It happens too often. An auto lender or servicer learns their collateral has been towed for repairs and the garage claims a priority lien that can only be discharged by payment for “major repairs,” compounded by ballooning storage fees, and there is no expectation of payment by the borrower. Faced with paying for expensive charges and fees on a vehicle, many lenders and owners of retail...
Joseph Cioffi recently sat down with Raul Panganiban of ValueWalk, a site covering the latest financial news impacting hedge funds and asset managers with an emphasis on value investing, for their podcast “ValueTalks.”
Joseph Cioffi recently sat down with Nick Zulovich of SubPrime Auto Finance News for an episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast.
As we continue to break down and analyze the responses to our subprime auto survey, covered in our inaugural market study, servicers, deserve a closer look given the unique vantage point they have in securitizations.
Individual stories tend to get lost when stories are told on a massive scale. Reporting on student debt as a $1.5 trillion problem is like watching buildings being crushed by Godzilla in scenes of sweeping destruction – the focus is on the giant monster and not the impact on the individuals caught in the chaos. Now, a new type of education finance option, known as the Income Sharing Agreement...
By popular demand, the National Automotive Finance (NAF) Association’s Non-Prime Auto Financing Conference in Plano, Texas, last week included a close look at one of the biggest challenges facing subprime lenders, dealer and dealer-enabled fraud. I was privileged to be on the panel with an experienced group of professionals: Joel Kennedy, Chief Operating Officer at TruDecision, and newly...
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