SPONSORED EPISODE: Bracing for more than ‘portfolio stress’ with John Elias of Allied Solutions
John Elias, sales specialist in auto finance business development with Allied Solutions, acknowledged lenders might be experiencing more than just “portfolio stress” since delinquencies, insurance costs, negative equity, and repossessions are all intensifying at the same time. Elias, who was ... Listen Here
Monday, Jun. 22, 2026, 07:11 PM
Agora Data’s Matt Burke on becoming NAF Association president
Agora Data’s Steve Burke was one of the founders of the National Automotive Finance Association 30 years ago. Now in 2026, Steve Burke’s son, Matt, not only is a top executive at Agora Data, but he is also now president ... Listen Here
Friday, Jun. 19, 2026, 01:00 AM
Experian’s Melinda Zabritski discusses ongoing stretching of terms
The latest appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast by Melinda Zabritski, Experian’s head of automotive financial insights and Automotive Intelligence Award recipient, focused on auto-loan terms, which oftentimes are at least 72 months nowadays. Zabritski also compared a data point ... Listen Here
Friday, Jun. 12, 2026, 09:35 AM
CFPB director nominee now at final Senate vote
Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, 03:29 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The process for establishing Kathleen Kraninger as the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau took another sharply, politically divided step forward on Thursday as the Senate barely approved invoking cloture to end debate about her nomination. Composition of ... [Read More]
LAUNCHER.SOLUTIONS and VinAudit.com finalize integration
Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, 03:25 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Two companies are collaborating for enhanced subprime underwriting at a lower cost. This week, LAUNCHER.SOLUTIONS, a technology provider specializing in subprime originations, announced a strategic integration partnership with VinAudit.com aimed at reducing costs incurred by subprime finance companies for vehicle ... [Read More]
Dozen findings from study about consumer anxiety over bills
Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, 03:26 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
More evidence and commentary as to why the 30-day or 60-day delinquency rates connected with your portfolio might be at their current levels arrived this week. And consumer study findings coincided with the Federal Reserve chairman reiterating “vulnerabilities” within the ... [Read More]
ANALYSIS: When does a principal business purpose amount to debt collection under the FDCPA?
Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, 05:26 PM
Jade Sipes, Baker Donelson
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act prohibits debt collectors from engaging in abusive debt collection practices. To be liable under the Act, however, the defendant must be a debt collector. And there are two ways that a defendant can qualify ... [Read More]
Spireon gains 30th US patent
Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, 03:25 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
It’s like the federal government gave Spireon a holiday present. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Spireon a patent for its technology approach to managing an automotive dealership’s vehicle inventory by pairing a tracking device to a vehicle. ... [Read More]
4 possible ways to bring some financing cheer to your dealership
Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, 03:22 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Black Friday and Cyber Monday might have already passed, but GWC Warranty contends that dealerships still can leverage consumers’ enthusiasm for spending to rake in some retail revenue via their finance departments. “There are two ways to look at the holiday ... [Read More]
Explaining implications of SCUSA’s nearly $12M settlement with CFPB
Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018, 03:15 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
FNI Inc. president David Bafumo spent part of his Thanksgiving holiday dissecting the potential pitfalls that resulted in Santander Consumer USA reaching a settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over a GAP product. Two days before the country carved ... [Read More]
FTC maintains stance on privacy while fostering innovation
Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018, 02:01 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Federal Trade Commission called for a balanced approach that protects both consumer privacy and innovation in a comment submitted to the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) as part of that agency’s consumer privacy proceeding. In ... [Read More]
Consolidated Asset Recovery Systems adds former Del Mar executive
Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018, 01:55 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On the heels of landing a trio of clients as well as an enhanced relationship with Digital Recognition Network (DRN), Consolidated Asset Recovery Systems also added to its executive team. Consolidated recently announced that it has named Jeff Rau as ... [Read More]
Auto defaults rise 3 basis points in October
Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, 04:27 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Auto finance defaults rose for just the second time this year in October. But the 3-basis point rise is only a fraction of the largest uptick analysts from S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian have seen during the past 36 ... [Read More]
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