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SPONSORED EPISODE: Allied Solutions explains why origination is episodic, but servicing is continuous
John Elias, sales specialist in auto finance business development for Allied Solutions, is back as the guest for another sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Elias explains why current market conditions, affordability pressures and changing vehicle values are combining ... Listen Here
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

TransUnion sees auto delinquency rising for fifth straight year

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
TransUnion acknowledged its 2026 Consumer Credit Forecast originated through a “complex backdrop,” with unemployment being one of the primary ingredients in analysts’ prediction of auto-finance delinquency rising for the fifth year in a row. And perhaps that “complex backdrop” got ... [Read More]

Primeritus Financial Services adds Hester to strategic sales team

Another former Manheim Canada exec joins Otolane
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Primeritus Financial Services reinforced its human capital before 2025 closed. The provider of recovery, skip-tracing and remarketing services to the finance community hired Jeremy Hester to be part of its strategic sales team as senior national strategic sales executive. The ... [Read More]

PODCAST: How AI can improve repossessions with Geoff Weathersby of SVR Tracking

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Artificial intelligence helps individuals and businesses in many ways nowadays. Can AI help to sharpen the repossession process, too? Geoff Weathersby thinks so. The chief operating officer of SVR Tracking explained how on the Live Stage presented by SYCN Auto ... [Read More]

DriveItAway & Free2move launch in 9 more markets ‘at the moment consumers need it most’

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Last July, DriveItAway Holdings joined forces with Free2move, the global mobility brand of Stellantis, to launch Free2move Powered by DriveItAway, a national initiative that aims to “transform dealerships into next-generation mobility hubs.” In December, the companies announced the expansion of ... [Read More]

Initial 2026 auto financing outlook still muted despite two positive trends

Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
In December, consumers’ pay rose and average rates on auto financing dropped. Sounds like wonderful ingredients to get vehicles delivered and contracts booked, huh? Well, Cox Automotive interim chief economist Jeremy Robb is among the cautious contingent not ready to ... [Read More]

Protective finalizes Portfolio acquisition, its eighth since 2015

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The unofficial first business day of 2026 marked the closing of an F&I product provider acquisition first announced the day before Halloween. Protective Life Corp., a U.S. subsidiary of Dai-ichi Life Holdings, said on Monday that it has completed the ... [Read More]

Edmunds: More than 26% of Q4 used- & new-car deliveries backed by monthly payments topping $1,000

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The first auto-finance number to know less than a week into 2026 might be $1,000. That’s because of the record number of consumers who took delivery of used and new cars during the fourth quarter with monthly payments of $1,000 ... [Read More]

Newest FlexPath DXP answers two affordability questions shoppers often immediately have

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The latest auto-finance data from Edmunds might make the newest tool from FlexPath DXP even more valuable for dealers. FlexPath DXP CEO Tarry Shebesta explained the launch of Personalized Shop-by-Payment (Personalized SBP) answers the two questions car shoppers have at ... [Read More]

Unsealed federal indictment details depth of Tricolor fraud with Chu facing multiple charges

Tricolor gains US patent for AI-driven underwriting tool
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Explosive allegations and language surfaced on Tuesday via the unsealing of a Justice Department indictment charging Daniel Chu, the founder and former CEO of Tricolor Holdings with orchestrating a years-long financial crimes enterprise that defrauded multiple banks and other private ... [Read More]

Auto credit availability in November climbed to highest point in 3 years

AutoPayPlus offers free F&I reporting tool by VisionAST
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Perhaps dealers aren’t expecting an immediate lift from the Federal Reserve lowering interest rates for the third time this year. But overall credit availability already appears to be as good as it’s been in about three years. Cox Automotive reported ... [Read More]

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