James Van Bramer, Author at Auto Finance News

GM Financial's originations declined 5.4% year over year in the second quarter as vehicle sales slowed. Loan and lease originations tallied $14.1...

Pagaya upsizes latest auto ABS deal to $750M

Pagaya Technologies closed a $750 million auto asset-backed securitization, its fourth pre-funded issuance of 2026 and largest to date. Forty-one...

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) headquarters in Washington, DC, US.

CFPB has reshaped auto finance in past 15 years (Under the Hood)

Though the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s regulatory focus and enforcement priorities have seesawed with the changing administrations, the agency’s establishment has...

Used-vehicle values decline 8.9%

Wholesale used-vehicle values declined month over month and year over

Ally Financial auto originations jump 20.9% in Q2

Ally Financial’s auto originations rose in the second quarter, while consumer affordability pressures kept delinquencies elevated. Ally’s auto loan and...

GM Financial originations dip 5.4%

GM Financial's originations declined 5.4% year over year in the second quarter as vehicle sales slowed. Loan and lease originations tallied $14.1...

Pagaya upsizes latest auto ABS deal to $750M

Pagaya Technologies closed a $750 million auto asset-backed securitization, its fourth pre-funded issuance of 2026 and largest to date. Forty-one...

CFPB has reshaped auto finance in past 15 years (Under the Hood)

Though the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s regulatory focus and enforcement priorities have seesawed with the changing administrations, the agency’s establishment has...

Big Wheels: Vehicle loan rates up in 2024

Interest rates on new– and used-vehicle loans crept down sequentially

Ally Financial auto originations jump 20.9% in Q2

Ally Financial’s auto originations rose in the second quarter, while consumer affordability pressures kept delinquencies elevated. Ally’s auto loan and...

GM Financial originations dip 5.4%

GM Financial's originations declined 5.4% year over year in the second quarter as vehicle sales slowed. Loan and lease originations tallied $14.1...

Pagaya upsizes latest auto ABS deal to $750M

Pagaya Technologies closed a $750 million auto asset-backed securitization, its fourth pre-funded issuance of 2026 and largest to date. Forty-one...

CFPB has reshaped auto finance in past 15 years (Under the Hood)

Though the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s regulatory focus and enforcement priorities have seesawed with the changing administrations, the agency’s establishment has...

June, Q2 vehicle sales reflect resilient demand

Vehicle sales were mixed in June across the major manufacturers

Ally Financial auto originations jump 20.9% in Q2

Ally Financial’s auto originations rose in the second quarter, while consumer affordability pressures kept delinquencies elevated. Ally’s auto loan and...

GM Financial originations dip 5.4%

GM Financial's originations declined 5.4% year over year in the second quarter as vehicle sales slowed. Loan and lease originations tallied $14.1...

Pagaya upsizes latest auto ABS deal to $750M

Pagaya Technologies closed a $750 million auto asset-backed securitization, its fourth pre-funded issuance of 2026 and largest to date. Forty-one...

CFPB has reshaped auto finance in past 15 years (Under the Hood)

Though the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s regulatory focus and enforcement priorities have seesawed with the changing administrations, the agency’s establishment has...

Incentives tick up ahead of July 4

Incentives have picked up as the July Fourth holiday nears,

Ally Financial auto originations jump 20.9% in Q2

Ally Financial’s auto originations rose in the second quarter, while consumer affordability pressures kept delinquencies elevated. Ally’s auto loan and...

GM Financial originations dip 5.4%

GM Financial's originations declined 5.4% year over year in the second quarter as vehicle sales slowed. Loan and lease originations tallied $14.1...

Pagaya upsizes latest auto ABS deal to $750M

Pagaya Technologies closed a $750 million auto asset-backed securitization, its fourth pre-funded issuance of 2026 and largest to date. Forty-one...

CFPB has reshaped auto finance in past 15 years (Under the Hood)

Though the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s regulatory focus and enforcement priorities have seesawed with the changing administrations, the agency’s establishment has...

Lengthy CDK disruption could pose risks to floorplan securities

Following multiple cyberattacks, CDK Global expects its dealer operations platform

Ally Financial auto originations jump 20.9% in Q2

Ally Financial’s auto originations rose in the second quarter, while consumer affordability pressures kept delinquencies elevated. Ally’s auto loan and...

GM Financial originations dip 5.4%

GM Financial's originations declined 5.4% year over year in the second quarter as vehicle sales slowed. Loan and lease originations tallied $14.1...

Pagaya upsizes latest auto ABS deal to $750M

Pagaya Technologies closed a $750 million auto asset-backed securitization, its fourth pre-funded issuance of 2026 and largest to date. Forty-one...

CFPB has reshaped auto finance in past 15 years (Under the Hood)

Though the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s regulatory focus and enforcement priorities have seesawed with the changing administrations, the agency’s establishment has...

EV monthly lease payments average $354

Incentives have led to strong leasing penetration for EVs, with

Ally Financial auto originations jump 20.9% in Q2

Ally Financial’s auto originations rose in the second quarter, while consumer affordability pressures kept delinquencies elevated. Ally’s auto loan and...

GM Financial originations dip 5.4%

GM Financial's originations declined 5.4% year over year in the second quarter as vehicle sales slowed. Loan and lease originations tallied $14.1...

Pagaya upsizes latest auto ABS deal to $750M

Pagaya Technologies closed a $750 million auto asset-backed securitization, its fourth pre-funded issuance of 2026 and largest to date. Forty-one...

CFPB has reshaped auto finance in past 15 years (Under the Hood)

Though the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s regulatory focus and enforcement priorities have seesawed with the changing administrations, the agency’s establishment has...

Legal experts question value of CFPB’s negative equity report

Legal experts have doubts about the utility of the long-awaited

Ally Financial auto originations jump 20.9% in Q2

Ally Financial’s auto originations rose in the second quarter, while consumer affordability pressures kept delinquencies elevated. Ally’s auto loan and...

GM Financial originations dip 5.4%

GM Financial's originations declined 5.4% year over year in the second quarter as vehicle sales slowed. Loan and lease originations tallied $14.1...

Pagaya upsizes latest auto ABS deal to $750M

Pagaya Technologies closed a $750 million auto asset-backed securitization, its fourth pre-funded issuance of 2026 and largest to date. Forty-one...

CFPB has reshaped auto finance in past 15 years (Under the Hood)