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SPONSORED EPISODE: Rethinking vehicle-protection plans for today’s wide inventory mix with GWC Warranty
Used-car inventory on dealer lots nowadays can range from older, higher-mileage vehicles to EVs, lifted trucks, and modified vehicles. The result is dealers are also having to change the vehicle-protection conversations with customers. In this special sponsored episode of the ... Listen Here
Recapping credit scores & other trends in auto finance with Shams Blanc of FICO
Shams Blanc, head of auto scores at FICO, made another appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast to elaborate more about the fall edition of the FICO Score Credit Insights report. Along with recapping what’s going on in auto finance, Blanc ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: Greenville Auto Auction Celebrates 16 Years—A look back and a look ahead
On this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits visits with Billy Willis and Kevin Stallings of Greenville Auto Auction. The auction celebrates 16 years in early September, and the guys talk about the history of the sale, ... Listen Here

COMMENTARY: The Blockbuster lesson — disruption, experience, and the future of the receivables industry

Details of upcoming repossession webinars from ARA & Weltman
Ofer Alon, Nexa Optimum Solutions
The receivables industry stands at a strategic inflection point comparable to the one that ended Blockbuster. Applying C.M. Christensen’s theory of disruptive innovation, this article argues that large incumbents systematically abandon economically viable debt segments — not through poor management, ... [Read More]

AFSA appears on Capitol Hill to push proposal to regulate debt-settlement companies

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Imagine a contract holder in your auto-finance portfolio who is current on their monthly payments suddenly stops paying because they took questionable recommendations from an influencer on social media. It’s becoming a common situation, which is why the American Financial ... [Read More]

Gas prices & inflation continue to drag on the car business

Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
A drag on the car business and overall economy is intensifying again. AAA reported Tuesday that the average price of a gallon of gasoline in the U.S. ticked above $4, rising 15 cents in the past week. “With renewed hostilities ... [Read More]

LendingTree spots states with most and least consumers carrying $1,000 car payments

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
It may now seem farfetched, but there really was a time when some consumers only used $1,000 a month to cover rent, car payment and other expenses. New LendingTree research showed that $1,000 now is enough only for some vehicle-loan ... [Read More]

Acting CFPB director defends changes to ‘out-of-control’ agency during Congressional hearings

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau acting director Russell Vought gave the same opening statement during separate hearing this week hosted by the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services and the U.S. Senate Banking Committee. As part of the bureau’s semi-annual report ... [Read More]

Edmunds pinpoints top 20 trades with negative equity in Q2

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Individuals holding thousands of dollars in negative equity with their trade might not necessarily be pushed into the special finance or subprime departments at dealerships and lenders. But the record-setting negative equity data Edmunds shared on Thursday might very well ... [Read More]

Auto Data Direct rolls out CarLocate in Texas

Nick Zulovich
Help is coming for finance companies and fleet operators that suspect their vehicle collateral might be impounded somewhere in the Lone Star State. Auto Data Direct, a Reynolds and Reynolds company, announced on Tuesday the release of CarLocate in Texas ... [Read More]

Subprime lags behind Dealertrack Credit Availability Index climb of 5 straight months

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The June Dealertrack Credit Availability Index climbed to the highest level in more than a decade, but the subprime segment isn’t surging to that degree. Cox Automotive reported that the share of loans to subprime borrowers in June declined 10 ... [Read More]

APCO boosts EasyCare footprint via acquisition for second time in less than a week

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
APCO Holdings announced an acquisition for the second time in less than a week. On Tuesday, the provider of F&I products and dealer solutions said it has acquired the assets of Fidelity Dealer Services. APCO made a similar move on ... [Read More]

SAFCO promotes CFO to president

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Three years ago, Southern Auto Finance Co. (SAFCO) hired Jason Person as its chief financial officer. On Monday, the subprime auto lender promoted Person to be its president. Throughout his tenure at SAFCO, the company highlighted that Person has demonstrated ... [Read More]

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