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
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
StoneEagle Q3 data shows steady times in dealer F&I departments
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
StoneEagle on Tuesday highlighted how it was a steady quarter in dealership F&I departments amid some gross-profit turbulence seen in July, August and September. Third-quarter information included in the StoneEagleDATA F&I Benchmark Report showed stable F&I performance across key metrics. ... [Read More]
CFPB unveils ‘humility pledge’ for supervision division
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Perhaps compliance departments at auto lenders and other companies involved in financial services had something extra to be thankful for last week. Just ahead of Thanksgiving, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau made significant changes to how its supervision division conducts ... [Read More]
AutoPayPlus welcomes new agency development manager
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
AutoPayPlus by US Equity Advantage continued its recent string of moves by announcing the appointment of Steven Weir as agency development manager. In this role, the automated financial concierge service said Weir will be responsible for building and supporting strong ... [Read More]
Weltman, Weinberg & Reis adds 5 attorneys to Chicago office, donates to Feeding America network
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with making donations to local food banks and pantries in the Feeding America network, Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., added to its stable of legal professionals at its Chicago office. This month, the firm welcomed five new attorneys: Tresina ... [Read More]
Auto snippets from TransUnion’s October 2025 Credit Industry Snapshot
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Are auto-finance providers taking on more risk or are there simply more consumers who fall into the subprime credit tier? Here some more data to consider. As Cox Automotive’s information showed credit access improved a bit in October, TransUnion’s October ... [Read More]
October data from Cox Automotive & VantageScore shows expanded credit access but growing delinquency
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
You can make your own judgements about the state of the credit market based on October data from Cox Automotive and VantageScore. In October, Cox Automotive reported, the Dealertrack Credit Availability Index resumed its upward trend of improved credit access ... [Read More]
InterVest to acquire Flagship Credit Acceptance with Landy set to be CEO
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The next chapter in Jim Landy’s career in auto finance will arrive through another acquisition involving a lender and an investment firm. Last week, Flagship Credit Acceptance announced that affiliates of InterVest Capital Partners, a New York-based specialty finance investment ... [Read More]
PAR hires Dave Baker as vice president
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
OPENLANE subsidiary PAR has a new vice president — someone familiar to the repossession and recovery industries. Coming aboard with three decades of experience spanning corporate operations, law enforcement, and compliance management is Dave Baker, who will serve as the ... [Read More]
Equifax launches new anti-money laundering solutions to help banks, credit unions & financial services companies
Nick Zulovich
Equifax doesn’t want financial services firms and related industries to land in trouble for not meeting anti-money laundering (AML) mandates. So on Friday, Equifax introduced new AML compliance solutions designed to ease the burden of regulatory compliance by flagging potential ... [Read More]
TransUnion trying to clean up credit washing with new fraud detection solution
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
TransUnion is trying to help the financial services industry clean up the proliferation of credit washing that’s impacting auto finance and beyond. To combat credit washing — the practice of removing legitimate, accurate and non-obsolete credit data from credit profiles ... [Read More]
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