StoneEagle spots new highs in dealer F&I average gross profit, income halfway through 2026
Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, 10:21 AM
Wise F&I regional VP chosen as 2026 NAMAD Woman of the Year
Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, 10:42 AM
FTC issues consumer alert over phantom dealerships that experts have seen for more than a year
Wednesday, Sep. 2, 2026, 09:55 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
PODCAST: Deeper dive into rising LTVs with TransUnion’s Satyan Merchant
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
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 ... [Read More]
PODCAST: PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor on intersection of payments & technology
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
PayNearMe recently shared new research, explaining that hidden costs sustained by auto lenders can show up as failed payments, borrower support calls, late payments, collections follow-up, reconciliation work and manual recovery effort. PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor elaborated about ... [Read More]
Credit Acceptance plucks Amazon AI expert to be CTO
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Credit Acceptance followed through on its previous pledge to name its new chief technology officer this month. And like many of us, the subprime auto finance company found what it sought via Amazon. Credit Acceptance on Thursday announced that Jeetu ... [Read More]
Time dwindling to submit public comments about House’s major CFPB reform proposal
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The auto-finance industry and other participants in financial services now have less than 10 days to provide feedback about a draft of legislation to reform the structure and powers of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The U.S. House Financial ... [Read More]
F&I Sentinel, Global Lending Services, CHAMP, Endurance again among Inc. 5000
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
CHAMP, F&I Sentinel and Global Lending Services are among the companies involved in auto financing that are celebrating again for being among the Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies. For F&I Sentinel, it marks being on the list ... [Read More]
Cox Automotive: Subprime share decreases again in July, as loan terms stay at all-time high
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Dealertrack Credit Availability Index keeps climbing, but the subprime share keeps sagging. Cox Automotive’s latest index update might be reflecting what’s happening at your finance company, ticking up 7% year-over-year to 105, which is the highest level since November ... [Read More]
FTC reviews 3 dealer group settlements after abandoning disparate impact
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Disparate impact theory sometimes made automotive compliance professionals nauseous, especially when it was used by federal regulators to generate settlements for as much as $10 million in a single situation. Late on Friday, those professionals — and three dealership groups ... [Read More]
AutoPayPlus survey uncovers where dealers see untapped opportunities in F&I product offerings
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Findings from a dealer survey orchestrated by AutoPayPlus showed issues stores are still having in the F&I office. The survey revealed that while many dealership owners recognize the potential value of their F&I product offerings, challenges around consistent presentation, product ... [Read More]
CarShield completes acquisition of American Auto Shield
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, CarShield finalized the acquisition of its primary contract administrator, American Auto Shield, in a move that transitioned the vehicle-protection company into what it called “a fully integrated end-to-end service provider.” Leadership explained this strategic move centralizes the customer ... [Read More]
TransUnion: Used-car loans with LTVs at 140% or higher quadruple in past five years
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Perhaps this data point shared by TransUnion on Thursday epitomizes how much used-car financing has changed during the past five years. In the auto-finance segment of TransUnion’s Q2 2026 Credit Industry Insights Report (CIIR), analysts indicated that just 8% of ... [Read More]
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