Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWeekly Wrap: Q3 earnings predictions
Episode 98
Last week, new September data points in unemployment, used-vehicle values and new-vehicle sales painted a less-than-optimistic picture of what’s to c…
4 years, 8 months ago
Weekly Wrap: Inside Rivian’s IPO
Episode 97
Last week, electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian unsealed its initial public offering filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which b…
4 years, 9 months ago
Weekly Wrap: New-vehicle sales decline, legal woes plague subprime lender
Episode 96
In an August poll by Kelley Blue Book, 48% of consumers indicated they will wait at least three months to purchase a new car, up from 37% in a simila…
4 years, 9 months ago
Weekly Wrap: Credit union trends and the risk of complex tech stacks
Episode 95
Last week, the Auto Finance News team examined credit union trends in auto finance and attended the 2021 FinovateFall, the latter of which highlighte…
4 years, 9 months ago
Weekly Wrap: Eyeing vehicle values, funding and digital adoption
Episode 94
Used-vehicle prices have begun to stabilize in part due to increased inventory, but the trend is likely to be short-lived as wholesale prices increas…
4 years, 9 months ago
Weekly Wrap: Rise of new partnerships, acquisitions
Episode 93
Stellantis N.V. agreed to acquire F1 Holdings Corp., the parent company of Houston, Texas-based subprime lender First Investors Financial Services Gr…
4 years, 9 months ago
Weekly Wrap: Tight supply brings new norms in automotive and powersports industries
Episode 92
Pandemic-related inventory constraints continue to force automotive and powersports OEMs, dealers, lenders and consumers to adapt, with some OEMs, su…
4 years, 10 months ago
Weekly Wrap: Powersports dealers adapt to low inventory
Episode 91
The powersports finance industry is facing many of the same challenges as auto, including a lack of new supply due to the chip shortage, production c…
4 years, 10 months ago
Weekly Wrap: Auto lenders eye low cost of funding, rideshare rebound, return to office
Episode 90
Consumer Portfolio Services, for one, benefited from the low cost of funding on the asset-backed securities market, selling on June 30 $50 million in…
4 years, 10 months ago
Weekly Wrap: Descending used-vehicle values and an influx of funding
Episode 89
The auto finance industry is poised for change as used-vehicle values declined for the second straight month following nearly a year of record increa…
4 years, 10 months ago