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Sponsored Episode: Winning Trade-Ins and Trust – Navigating Today’s Affordability Challenges
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, 03:15 PM
Affordability challenges are reshaping the automotive landscape—vehicle prices and payments are at all-time highs and negative equity is on the rise. In this episode, Micah Tindor offers a data-driven conversation with real-world strategies around acquisition tactics and long-term profitability to ... Listen Here
Sponsored Episode: Winning Talent Strategies for Car Dealerships – with CDK & Industry Leaders
Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, 10:00 AM
In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, host Bruce Johnson from CDK sits down with Tyler Jones, President of EV Auto, and Joe Brown, CMO at Frank Leta, to explore proven strategies for attracting and retaining top talent ... Listen Here
Dissecting evolving credit scores with Shams Blanc of FICO
Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, 03:34 PM
As much as auto-finance underwriting has become sophisticated, a potential starting point to determine if the applicant will be offered an installment contract is the credit score. Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, described the ... Listen Here

TransUnion spots continued softening of subprime originations as delinquencies jump

Monday, Nov. 13, 2023, 11:54 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
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 partners with AKUVO to boost repossession efficiency

LCT teams with AKUVO to streamline loan refunds
Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, 12:00 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
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 rebrands as FinBe USA

Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, 09:48 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
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]

UPDATED: 4 economists react to Fed’s expected rate holding

Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, 11:43 AM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
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]

Open Lending reinforces Lenders Protection with new alternative data attributes

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Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, 08:00 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
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]

CFPB looking to add 75 employees to enforcement department

CFPB seeking more data about repossessions & contract modifications
Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023, 04:17 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
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]

What consumers think about auto financing as next potential interest rate move nears

Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023, 10:33 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
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]

FTC amends Safeguards Rule pertaining to data breach reporting

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Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, 11:49 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Dealerships, finance companies and other service providers connected to automotive had to begin compliance with the Safeguards Rule in June. On Friday, the Federal Trade Commission approved an amendment to it, instructing non-banking institutions to report certain data breaches and ... [Read More]

DRN & Relentless Recovery reach settlement agreement

Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, 11:48 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
According to a news release and statement sent to SubPrime Auto Finance News, Relentless Recovery, one of the largest collateral recovery and remarketing companies servicing Ohio, entered into a settlement agreement with Digital Recognition Network (DRN), which is a subsidiary ... [Read More]

Experian to expand global fraud alliance into US

fraud prevention
Friday, Oct. 27, 2023, 10:51 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Experian this week rolled out its latest effort to curb fraudulent applications amid rising vehicle prices and the automotive industry relying more heavily on digital retailing. The company introduced the Hunter Automotive Fraud Alliance, which Experian described as a collaborative ... [Read More]
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