This week, LendingTree released its study on where millennials owe the most on their financed vehicles. And as they say, everything is bigger in Texas. The results, ranked by median balance, showed where millennials are the most and least burdened ... [Read More]

Two prominent industry names — Consolidated Asset Recovery Systems and Digital Recognition Network (DRN) — now are working even closer together. The two companies that will each have prominent appearances during Repo Con at Used Car Week 2018 announced on ... [Read More]

AGORA Data is responding to the need for accurate information involving seasoned vehicle installment contracts. On Monday, the secondary loan marketplace announced what that company believes is the release of the first-ever loan validation report for seasoned loans. AGORA’s proprietary ... [Read More]

Secure Collateral Management already announced the skip-tracing and collateral recovery provider was moving into a new headquarters. And then Monday, Secure Collateral Management and MBSi Corp. — a member of the Automotive Intelligence Council and provider of repossession assignment software ... [Read More]

Finance companies continue to fill and expand their portfolios, especially when buying paper attached to a new vehicle that’s becoming more difficult for consumers to afford as transaction prices and interest rates keep climbing. October data shared by Edmunds and ... [Read More]

At the beginning of October, the American Recovery Association (ARA) and Time Finance Adjusters (TFA) announced plans to form one organization that would launch in January. During a free webinar, the two organizations will present more details of the new ... [Read More]

Lisa Scott took charge of PAR North America (PAR) last August with a specific objective near the top of her agenda as she began to oversee this segment of KAR Auction Services. “One of my goals was to enhance the ... [Read More]

Westlake Financial Services is taking additional steps to shield itself from potential fraud. On Tuesday, PointPredictive, the San Diego-based machine learning company, announced that Westlake is its newest auto-finance client. As part of this relationship, Westlake will use the company’s ... [Read More]

Consolidated Asset Recovery Systems (CARS) recently brought three more finance companies into its client portfolio. Flagship Credit Acceptance announced today that it has selected the CARS’ IBEAM (Internet Based Electronic Asset Management) web portal for managing the repossession and remarketing ... [Read More]

Federal prosecutors recently landed a conviction involving a trio operating an elaborate auto-finance fraud arrangement in North Carolina. Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, said a federal jury in Charlotte returned a guilty verdict against ... [Read More]