In what the credit bureau thinks can be positive for the auto finance space, Equifax highlighted that its December 2016 Consumer Credit Impact analysis found that trended credit data used alongside a consumer’s traditional credit report could improve access to ... [Read More]

When reading through an email message or some other kind of material, the voice of the person who compiled it will stream through my mind if I know the individual’s tone and delivery. Not sure if this phenomena happens to ... [Read More]

Announcements recently arrived involving PassTime GPS, Heritage Acceptance and Sword Apak. LEVERAGE, the service corporation of the League of Southeastern Credit Unions & Affiliates (LSCU) that equips credit union partners with products and services to fulfill day-to-day needs, named PassTime ... [Read More]

Experts from Equifax, Fiserv and J.D. Power all agree: Technology is going to be the catalyst to keeping the financing cog in the automotive retail machine humming in 2017 at least near the level dealerships, finance companies and other service ... [Read More]

Regardless of which way the subprime breezes are blowing, GWC Warranty explained there are certain steps dealers can take to ensure their own subprime business doesn’t fluctuate with the annual ebbs and flows of the subprime market. The company that ... [Read More]

You might automatically assume if student loans — and difficulty in maintaining payments — are the hurdles to keeping the financing from being finalized for vehicle delivery, the customer surely is a recent college graduate. A new report from the ... [Read More]

Before S&P Global Ratings credit analyst Amy Martin could even get to her slides containing projections for the auto ABS market, an observer who joined the firm’s webinar on Thursday asked which subprime ABS issuers are most vulnerable to negative ... [Read More]

Dealer Marketing Services, the makers of ProMax Unlimited, recently released Employment and Income Verification Service (EIVS); a tool that can enable dealerships to access valuable data provided by Equifax in order to verify a customer’s employment history and income early ... [Read More]

I recently came across an article titled, “J.D. Power: Speed No Longer Top Consideration When Selecting Finance Sources,” and it sparked my interest about what the modern retail automotive dealer leadership really wants to see from their finance companies when ... [Read More]

One of the most noteworthy executives ever to participate in subprime auto financing has retired. Credit Acceptance announced late on Wednesday afternoon that founder Donald Foss, who most recently served as the company’s chairman, has decided to retire as an ... [Read More]