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Category: Under The Hood

Category: Under The Hood

Lenders recruit for sales, IT roles 

With an eye toward expansion, auto lenders are scouting sales and IT staff as the need

Marcie Belles

State lawmakers gear up for enforcement  

A week before the presidential inauguration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau preemptively handed off its enforcement

Marcie Belles

Dealership CFO: Are digital finance and AI over-promising? 

I don’t think there is a person in the auto industry who doesn’t appreciate what technology

Shirley Jones

Auto fintech investment surges 70% in 2024  

Venture capitalists pumped $2.3 billion of capital into auto fintechs in 2024, up $1 billion year

Marcie Belles

Off the Lot: Reflecting on 2024 predictions, eyeing 2025 

Happy New Year to Auto Finance News subscribers. This is the first anniversary issue of “Off

Bruce Newmark

Regulatory uncertainty impedes AI adoption 

Generative AI is creating a chicken-and-egg dilemma in the financial services sector. Regulators are grappling with

Marcie Belles

Recoveries poised for lift with repo drones (Under the Hood)

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a repossession drone. As recovery rates decline in the

Marcie Belles

Financiers must do more for inclusion of unbanked consumers (Under the Hood) 

Though the unbanked population is shrinking, lenders must keep chipping away at financial inclusion to broaden

Marcie Belles

Credit Union Auto Lending Surges

David Thompson

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Market Data

Auto Loan Rate Index

Today

6.85%

+0.15%

Lease Penetration

MTD

28.4%

+2.1%

Subprime Approvals

MTD

42.7%

-1.3%

Days to Finance

MTD

718

+3

Days to Finance

MTD

38

+2

Days to Finance

MTD

142 bps

-8

Last updated: March 30, 2026, 2:45 PM EST

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