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: Exponential Used Vehicle Index declines 11%

Used-vehicle values continue to trend downward from 2022’s peak levels

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...

HDFS originations inch up 2%, credit losses rise

Harley-Davidson Financial Services’ credit losses inched up while originations increased

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...

Tesla’s lease portfolio up 5% YoY

Tesla Finance’s lease portfolio grew year over year in the

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...

GM Financial consumer originations fall 3% YoY

GM Financial’s penetration rates and credit performance improved in the

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...

Arivo, CPS, Lendbuzz to examine underwriting efficiency at Auto Finance Summit East

Senior executives from Arivo Acceptance, Consumer Portfolio Services, and Lendbuzz

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...

Regional bank earnings roundup: Auto loan appetite improves for some

Additional regional bank earnings released late last week point 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...

E-contracting origination volume jumps 37%

Digitally originated auto loan contract volumes increased during the first

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)