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...

Big Wheels: Captives’ portfolios grow 5.8% in 2023

Captives regained footing in auto lending at yearend 2023, rebounding

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...

ATPs rise 2.2%, credit availability worsens

Affordability challenges worsened as new-vehicle average transaction prices rose to

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: Auto finance industry improves in March

The auto finance sector continued a positive trajectory in February

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...

Auto lenders embrace AI to balance risk and reward

Whether increasing deal efficiency or automating credit decisions and assessing

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...

Auto finance fraud exposure slips to $7.9B in 2023

Synthetic identity fraud contributed to an estimated $7.9 billion in

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...

Sampang named CIO for Toyota Financial, other staff moves

Toyota Financial Services has appointed Anna Sampang group vice president

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...

UACC auto originations up 15%

United Auto Credit Corp.‘s auto loan originations increased by 15%

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)