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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Economic roundup: ‘Subdued’ debt demand & ‘secondary risks’ no matter what Fed does
Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026, 10:20 AM
Edmunds: Pandemic-era problems still festering in form of negative equity
Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026, 10:57 AM
COMMENTARY: Dealer-owned finance is the next profit center in automotive retail
Friday, Oct. 23, 2026, 09:55 AM
This Month's Focus
Turbocharged Finance
Arvest Bank sees early successes with FICO Auto Score 10
COMMENTARY: The secret to accelerating funding in indirect auto lending
Mercedes-Benz USA approves NETSOL as a digital retail provider for its dealerships
SPONSORED EPISODE: Prospects for more auto refinancing with Gravity Lending
In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast brought to you by Allied Solutions, we turn our attention to auto refinancing. Brad Paxman oversees 90 lender relationships for Gravity Lending, which is an auto refinance and fintech company ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Fame: Bob McConkey of McConkey Auction Group
Next up on our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees is a conversation with Bob McConkey, president and CEO of the McConkey Auction Group. McConkey, along with MAG chief operating officer David Pendergraft and DAA ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: What independent dealers need to be successful with Chris Vangellow of Frazer
In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Chris Vangellow, who is the Director of Product Management at Frazer, described what’s changed most about running an independent dealership over the past few years, especially from a technology perspective. ... Listen Here
ANV installs new top leadership at Open Lending
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
ANV Group Holdings closed its acquisition of Open Lending in July and on Thursday installed a leadership team to oversee ANV’s Credit & Protection platform. The two top executives at Open Lending now are chief executive officer Ross Jessup, who ... [Read More]
Subprime volume pushes auto credit accessibility in September to highest level in more than 10 years
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Access to credit for auto financing keeps improving with subprime growth being the largest contributor. That’s the primary assertion from Cox Automotive, which released the Dealertrack Credit Availability Index for September. According to the latest update distributed on Tuesday, auto ... [Read More]
Resource Hub
Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business
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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TransUnion and Bankrate collaborate to broaden credit offers
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
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: Maybe the problem with deep subprime auto finance isn’t the lender — it’s the loan
John Possumato, DriveItAway Holdings
The $710 million settlement between Credit Acceptance Corp. and 40 states plus Washington, D.C., understandably has renewed scrutiny of deep subprime auto finance. State regulators accused Credit Acceptance of facilitating unaffordable loans, allowing vehicle prices to be inflated based on ... [Read More]
Greenway Auto Group settles with FTC over car-price allegations surfacing in March
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Just three days after the Federal Trade Commission dismissed its complaint against Asbury Automotive Group over allegations of “payment packing,” the regulator on Thursday secured a settlement with Greenway Auto Group. The settlement involves another lawsuit alleging Greenway advertised prices ... [Read More]
ARA convention includes board installation, awards & more
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with giving individual awards and recognizing agencies that have reached significant milestones of membership involvement, the American Recovery Association installed its board of directors during its recent annual convention in Frisco, Texas. “I have only been on the board ... [Read More]
Hudson Cook’s Covington & Johnson return to instructor roles for NAF Association’s latest compliance event
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Hudson Cook partners Patty Covington and Eric Johnson got to switch from litigators to educators again this week when they led the 2026 Compliance Champions Workshop hosted by the National Automotive Finance Association. While many compliance professionals, legal experts and ... [Read More]
Loanbridge’s tracking platform now includes VINchex lien verification data
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
VINchex announced on Tuesday that its lien verification data is available to Loanbridge customers. Through the partnership, Loanbridge users can verify a vehicle’s current lien status in the same system they already use to monitor their portfolios, track vehicle events, ... [Read More]
RISC continues to build industry relationships by adding Flying A to portfolio of forwarder partners
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Continuing the positive momentum cultivated for much of the year, Recovery Industry Services Co. (RISC) recently announced that Flying A has joined its network of forwarder partners for vehicle repossessions. RISC highlighted the agreement brings independent vendor vetting, site inspections, ... [Read More]
Experian Cashflow Data Bureau designed to responsibly expand access to credit
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The newest Experian product puts a technology spin on the old saying, “Cash is king.” On Tuesday, the company launched Experian Cashflow Data Bureau, which is a new consumer reporting agency (CRA) that operates under the Fair Credit Reporting Act ... [Read More]
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