS) surfaced on Friday. CarGurus announced a new feature that can enable shoppers to pre-qualify for financing as they search on CarGurus for ... [Read More]
Exeter begins 15th anniversary celebration with gift to 1-millionth customer
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Exeter Finance is in a celebratory mood and rightfully so. The non-prime auto finance company now has originated contracts with 1 million customers since it was founded in 2006. To commemorate this milestone, Exeter identified its 1-millionth customer as Raul ... [Read More]
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Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business
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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Dealer Playbook: 5 Takeaways for Auto Retailers Using AI
The May issue of Auto Remarketing — “Shifting Gears: AI’s Role in Retail Automotive” — explores how top auto retailers...
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TransUnion: Financial accommodations for struggling contract holders remain elevated
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While the number of accounts TransUnion classifies as being in some form of financial hardship status closed the year below a peak registered soon after the onset of the pandemic, the level remains notably elevated and isn’t softening at the ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Skip-tracing during the COVID-19 era
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Alex “SkipGuru” Price returned to the Auto Remarketing podcast to discuss one of the subjects he knows best: skip-tracing. Now the director of training and development for LocateSmarter, a data and analytics company, Price described how the pandemic has impacted ... [Read More]
Line 5 integrates with TecAssured to aid with dealer management & marketing
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Line 5, which partners with dealers to fund vehicle protection plans at all points along the credit spectrum, recently announced an integration with the technology solutions experts at TecAssured. TecAssured is a leading provider of innovative technology solutions for the ... [Read More]
Subprime ABS shows some deterioration, reflecting seasonality & COVID-19
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Looking through the prism of the public asset-backed securities market (ABS), both S&P Global Ratings and Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) spotted deterioration when analysts examined subprime auto financing. However, the softening didn’t trigger an extreme reaction from experts, with ... [Read More]
Experian: The drop in subprime is not a cause for concern
Melinda Zabritski, Experian
At the onset of the pandemic, many industry pundits made comparisons to the Great Recession; though we quickly learned that the similarities were few and far between. The underlying causes and economic impact of COVID-19 are vastly different from those ... [Read More]
3 associations urge Illinois governor to nix rate-cap measure
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The American Financial Services Association, in collaboration with the Illinois Financial Services Association, the Independent Finance Association of Illinois and the Illinois Automobile Dealers Association, sent a letter on Friday to Gov. J.B. Pritzker to state their “grave concerns” about a ... [Read More]
Portfolio taps Neuenschwander to succeed Haugen as CSO
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Portfolio chief sales officer Dan Haugen has retired in a move effective Dec. 31. And the F&I solutions provider didn’t have to look far for a replacement, turning to David Neuenschwander, president of National Automotive Experts and NWAN, the Strongsville, ... [Read More]
More regulatory changes: FTC chairman resigns, too
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A day after the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau resigned, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission made the same decision. FTC chairman Joseph Simons announced his resignation from the agency on Thursday. While the decision to leave ... [Read More]
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