The American Recovery Association is communicating with state and federal officials regarding potential policy “that if passed would devastate our businesses over the coming months in ways that most would not be able to recover from,” according to a recent ... [Read More]

According to an email message from the organization distributed on Tuesday, the National Automotive Finance Association has postponed its annual Non-Prime Automotive Financing Conference. The 24th installment was scheduled for June 3-5 in Plano, Texas. NAF Association officials did not ... [Read More]

Before PointPredictive made its patented technology solution — SyntheticID Alert — available to auto-finance companies at no charge for the rest of this year, chief fraud strategist Frank McKenna returned last week for another episode of the podcast. Senior editor ... [Read More]

Two F&I product providers began the workweek with offers to help cash-strapped dealerships with finance office resources for little to no cost. In separate announcements made on Monday morning, JM&A Group said it is bringing the Virtual F&I playbook, model ... [Read More]

The likelihood some contract holders currently in your auto-finance portfolio will seek some kind of payment modification grew again with the latest initial claims for unemployment benefits reported by federal officials on Thursday morning. For the second week in a ... [Read More]

Repossessions and recoveries might be slowing because of the coronavirus pandemic, but Resolvion is still enhancing its services to help auto-finance companies. This week, the skip-tracing and repossession management company announced the availability of a new service designed to help ... [Read More]

TCN is looking to give firms equipment they need to stay operational as many of their employees work from home or other remote locations. The provider of cloud contact center technology for enterprises, contact centers and collection agencies worldwide, recently ... [Read More]

Richard Cordray, the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, posted what he called a white paper containing 16 points of action the CFPB should take during the COVID-19 crisis. In one of those specific points, Cordray directly addressed ... [Read More]

The Federal Trade Commission reported that just like cases of individuals being diagnosed as positive for the coronavirus is rising significantly, the regulator is noticing steady climbs in COVID-19-connected consumer complaints, too. As of Sunday, the FTC reported 11,762 complaints, ... [Read More]

Over the weekend, MBSi Corp. shared another offering to help its recovery industry customers navigate through coronavirus pandemic. Agero, the parent company of the Automotive Intelligence Council member, is orchestrating a webinar to help small businesses understand the CARES Act ... [Read More]