Not exact matches
Richard Cordray, director
of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, commented, «
Subprime [
auto] borrowers may be more vulnerable to predatory practices, so direct oversight
of their
lending practices is essential.»
«Predatory
subprime auto lending takes advantage
of vulnerable New Yorkers in every corner
of our state and often drives people with bad credit further into debt.
Albany, NY — Independent Democratic Conference Leader State Senator Jeff Klein (D - Bronx / Westchester) and State Senator Diane Savino (D - Staten Island / Brooklyn) announced Tuesday that the State Senate passed two critical pieces
of legislation they sponsor aimed at predatory
subprime auto lending in New York.
Subprime lending is light at present outside
of autos.
To make matters worse, the alternative available to you — the
subprime lending in the
auto market — might not seem too appealing because
of what the public thinks and says about it.
Some experts are comparing the heavy hits the
subprime auto lending companies have taken in the automobile sector to the
subprime mortgage crisis
of 2007 to 2010.
The riskiest
of the
subprime auto loan borrowers might find more luck in going with smaller lenders that are willing to accept the risk to stay in the
lending game.
Subprime auto lending boomed in the aftermath
of the Great Recession, since car owners proved more resilient than many lenders had anticipated.
Nick Clements, co-founder
of the comparison - shopping site MagnifyMoney, said that while credit card companies ventured back into
subprime lending following the crisis, they did so less aggressively than
auto lenders.
Auto delinquency rates edge close to the peak reached during the height
of the financial crisis, fueling speculation that
subprime lending is rife again.