Agora Data and PassTime last week announced a partnership, bringing together the non-prime auto fintech platform with the provider of GPS-based asset tracking and recovery solutions. Through this partnership, Agora dealers can receive access to special discounted pricing on select ... [Read More]

Cox Automotive reported last week that the Dealertrack Credit Availability Index rose to 102.4, which is the highest reading since June 2022. And Jonathan Gregory pointed to the subprime share as one of the primary catalysts. The senior director on ... [Read More]

Last week’s North American Repossessors Summit (NARS) in Orlando, Fla., was again a festive event, as the American Recovery Association, DRN|MVTRAC|SCM, Insight LPR and Location Services honored repossession agents and other industry professionals associated with recoveries. The awards given by ... [Read More]

Capital Auto Protection Services, a Fort Worth, Texas–based vehicle service contract provider is set to launch a new warranty financing company and is partnering with Input 1 to make sure it goes smoothly for dealer clients. As Capital Auto Protection ... [Read More]

Vinayak Hegde used a portion of his first annual letter to shareholders as Credit Acceptance CEO to emphasize how much technology is key to continued success of the subprime auto finance company, which closed the year with more than 9,800 ... [Read More]

EFG Companies added to its executive team on Tuesday, hiring Karl Nilsen as vice president of underwriting. Bringing more than 20 years of retail automotive underwriting expertise, EFG said Nilsen will partner closely with the company’s chief risk officer and ... [Read More]

AAA reported on Tuesday that the average cost for a gallon of gas in the U.S. hit $4.14, adding fuel to the challenges already happening in multiple parts of auto financing. Experts at Comerica Bank, Cox Automotive and Experian all ... [Read More]

PayNearMe rolled out three new capabilities to its platform last week designed to keep payers in the self-service channel — or bring them back — so that payments can be completed more efficiently. The new capabilities within its PayXM platform ... [Read More]

Carleton said findings from a nationwide survey the provider of compliant loan calculation and disclosure solutions conducted in March showed a “widespread compliance confidence crisis.” What triggered an auto-finance version of March Madness? Carleton explained its survey results stemmed from ... [Read More]

Ahead of next week’s North American Repossessors Summit (NARS) in Orlando, Fla., the American Recovery Association (ARA) on Thursday established a standardized industry guideline for reporting violent incidents encountered during field recovery operations. Association leadership said this initiative reinforces the ... [Read More]