Auto Finance News 2010

Auto Finance News is the leading source of information and insight on the Auto Finance industry. First published in 1996 as a very basic newsletter, the informational format began as a pure newsletter and has evolved over time into a more magazine-like trade publication.

In 2010, as the world of finance dealt with the repercussions of the great recession, Auto Finance News devoted heavy coverage to the passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which was signed into law on June 21st of that year. Among other things, Dodd-Frank created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which in subsequent years has become a huge factor in covering the Auto Finance industry and the increased emphasis on compliance. Other key topics included increased compliance scrutiny, the gradually recovering Auto ABS market, and the difficulty of remarketing cars in the recession environment and the increasing use of new technologies to do so – the March 15, 2010 issue was specifically styled to resemble the kind of iPad-friendly digital tools then being developed by auction houses.

Below are several covers from 2010. At the time these were created, Auto Finance News was a bi-weekly publication published 24 times a year with two break issues. Auto Finance News required twenty four covers a year, each illustrating completely new, often breaking, stories. The internal, news-focused format of AFN has remained largely unchanged over the years.