Less-Seasoned Loans Push Average Debt Levels Higher
Friday, Sep. 12, 2014, 02:36 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Make it 13 quarters in a row during which the average amount consumers had remaining on their vehicle installment contract moved higher year-over-year. TransUnion's Industry Insights Report indicated that auto loan debt per borrower jumped 4.1 percent from $16,410 in ... [Read More]
Auto Affordability Questioned As Job Growth Slows
Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2014, 03:37 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Despite Comerica Bank saying the latest economic trends might be better than the raw numbers indicate, Requisite Press insisted when it released its August Auto Buyer's Affordability Index (ABAI) on Wednesday that a growing economy is “simply not” enough to ... [Read More]
Used-Value Decline Not Expected to Hurt Auto Lease ABS
Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2014, 03:34 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Fitch Ratings asserted that U.S. auto lease ABS will continue to perform within expectations, and ratings will be stable even though analysts understand that used-vehicle values will continue to decline moderately from their recent “untenable” highs. Fitch also projected that ... [Read More]
NADA Supports Latest Bipartisan Effort to Reform CFPB Guidance
Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2014, 03:29 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
National Automobile Dealers Association members are gathering on Capitol Hill this week to urge Congressional lawmakers to pass bipartisan legislation that franchised dealers say would nullify the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s “flawed” guidance on auto lending. NADA explained H.R. 5403 ... [Read More]
BillingTree Finalizes Examination in Conformity with SSAE
Monday, Sep. 8, 2014, 03:12 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
BillingTree recently completed its examination in conformity with Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) No. 16, Reporting on Controls at a Service Organization for the period from May 1 of last year through April 30 of this year. The ... [Read More]
Hyundai Capital America Reaches 25 Years in Business
Monday, Sep. 8, 2014, 03:10 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This past Saturday was a silver one for Hyundai Capital America as the captive finance company that does business as Hyundai Motor Finance and Kia Motors Finance celebrated its 25th anniversary and a quarter century in Orange County, Calif. Originally ... [Read More]
CFPB’s Latest Mandate: Watch Your Service Providers
Monday, Sep. 8, 2014, 03:08 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
One of the marketing hooks that subprime finance companies of all sizes often use contains the pitch about how consistent payments can lead to steady reporting to credit bureaus and eventually the possible healing of the borrower’s profile. Hudson Cook ... [Read More]
Latest ABS Losses Within Fitch’s Expectations
Friday, Sep. 5, 2014, 01:35 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Fitch Ratings reported U.S. auto loan ABS delinquencies and losses climbed in July on a monthly basis. However, Fitch expected such a movement, so the firm contends that asset performance in the sector should moderate further in the remainder of ... [Read More]
American Lending Solutions & Resolvion Finalize Merger
Friday, Sep. 5, 2014, 01:33 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Resolvion and American Lending Solutions (ALS) completed a merger agreement this week that will combine their respective operations into one of the largest skip-tracing and repossession management firms in the industry. Executives indicated the new company will operate under the ... [Read More]
GM and GM Financial Reach New Support Agreement
Thursday, Sep. 4, 2014, 01:37 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Coming off a quarterly performance where the finance company’s total originations of loans and leases jumped higher than any quarterly figure the company posted in the past year, General Motors and General Motors Financial entered into a support agreement on ... [Read More]