6 agencies form Acrisure Protection Group
Monday, Jun. 5, 2023, 11:36 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Late last week, Acrisure, which combines people and high tech to deliver an array of products including insurance, reinsurance and cyberservices, announced the formation of the Acrisure Protection Group. The group is designed to be a full-service finance and insurance ... [Read More]
Experian: Stronger credit consumers opting for shorter terms
Thursday, Jun. 1, 2023, 11:42 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
It’s not uncommon for consumers with softer credit scores to seek the longest contract terms possible to get a manageable monthly payment. Conversely, Experian is seeing consumers with strong credit scores ask for shorter terms to offset rising interest rates. ... [Read More]
FTC acknowledges regulatory petition involving spot deliveries
Wednesday, May. 31, 2023, 12:00 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Spot deliveries now are back on the radar of federal regulators. The Federal Trade Commission acknowledged on Wednesday and began the request for comment process involving a petition it again received from six consumer advocates to create regulation involving what ... [Read More]
CFPB hands OneMain $20M penalty involving personal loan business
Wednesday, May. 31, 2023, 11:58 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
OneMain Financial is being penalized by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for its infractions the regulator found associated with its personal loan business. The CFPB announced on Wednesday that OneMain — which also has a notable subprime auto finance ... [Read More]
Protective Asset Protection rolls out training schedule for remainder of 2023
Thursday, May. 25, 2023, 03:03 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Protective Asset Protection recently expanded its F&I professional development program for dealers, with added in-person and online curriculum and an additional new team member for its training team. Protective’s training team created an advanced class for F&I Skills. As the ... [Read More]
Mandatory ELT processing gaining momentum
Thursday, May. 25, 2023, 11:45 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Cox Automotive senior director of government affairs Sarah Hunsicker gave both historical background and forward-looking perspectives about electronic lien and title (ELT) processing, which is now mandatory in 13 states. Hunsicker recapped in a company podcast with Deshaun Sheppard, a ... [Read More]
NAF Association emerges strong after nearly 3 years of change
Wednesday, May. 24, 2023, 09:04 AM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
The National Automotive Finance Association began to navigate challenges triggered by COVID-19 like literally the rest of the world in March 2020. Then, matters became tremendously more complicated 15 months later when the only executive director the NAF Association ever ... [Read More]
Tom Hudson named first recipient of Jack Tracey Pinnacle Award
Tuesday, May. 23, 2023, 11:01 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Tom Hudson might not be practicing consumer finance law on a daily basis nowadays, but accolades continue to be given to the founding partner of Hudson Cook. On Tuesday, the National Automotive Finance Association announced that Hudson has been named ... [Read More]
Messages from Truist & Westlake illustrate wide-ranging state of auto financing
Monday, May. 22, 2023, 11:06 AM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Messages obtained by SubPrime Auto Finance News during the past couple of days perhaps illustrate how wide-ranging the auto finance landscape currently is. On Friday, Cherokee Media Group received an anonymous tip that Truist Bank and Regional Acceptance were set ... [Read More]
24 state AGs send amicus brief to Supreme Court, supporting CFPB
Friday, May. 19, 2023, 11:33 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A coalition of 24 attorneys general threw their support behind the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau this week, submitting an amicus brief to the Supreme Court The group is urging the court to overturn a decision by the U.S. Court of ... [Read More]