According to DealerVault, its objective is to protect the “dealership data goldmine.” It’s all of the customer data that might have arrived through website leads, the F&I office or the service drive. With some industry analysts’ expectations of customer data ... [Read More]

While still making healthy gains in consolidated net income, Credit Acceptance chief executive officer Brett Roberts pointed to data the subprime finance company shared as part of its third-quarter financial statement to explain how competitive the market is to grow ... [Read More]

EFG Companies, together with Northwood University, recently announced the judging panel in the 2016 F&I Innovator of the Year competition. Representing all automotive brands spanning across the country, the eight-member blue-ribbon judging panel brings extensive experience and expertise in understanding ... [Read More]

According to TransUnion’s Q3 2016 Industry Insights Report powered by Prama analytics, total auto financing balances grew by 9 percent year-over-year during the third quarter. TransUnion pegged the total balance reading at $1.1 trillion, up from $1.01 trillion in Q3 ... [Read More]

With one subprime metric jumping to the second-highest point in 15 years, the latest monthly auto loan ABS index from Fitch Ratings released this week showed that losses for U.S. auto ABS continue their steady climb. As a result, analysts noticed ... [Read More]

SubPrime Forum presenting sponsor Digital Recognition Network (DRN) is participating in a free webinar to help finance companies and repossession agents to be more efficient and save precious time — and money — by better using their historical license plate ... [Read More]

PointPredictive, a provider of machine learning fraud solutions, recently announced the results of a new study that detected high levels of fraud in early payment auto finance contract defaults. The firm explained its study encompassed data from millions of auto ... [Read More]

Prestige Financial Services recently completed its 15th rated term securitization, issuing $343.6 million in securities backed by $369.46 million in automobile installment receivables. In a transaction led jointly by Wells Fargo Securities and J.P. Morgan Securities, the finance company highlighted ... [Read More]

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has not come out unscathed in the wake of the Wells Fargo scandal. While some say the CFPB’s enforcement action demonstrates a need to strengthen the agency, others use the scandal as a case ... [Read More]

F&I product provider JM&A Group recently entered into an agreement with Volvo Car USA to provide a full suite of branded F&I products for new and used vehicles to more than 300 Volvo dealers nationally. Through Volvo’s branded F&I program ... [Read More]