The parade of legal developments leading toward the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rehearing an important case involving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has started in earnest. First, the American Financial Services Association, along with ... [Read More]

Warranty and vehicle service contract administrator AUL Corp. released its 2017 F&I training schedule on Thursday, marking the second year in a row the company is offering F&I training. AUL highlighted its training is designed to provide a tailored education ... [Read More]

Earlier this week, Reynolds and Reynolds announced the release of the Reynolds LAW Maine F&I Library, just a short while after the firm unveiled a similar product for a neighboring state with the rollout of the Reynolds LAW Vermont F&I ... [Read More]

With the federal funds rate ticking up by 0.25 percent to 1 percent as widely expected on Wednesday, Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen also described the expected median path for the federal funds rate through the close of 2019, which ... [Read More]

Digital Recognition Network (DRN) recently embedded DRNsights, powered by vehicle location data plus analytics, into Westlake Financial’s servicing platform to manage risk and reduce losses. The companies shared that Westlake’s recent monthly performance report showed DRN’s data assisted Westlake with ... [Read More]

The Federal Trade Commission announced on Tuesday that the Sage Automotive Group — which includes nine Los Angeles-based dealerships, its holding and management companies and two individuals — has agreed to pay more than $3.6 million in order to settle ... [Read More]

Payix co-founders Chris Chestnut and Preston Cecil sat in Chestnut’s home a little more than a year ago. The pair had worked together at Innovate Auto Finance, a North Texas company that specializes in purchasing auto portfolios of all sizes ... [Read More]

Certain macroeconomic trends — especially employment and consumer confidence — prompted Santander Consumer USA president and chief executive officer Jason Kulas to say that he sees a “fairly stable consumer” after he examined the finance company’s portfolio as well as ... [Read More]

Used-vehicle service contract and related finance and insurance products provider GWC Warranty introduced a new exclusive benefit for its top dealers. Members of the WealthBuilder and Elite Dealer Programs now have access to free, online, on-demand compliance training. Through GWC ... [Read More]

This week, repossession services provider Del Mar Recovery Solutions announced that the company expanded its partnership with MBSi Corp. to encompass MBSi’s new suite of products. For the past several years, Del Mar Recovery Solutions has utilized MBSi’s iRepo platform ... [Read More]