Auto Finance News 2011

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 2011, as the immediate crisis of the credit crunch began to fade, Auto Finance News devoted heavy coverage to the formal creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, formed in the wake of the passage of Dodd-Frank in 2010. Several lively forums between regulators, consumer advocates, and lenders were also chronicled in 2011 as all sides advocated for their vision of what increased regulatory oversight might look like. As the year progressed, key topics included risk management – how to tell which credit scores were bad due to underlying factors and which might be related to event due solely to the economic crisis, the recovering Auto ABS market, and the increasing emphasis on lender’s customer service and response. 2011 was also the 15th anniversary of AFN, which was commemorated on covers for most of the year with a special symbol and a special cocktail party at the 2011 Auto Finance Summit.

Below are several covers from 2011. 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.