More industry consolidation came to light on Wednesday as Realtime Electronic Payments (REPAY) made another acquisition. The provider of advanced payment technology products and electronic transaction processing services for the consumer finance industry has acquired PayMaxx Pro, an electronic payments ... [Read More]

Auto finance companies and dealerships integrally involved in underwriting might have some kind of vehicle-history component embedded into their scorecards and other tools. However, Black Book on Tuesday rolled out what the vehicle valuation company believes is its most precise ... [Read More]

F&I Express and F&I Administration Solutions recently expanded their relationship to help finance companies, F&I product providers and dealerships improve their aftermarket product cancellation performance and compliance. The companies highlighted that the integration of F&I Express and F&I Admin addresses ... [Read More]

The team at GWC Warranty offered four suggestions to help dealerships looking for an edge in January and the rest of 2018. Recommendations to boost sales as well as ongoing success in the F&I office, GWC Warranty declared that “there’s ... [Read More]

S&P Global Ratings described what more subprime paper flowing into the auto loan asset-backed securities (ABS) market did to its readings for November. According to a report published this week, the overall ABS market enjoyed some “mild” improvements in November. Analysts ... [Read More]

Two participants on the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) at the Federal Reserve see the target range for the federal funds rate surpassing 4 percent in 2020 with nine other policymakers anticipating that the reading hits at least 3 percent ... [Read More]

The risk auto finance companies absorbed when taking on new-vehicle paper certainly didn’t wane as 2017 closed. On Tuesday, analysts at Kelley Blue Book reported the estimated average transaction price (ATP) for light vehicles in the United States came in ... [Read More]

DriveTime on Tuesday morning announced an executive succession process. The company said DriveTime chief executive officer Ray Fidel entered into definitive agreements in late November for Fidel's transition out of his role as CEO in December. DriveTime indicated the transition ... [Read More]

In the midst of the holiday break, analysts from S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian released an update on auto finance defaults through November. Fortunately, what they spotted shouldn’t give the industry an unwanted jolt to start regular business operations ... [Read More]

The days of needing a black-ink pen to finalize auto financing documents appear to be dwindling. RouteOne announced this week that it has successfully processed what the company claims is the automotive finance industry’s first remotely captured, electronic customer signature ... [Read More]