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...

Price competition between dealers ramps up

Pricing competition has ramped up among dealerships as inventory returns

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...

Bank of America originations down 6%

Bank of America’s auto originations rose in the first quarter

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 fall to near 2-year low as incentives creep up

New-vehicle average transaction prices fell to their lowest level 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...

EV leasing doubles YoY as sales growth slows

The share of leased EVs more than doubled 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)