On Thursday, CrediautoUSA Financial Co. announced the completion of a capital facility that provides for up to $75 million to facilitate the acquisition by Crediauto of non-prime automobile financing contracts. Crediauto is a finance company that provides solutions to franchised ... [Read More]

In a development cheered by the National Automobile Dealers Association, a proposal to modify how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau oversees indirect auto financing took one step forward on Wednesday, moving beyond the House Financial Services Committee now to be ... [Read More]

Equifax deputy chief economist Dennis Carlson used imagery of the plumbing that might be in your home to describe the industry surpassing $1 trillion in outstanding auto loan balances in June. The credit bureau’s data showed total outstanding balances on ... [Read More]

Vero Products — a provider of in vehicle after-market solutions and services and a division of CU Direct — acquired Fidelis PPM this week to form a new company focused on pre-paid maintenance (PPM). As a result of the acquisition, ... [Read More]

According to a national survey commissioned by Carvana, consumers still are uninformed about the total costs associated with the interest rate connected to their vehicle installment contract. Carvana — a completely online vehicle retailer backed by DriveTime and launched two ... [Read More]

On Monday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau blocked access to information the National Automobile Dealers Association sought. NADA officials said the CFPB rejected a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to release a memorandum that they believe can show the bureau ... [Read More]

Michael Buckingham, senior director of the auto finance practice at J.D. Power, acknowledged dealers and finance companies already know that trying to get a new-vehicle contract completed for a customers with a soft credit profile can be “tricky.” So when ... [Read More]

If members of Congress wanted more ammunition for a crusade to eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, perhaps a three-judge panel on the District of Columbia Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals provided just the thing. An opinion released ... [Read More]

June’s auto loan metrics bucked the trends seen in other credit markets to register a new historical low, according to the latest S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices. Analysts from S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian noticed the auto loan default ... [Read More]

As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau made temporary adjustments to fill the role of its deputy director who resigned last week, a pair of Texas lawmakers introduced a proposal to eliminate the CFPB altogether. With deputy director Steve Antonakes departing the ... [Read More]