Auto lending

The Cincinnati company’s 1Q profits were hurt as it scaled back in key consumer and commercial credits, paid higher severance and saw fee income fall.

Quarterly earnings at the Wayzata, Minn., company fell as gains from the sale of auto loans continued to slide.

A $26 million settlement by Santander Consumer is shining a light on the hard-to-measure problem of auto dealer fraud, while also raising questions about the adequacy of lenders' efforts to combat bad behavior.

New boss Andy Cecere's first year on the job will likely be defined by how he tackles the challenges in front of him, including keeping the company’s highly watched efficiency ratio in check and managing pitfalls in auto-lease financing.

After years when it looked like millennials might opt for car-sharing and ride-hailing services over car ownership, recent data tells a different story.

New data from the American Bankers Association is the latest warning sign for the sector.

Amid a rising rate environment, political uncertainty and rising delinquency, credit unions can still take steps to protect their bottom lines.

Steve Eisman, the Neuberger Berman Group fund manager who featured in Michael Lewis's book "The Big Short," said he's concerned about the subprime-auto market, even though credit quality across the banking system has improved significantly.

The subprime auto lender funded loans through a group of car dealers that it knew had track records of high default rates and fraud, authorities in Massachusetts and Delaware said.

Creative growth strategies are helping banks with $10B to $50B of assets — including Webster and TCF — improve profitability. These ‘tweeners’ deal with tougher regulations than smaller competitors without the scale larger ones have to absorb the expense.