AI is rapidly reshaping dealership operations, yet most stores are still in early experimentation mode. According to the Cox Automotive...
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Connecting auto finance, risk management & interest rates ahead of Fed’s last policy meeting of year
Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, 10:23 AM
COMMENTARY: A dealer's 2026 strategy guide for F&I in the new age of affordability
Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, 09:55 AM
Growing volume of paper booked in Q3 has terms stretching toward 2033
Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, 10:58 AM
Sponsored Episode: Winning Trade-Ins and Trust – Navigating Today’s Affordability Challenges
Affordability challenges are reshaping the automotive landscape—vehicle prices and payments are at all-time highs and negative equity is on the rise. In this episode, Micah Tindor offers a data-driven conversation with real-world strategies around acquisition tactics and long-term profitability to ... Listen Here
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, 03:15 PM
Sponsored Episode: Winning Talent Strategies for Car Dealerships – with CDK & Industry Leaders
In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, host Bruce Johnson from CDK sits down with Tyler Jones, President of EV Auto, and Joe Brown, CMO at Frank Leta, to explore proven strategies for attracting and retaining top talent ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, 10:00 AM
Dissecting evolving credit scores with Shams Blanc of FICO
As much as auto-finance underwriting has become sophisticated, a potential starting point to determine if the applicant will be offered an installment contract is the credit score. Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, described the ... Listen Here
Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, 03:34 PM
How securing a vehicle in subprime is changing lives
Wednesday, Jul. 27, 2016, 02:45 PM
Phil Getz, Navicore Solutions
As a non-profit financial counseling organization, our counselors see first-hand the impact a car and a car loan have on the financial security of individuals and their families. The value of a reliable car is pretty clear. It expands employment ... [Read More]
defi SOLUTIONS expands digital capabilities with eOriginal partnership
Tuesday, Jul. 26, 2016, 02:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The fourth significant development coming from defi SOLUTIONS in the past month arrived on Tuesday morning. This time, defi SOLUTIONS finalized a partnership with eOriginal in an effort to bring secure eContracting and eVaulting capabilities to its growing finance company ... [Read More]
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Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business
Turn Battery Risk Into Trust: Your Edge in the Used EV Market
Independent battery health certification is the new gold standard for used EV dealerships. The latest AVILOO detect Magazine reveals how...
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How GMs Start Their Day with Mastermind & Make More Deals
Successful General Managers know that how you start the day sets the tone for dealership performance. This checklist outlines the...
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Rising Repos, Shrinking Margins: A Guide to Reduce Collections and Servicing Costs with AI Agents
As delinquencies rise and margins tighten, leading auto lenders use AI agents to cut collections and servicing costs without compromising...
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Out-of-State Titling: 12 Steps Every Title Clerk Should Follow (The Easy Way)
Out-of-state titling isn’t easy. With every state having different DMV requirements, document packets, and deadlines, it’s easy for mistakes to...
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Free Guide: How Smart Dealers Can Profit from Customer Car Insurance
Turn Customer Auto Insurance into Dealership Profit If you're not profiting from auto insurance in your dealership, now’s the time...
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Go In-House With Your Photos
Your Photo Vendor Didn’t Show Up Again? Let’s Fix That. Stop relying on vendors and start owning your inventory. This...
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The Auto Dealer’s Complete Checklist for Evaluating AI
The Auto Dealer’s Complete Checklist for Evaluating AI highlights key questions dealership leaders should ask technology partners during the selection...
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GM Financial’s subprime exposure falls again in Q2
Monday, Jul. 25, 2016, 03:47 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
General Motors Financial previously discussed how its subprime exposure would be declining as the finance company continues its strategy pivot to prime paper as the parent automaker’s captive provider. The company’s second-quarter financial statement reinforced the approach as GM Financial ... [Read More]
3 personnel changes at the CFPB
Monday, Jul. 25, 2016, 03:40 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Just ahead of when it rolled past five years of operation, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau made three leadership changes involving the associate director for supervision, enforcement, and fair lending; the principal deputy general counsel; and the deputy chief operating ... [Read More]
9 groups urge Senate to pass bill rescinding CFPB auto finance guidance
Friday, Jul. 22, 2016, 03:42 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, a broad coalition of business groups involved in the making, selling, servicing, financing and auctioning of vehicles urged Congress to support Senate legislation to preserve a consumer's ability to get discounted auto financing at the dealership. In a ... [Read More]
CFPB’s impact after 5 years
Thursday, Jul. 21, 2016, 02:36 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Five years ago today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau “opened our doors,” a milestone the regulator highlighted on its website. The Dodd-Frank Act that created the CFPB receives its operational funding the Federal Reserve, which literally can print money. As ... [Read More]
Dealertrack eContracting now available to Volvo dealers nationwide
Wednesday, Jul. 20, 2016, 03:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In an effort to help dealers and finance companies benefit from the use of digital technologies, Dealertrack announced this week that Volvo Car Financial Services is now available for eContracting with Volvo dealers nationwide on the Dealertrack platform. The company ... [Read More]
2 factors that could push defaults higher
Wednesday, Jul. 20, 2016, 03:29 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
David Blitzer, managing director and chairman of the index committee at S&P Dow Jones Indices, suspects that two factors could “hint of future default rate increases.” However, auto financing wasn’t one of the ones Blitzer mentioned on Tuesday when the ... [Read More]
NextGear Capital closes $1.95B financing securitization
Tuesday, Jul. 19, 2016, 01:51 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
NextGear Capital on Tuesday announced the recent closing of its $1.95 billion securitized bank facility. Led by The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, the company highlighted the two-year securitized facility is designed to provide “flexibility and tremendous lending capacity” through a large, ... [Read More]
ProMax Unlimited unveils third soft-pull product
Monday, Jul. 18, 2016, 04:12 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Dealer Marketing Services, the makers of ProMax Unlimited, recently released the third solution in a line of three consumer credit soft pull products. The latest addition is the Instant Auto Credit App, an Equifax-powered version of the popular online soft ... [Read More]
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