NextGear Capital wants to make sure the dealer voice is heard when it comes to floor-planning and other company activities. Last week, building on the success of its inaugural DRIVE Dealer Advisory Board (DRIVE) launched in 2021, NextGear announced members ... [Read More]

KPA and Reynolds and Reynolds now are working together to help dealerships comply with state and federal financing requirements. On Wednesday, the companies announced a strategic partnership to provide dealerships greater access to Reynolds’ LAW F&I Libraries across all 50 ... [Read More]

As its experts shared updated trends associated with new-vehicle prices, Cox Automotive also posted its Dealertrack Auto Credit Availability Index for October. Perhaps helping if a non-prime consumer aspires to secure a new vehicle, analysts discovered access to auto credit ... [Read More]

The subprime space is continuing to lose momentum as 2023 reaches the short rows of potential originations for dealerships and finance companies. What is gaining steam, however, are delinquencies. For the second consecutive quarter, originations softened across most risk tiers, ... [Read More]

Resolvion, a provider of national repossession management, skip-tracing, remarketing, license plate recognition, and heavy equipment and specialty recovery, announced on Monday a partnership with AKUVO. As an integrated repossession service provider, the partnership will provide Resolvion the opportunity to serve ... [Read More]

Crédito Real USA Finance gained new ownership in April. This week, the finance company that specializes in the Hispanic segment got a new brand name. The operation launched its new brand as FinBe USA, what executives explained as representing “a ... [Read More]

ADESA chief economist Tom Kontos shared a similar reaction with SubPrime Auto Finance News as his expert brethren, saying the Federal Reserve voting unanimously to keep the federal funds rate at 5.25% to 5.5% was to be expected. “Moreover, the ... [Read More]

On Wednesday, Open Lending Corp. released the addition of new alternative data attributes for auto finance applicants to more accurately inform the risk score generated by its Lenders Protection solution. Open Lending highlighted that access to expanded criteria from TransUnion ... [Read More]

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is calling for reinforcements. CFPB enforcement director Eric Halperin revealed in a public appearance last week that the bureau is looking to add about 75 new full-time employees to the office of enforcement. Halperin told ... [Read More]

As the Federal Reserve approaches its next opportunity to modify interest rates on Wednesday, findings from a new survey orchestrated by Santander Holdings USA perhaps reinforced perceptions already held by auto finance leaders. Santander reported on Monday that American consumers ... [Read More]