COMMENTARY: How will dealers overcome affordability challenges to maximize Memorial Day sales opportunities?
Tuesday, May. 21, 2024, 10:23 AM
FTC seeks additional annual funding for employees & IT resources
Wednesday, May. 22, 2024, 11:40 AM
Compliance & EVs among topics for REPO 2024
Wednesday, May. 22, 2024, 12:33 PM
Fitch: Subprime ABS performance suffers from soft tax-refund bounce back
Friday, May. 24, 2024, 09:25 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Fitch Ratings offered some sullen — and perhaps not surprising to some executives — metrics and observations about U.S. subprime auto ABS performance. Analysts reported on Thursday that performance continues to weaken, with delinquencies and losses trending higher and recovery ... [Read More]
Bottom line from Open Lending’s new benchmark report about near- and non-prime consumers
Thursday, May. 23, 2024, 10:16 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with three other major findings, the second annual Lending Enablement Benchmark Report from Open Lending Corp. gave this bottom line. The near- and non-prime market share has reached a five-year low. Open Lending highlighted that in 2019, near- and ... [Read More]
Details of Tricolor’s latest bond to provide auto financing to Hispanics
Wednesday, May. 22, 2024, 11:39 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On Wednesday, Tricolor announced its fourth social bond — a $277 million issuance — designed to cater to underserved, low-income Hispanic communities and provide access to auto financing. The award-winning fintech company that leverages artificial intelligence to successfully underwrite and ... [Read More]
PODCAST: PayNearMe on evolving consumer preferences when making payments
Monday, May. 20, 2024, 11:06 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
There’s a growing preference toward alternative payment methods, as well as increased demand for hyper-personalized interactions. Those are two of the top findings from the study titled “Consumer Trends Driving the Future of Loan Payments,” recently released by PayNearMe, which ... [Read More]
Reaction & suggestions following key CFPB victory at Supreme Court
Friday, May. 17, 2024, 10:38 AM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau gained a significant judicial victory this week involving a case about the constitutionality of the CFPB’s funding structure. In a 7-2 ruling, the Supreme Court said the bureau’s funding is constitutional, triggering an array of ... [Read More]
TransUnion analysis reinforces affordability challenges, especially in below-prime
Thursday, May. 16, 2024, 10:35 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The auto-finance data TransUnion released on Thursday reinforced the positive developments connected with affordable used vehicles that Edmunds highlighted earlier in the week. Having more used vehicles that can fit within parameters of tight family budgets might help to boost ... [Read More]
Jim Bass to receive Jack Tracey Pinnacle Award
Wednesday, May. 15, 2024, 12:41 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Last year, the National Automotive Finance Association established the Jack Tracey Pinnacle Award to recognize a professional at a member organization with enduring service to the non-prime auto finance industry. The award is named in honor of one of the ... [Read More]