FICO explains reasons for slight dip in average credit scores within auto
Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, 10:24 AM
Fitch watches tax-refund boost on securitizations fade during half of the year
Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, 11:22 AM
SEC rolls out more charges against former Tricolor executives who have already been federally indicted
Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, 10:09 AM
SPONSORED EPISODE: Greenville Auto Auction Celebrates 16 Years—A look back and a look ahead
On this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits visits with Billy Willis and Kevin Stallings of Greenville Auto Auction. The auction celebrates 16 years in early September, and the guys talk about the history of the sale, ... Listen Here
Wide-ranging car-business conversation with Lotlinx chairman and CEO Len Short
Lotlinx chairman and CEO Len Short firmly believes car dealers are the most resilient operators in any business. During this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Short explained why he is anticipating dealers showing that resilience again because it’s needed ... Listen Here
Path to delivering education in Spanish with Ignite Dealer Compliance Group
Steve Levine has dozens of dealer clients with Spanish as their native language. Those dealers also have hundreds of Hispanic customers who cannot speak or understand English. To fill compliance and training gaps created by language challenges, the owner of ... Listen Here
FTC roundup: Actions involving active duty military, credit repair scheme and robocalls
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The past seven days have been quite active at the Federal Trade Commission. The regulator made moves involving credit reporting and active military personnel, took action in connection with an alleged credit repair scheme and worked with and its law ... [Read More]
KAR moves AFC exec to PAR sales leader
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On Tuesday, KAR Auction Services shifted an executive from AFC to a role with PAR North America. According to a news release, PAR announced Drew Shull was named vice president of sales and client experience. In his new role, the ... [Read More]
DIMONT enhances auto team with former VanWagenen executive
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
DIMONT bolstered its leadership team on Tuesday with a former VanWagenen executive who also has been involved with multiple industry organizations such as the American Financial Services Association and the National Automotive Finance Association. The Dallas-based provider of insurance claims adjusting and ... [Read More]
Subprime auto loan ABS metrics mixed in April
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Analysts discovered some positive metrics when finalizing April data for the latest S&P Global Ratings report about the auto loan asset-backed securities (ABS) sector. S&P Global Ratings shared that subprime auto loan ABS losses improved month-over-month to 6.60% from 7.11%. ... [Read More]
May auto defaults stay below 1%
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Auto defaults remained below the 1% mark in May, according to the latest information assembled by S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian. Analysts noticed the May auto default reading dropped 7 basis points to settle at 0.87%. Auto defaults have ... [Read More]
Black Book launches Asset Verification Tool
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Black Book recently rolled out its latest solution for auto finance professionals — Asset Verification Tool — which is designed to help protect finance companies, auction and dealers against vehicle misrepresentation by providing insight on vehicle trim and equipped options. ... [Read More]
Trust Science and Inovatec Systems partner for AI-fueled LOS system
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
TrustScience and Inovatec Systems Corp. finalized a partnership this week. The provider of artificial intelligence-fueled credit scoring and the loan operating system (LOS) provider announced they will partner to release a fully automated lending platform that can enable end-to-end loan ... [Read More]
NAF Association names Kennedy as next president
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Joel Kennedy’s efforts on behalf of the National Automotive Finance Association are set to become even more involved. The association that exclusively serves the non-prime auto financing industry recently named Kennedy as its next president. Kennedy succeeds Sharon Mancero, who ... [Read More]
Examining how Fed’s rate move might impact auto
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
This year began with expectations the Federal Reserve would push interest rates higher multiple times. Then this week, not only did policymakers maintain the rate at its current level, experts are seeing the possibility of a rate cut before 2019 ... [Read More]
Experian spots top 10 states for 60-day delinquency after Q1
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Experian discovered the nation’s leader in 60-day delinquency still is not within the Deep South. Findings from the Q1 2019 State of the Automotive Finance Market report showed that while Louisiana and Mississippi still have some of the highest rates, ... [Read More]
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