For the second time in the past decade, Fifth Third Bank is facing a multi-million-dollar penalty from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) involving its activities with auto financing. The CFPB said on Tuesday that it’s taking enforcement actions against ... [Read More]

Just ahead of Fourth of July, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released its summer installment of Supervisory Highlights, which included the regulator’s examination of auto financing servicing activities. The bureau said it primarily assessed servicers’ compliance with the Consumer Financial ... [Read More]

Perhaps it’s been an active start to the second half of the year at your dealership or finance company amid working with customers who are stretching themselves financially to meet underwriting requirements to take vehicle delivery. But if things have ... [Read More]

Two service providers involved with repossessed vehicles now are working together. Strategic Remarketing Services (SRS), a provider of repossession and remarketing services, recently announced that its platform will be integrated with MeridianLink. The companies said the integration can allow finance ... [Read More]

The Federal Trade Commission said late Tuesday that it took enforcement actions against Vroom for misrepresenting that the retailer thoroughly examined all vehicles before listing them for sale. The FTC also said Vroom failed to obtain consumers’ consent to shipment ... [Read More]

NextGear Capital president Scott Maybee addressed a question that dealerships likely have been wondering, too, as they examine their floorplan expenses and other operational matters. What if interest rates never drop much below where they currently are? Maybee shared his ... [Read More]

APCO Holdings began the second half of the year getting back in the acquisition game. On Monday, the provider and administrator of automotive F&I products and home to the EasyCare, GWC Warranty and Crystal Fusion brands announced it has made ... [Read More]

As President Joe Biden and Donald Trump had their first debate last week, LegalShield used its latest Consumer Stress Legal Index (CSLI) to take a closer look at what’s happening with consumers in battleground states as well as providing an ... [Read More]

Last week, Carleton announced the promotion of Sarah Way Milovich to general counsel and vice president of compliance following Jeff Buysse’s retirement after nearly a 40-year career managing Carleton’s compliance services. The provider of compliant financial calculations and lending document ... [Read More]

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released its initial findings on Monday from its Auto Finance Data Pilot deployed last February. The CFPB made nine market monitoring orders to three banks, three finance companies and three captives to provide information about ... [Read More]