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Analysis: CFPB finalizes changes to annual privacy notice
Thursday, Sep. 13, 2018, 02:37 PM
Alexander Koskey, Baker Donelson
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued its final rule adopting changes to Regulation P, which governs the requirements for financial institutions to issue privacy notices to its customers. The final rule implements new timing requirements for sending annual ... [Read More]
CFPB focuses latest supervisory highlights on repo and insurance issues
Wednesday, Sep. 12, 2018, 03:41 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau concentrated the auto-finance portion of its latest supervisory highlights on two of the most complicated matters when someone needs credit to acquire a vehicle — repossession and the application of insurance proceeds. Before deploying a ... [Read More]
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Out-of-State Titling: 12 Steps Every Title Clerk Should Follow (The Easy Way)
Out-of-state titling isn’t easy. With every state having different DMV requirements, document packets, and deadlines, it’s easy for mistakes to...
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Turn Customer Auto Insurance into Dealership Profit If you're not profiting from auto insurance in your dealership, now’s the time...
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2 reasons why Regional Acceptance to leverage Dealertrack for title services
Wednesday, Sep. 12, 2018, 03:34 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Regional Acceptance Corp. (RAC) and Dealertrack Accelerated Title this week spelled out a pair of reasons why they’re now working together to create efficiencies in their payoff and title release process with dealers accepting vehicle in on trade. RAC, a ... [Read More]
Equifax sees less subprime paper as industry passes $1.25 trillion in outstanding balances
Wednesday, Sep. 12, 2018, 03:32 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The auto-finance industry passed another milestone as Equifax determined current portfolios collectively now exceed $1.25 trillion. However, subprime paper isn’t pushing the industry-wide figure higher as much as volume within that segment did a year ago. To get to the ... [Read More]
Fitch sees four Q2 trends positively impacting subprime ABS
Tuesday, Sep. 11, 2018, 02:33 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Fitch Ratings sifted through data generated by the subprime auto asset backed securities (ABS) market during the first half of the year. Analysts not only found four elements that are supporting the subprime ABS segment, but also more details about ... [Read More]
23 industry leaders named to 3 CFPB advisory boards
Monday, Sep. 10, 2018, 03:54 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Three boards containing 23 industry leaders now have an advisory voice in how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau operates. Late last week, the bureau announced the appointment of new experts from outside the federal government to the Consumer Advisory Board, ... [Read More]
Crestview acquires Protect My Car from private investor group
Friday, Sep. 7, 2018, 02:47 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Extended warranty product provider Protect My Car has new ownership. On Thursday, Protect My Car (PMC) announced that funds managed by Crestview Partners, together with members of PMC’s management team, have completed the acquisition of the company from a private ... [Read More]
COMMENTARY: DOJ action against Pa. Chevrolet store rekindles childhood memories
Thursday, Sep. 6, 2018, 02:51 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Regularly, alerts and messages arrive in my inbox containing some kind of enforcement action against a dealership or finance company. Oftentimes, my approach is just stick with the facts of the matter contained in a press release, share the developments ... [Read More]
3 states post 60-day delinquency rate above 1 percent in Q2
Wednesday, Sep. 5, 2018, 04:02 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Only three states posted 60-day delinquency rates above 1 percent during the second quarter, according to Experian’s State of the Automotive Finance Market report. Overall, analysts found that 60-day delinquencies dropped by 3 basis points year-over-year, settling at 0.64 percent ... [Read More]
14 AGs implore CFPB to enforce Equal Credit Opportunity Act
Wednesday, Sep. 5, 2018, 03:54 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Attorneys general are continuing to implore the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to be an aggressive regulator. Through a letter delivered on Wednesday, New York attorney general Barbara Underwood — part of a coalition of 14 AGs — called on the ... [Read More]
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