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SPONSORED EPISODE: Rethinking vehicle-protection plans for today’s wide inventory mix with GWC Warranty
Used-car inventory on dealer lots nowadays can range from older, higher-mileage vehicles to EVs, lifted trucks, and modified vehicles. The result is dealers are also having to change the vehicle-protection conversations with customers. In this special sponsored episode of the ... Listen Here
Recapping credit scores & other trends in auto finance with Shams Blanc of FICO
Shams Blanc, head of auto scores at FICO, made another appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast to elaborate more about the fall edition of the FICO Score Credit Insights report. Along with recapping what’s going on in auto finance, Blanc ... Listen Here
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
CARite secures $45M in funding to boost lease portfolio
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
CARite received an injection of funds to expand its leasing portfolio from a finance provider that has an understanding of what the company is trying to accomplish within the subprime market. On Wednesday, Crystal Financial announced the completion of a ... [Read More]
REPAY makes another acquisition, securing PayMaxx Pro
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
More industry consolidation came to light on Wednesday as Realtime Electronic Payments (REPAY) made another acquisition. The provider of advanced payment technology products and electronic transaction processing services for the consumer finance industry has acquired PayMaxx Pro, an electronic payments ... [Read More]
Black Book’s newest tool sharpens valuations based on vehicle history
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Auto finance companies and dealerships integrally involved in underwriting might have some kind of vehicle-history component embedded into their scorecards and other tools. However, Black Book on Tuesday rolled out what the vehicle valuation company believes is its most precise ... [Read More]
F&I Express and F&I Administration Solutions partner to manage product cancellation process
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
F&I Express and F&I Administration Solutions recently expanded their relationship to help finance companies, F&I product providers and dealerships improve their aftermarket product cancellation performance and compliance. The companies highlighted that the integration of F&I Express and F&I Admin addresses ... [Read More]
4 recommendations for an F&I edge to start 2018
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The team at GWC Warranty offered four suggestions to help dealerships looking for an edge in January and the rest of 2018. Recommendations to boost sales as well as ongoing success in the F&I office, GWC Warranty declared that “there’s ... [Read More]
Additional subprime paper impacts November ABS readings
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
S&P Global Ratings described what more subprime paper flowing into the auto loan asset-backed securities (ABS) market did to its readings for November. According to a report published this week, the overall ABS market enjoyed some “mild” improvements in November. Analysts ... [Read More]
Prospects for interest rates doubling in 2 years
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Two participants on the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) at the Federal Reserve see the target range for the federal funds rate surpassing 4 percent in 2020 with nine other policymakers anticipating that the reading hits at least 3 percent ... [Read More]
Average transaction prices for new models set new high
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The risk auto finance companies absorbed when taking on new-vehicle paper certainly didn’t wane as 2017 closed. On Tuesday, analysts at Kelley Blue Book reported the estimated average transaction price (ATP) for light vehicles in the United States came in ... [Read More]
DriveTime seeking new CEO to replace Fidel
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
DriveTime on Tuesday morning announced an executive succession process. The company said DriveTime chief executive officer Ray Fidel entered into definitive agreements in late November for Fidel's transition out of his role as CEO in December. DriveTime indicated the transition ... [Read More]
November auto defaults hold steady
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In the midst of the holiday break, analysts from S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian released an update on auto finance defaults through November. Fortunately, what they spotted shouldn’t give the industry an unwanted jolt to start regular business operations ... [Read More]
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