Subprime Auto Lender Checked Income on Just 3% of Loans in Bond

Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc., one of the biggest U.S. subprime auto finance companies, verified income on less than 3% of borrowers whose loans it bundled into more than $1 billion of bonds it sold this year, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

That’s down from as high as 17% of loans verified for some asset-backed securities Santander issued in 2017, Moody’s analysts including Gary Lampert said in a Sept. 4 report. By comparison, GM Financial’s AmeriCredit, also a major subprime auto ABS issuer, verified income on about 68% of loans for a subprime auto ABS it priced this ...