As one the leading experts in asset backed securities analysis took a stab at deflating the “subprime bubble” talk, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau official whose jurisdiction is the auto finance market answered pre-submitted questions for nearly an hour on ... [Read More]

Five trade groups, including the American Bankers Association, American Financial Services Association and the Consumer Data Industry Association, recently sent a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau offering five reasons why the CFPB should solicit public comment on its ... [Read More]

While praising financing companies for their underwriting prowess, TransUnion’s latest auto report — viewed one quarter in arrears to ensure all accounts are included in the data — showed notable origination growth in the subprime risk tier. Contracts extended to ... [Read More]

As one senator proposed legislation to bring the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau within the Congressional appropriations process, Sen. Al Franken led a group of 57 U.S. lawmakers who urged the CFPB to issue new rules “swiftly” that would eliminate the ... [Read More]

S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian discovered auto loan defaults dropped 9 basis points in April to settle at its lowest level since June of last year. Analysts reported as a part of the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices that ... [Read More]

The newest analyst video from White Clarke Group shows the global asset and auto finance market is looking positive, despite political and economic tensions. White Clark Group explained the global leasing industry started 2015 with positive expectations that remain undaunted, ... [Read More]

In light of the severe weather impacting the Lone Star State during the past several days, National Automotive Finance Association executive director Jack Tracey offered an update on the organization’s Non-Prime Auto Financing Conference, which begins on Wednesday afternoon in ... [Read More]

Ohio attorney general Mike DeWine and 30 other state attorneys general reached a settlement this week with the three main credit reporting agencies — Equifax, Experian and TransUnion — which have agreed to make a number of changes to their ... [Read More]

Auto Financial Group — an online provider of innovative financing products including CarMark Auto Finance for credit unions and banks — recently formed a new partnership with CU Direct, a provider of lending, automotive and strategic solutions to the credit ... [Read More]

Exeter Finance Corp. went outside of the auto finance sector to find its new chief executive officer last fall, and on Friday, the subprime operation repeated the process when choosing a new chief financial officer. Taking on the CFO role for ... [Read More]