Repo Roundtable gives agents opportunity to educate lenders
In another session during Used Car Week 2025 that filled a room to near capacity, the Repo Roundtable is now available through this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Led by Lauren Kimbrell of Advanced Collateral Recovery, five other repossession ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, 05:44 PM
4 experts on dealer M&A, retail buy-sell landscape
Dealership acquisitions and ownership changes seem to surface multiple times per week nowadays. How those deals come to fruition was the focus of a Used Car Week 2025 panel discussion led by Cherokee Media Group’s Joe Overby. Sharing their insights ... Listen Here
Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, 05:32 PM
3 lender executives on affordability & more in auto finance
Used Car Week 2025 featured a panel focused on the state of auto finance. Led by Jennifer Martin of the NAF Association, Christopher Mitcham of Santander Consumer USA, Mary Leigh Phillips of Bridgecrest Acceptance and Amy Brooks of Chase Auto ... Listen Here
Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, 05:09 PM
States making moves to ‘fill void’ left by the CFPB
Friday, May. 16, 2025, 10:44 AM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau certainly isn’t what it was a few months ago, as shown by the recent decision to withdraw several rules and other guidance. Well, state-level regulators are now intensifying their efforts, with one example coming from ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Using data to solve F&I compliance challenges
Friday, May. 16, 2025, 10:43 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
F&I Sentinel chief product officer Kat Venner-Fowler acknowledged data can cause multiple compliance problems. But Venner-Fowler emphasized that data also can be the path to compliance solutions. Venner-Fowler elaborated about the subject during an appearance on the Live Stage presented ... [Read More]
S&P Global Ratings sees seasonal improvement in auto ABS market
Thursday, May. 15, 2025, 10:50 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Amidst all the gloomy outlooks about the economy, as well as how many consumers are filing for bankruptcy, let’s turn to some positive analysis from S&P Global Ratings about how the U.S. auto loan asset-backed securities (ABS) market is doing. ... [Read More]
Fed governor cites automotive amid cautious look at economy
Wednesday, May. 14, 2025, 10:52 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Federal Reserve governor Adriana Kugler gave a speech on Monday at the International Economic Symposium, cohosted by the National Association for Business Economics and the Central Bank of Ireland. Kugler offered several reasons why the U.S. economy isn’t exactly dancing ... [Read More]
Cox Automotive spots ‘notable changes in auto credit access’ in April
Tuesday, May. 13, 2025, 10:13 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Auto financing — at least on the origination side of the business — doesn’t appear to be fully immune from the headwinds and uncertainty that seem to be influencing the economy. Cox Automotive reported on Monday that the Dealertrack Credit ... [Read More]
YASSI unveils RapidRepo to smooth title work
Monday, May. 12, 2025, 10:46 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On Monday, YASSI announced the launch of RapidRepo, a national portal designed to dramatically speed up the title process for finance companies during the repossession process. YASSI highlighted that RapidRepo addresses costly industry challenges, including storage fees, insurance costs, depreciation ... [Read More]
CFPB update: Massive guidance withdrawal & director nomination in flux
Monday, May. 12, 2025, 10:45 AM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Dramatic changes at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau keep surfacing, with the latest including the withdrawal of nearly 80 guidance documents, policy statements and interpretive rules released since 2011. Furthermore, there’s likely going to be a change in the nominee ... [Read More]
Ranney launching new credit-reporting venture this spring
Friday, May. 9, 2025, 09:55 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Tim Ranney is getting back into the credit-reporting business this spring. Ranney — who previously owned Clarity Services, which was purchased by Experian in 2018 — is launching Congruit Credit, an emerging national consumer credit reporting agency positioned to usher ... [Read More]
As rates stay unchanged, headwinds build against auto retailers & financiers
Thursday, May. 8, 2025, 10:27 AM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
In what economists said was “universally expected,” the Federal Reserve left the federal funds target rate unchanged on Wednesday. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) kept that rate at a range of 4.25% to 4.50% and reiterated a deliberate approach ... [Read More]
Who to Watch: Wayne Ray uses energy cultivated by family & military to make repossession industry better
Wednesday, May. 7, 2025, 02:12 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is part of the May edition of Auto Remarketing, which will focus entirely on a new special feature: Who to Watch. This special feature will recognize auto industry executives and companies — selected by Cherokee Media Group’s ... [Read More]
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