Dealerships, finance companies and other service providers connected to automotive had to begin compliance with the Safeguards Rule in June. On Friday, the Federal Trade Commission approved an amendment to it, instructing non-banking institutions to report certain data breaches and ... [Read More]

According to a news release and statement sent to SubPrime Auto Finance News, Relentless Recovery, one of the largest collateral recovery and remarketing companies servicing Ohio, entered into a settlement agreement with Digital Recognition Network (DRN), which is a subsidiary ... [Read More]

Experian this week rolled out its latest effort to curb fraudulent applications amid rising vehicle prices and the automotive industry relying more heavily on digital retailing. The company introduced the Hunter Automotive Fraud Alliance, which Experian described as a collaborative ... [Read More]

Paul McCarthy, vice president of sales, key accounts, at Protective Asset Protection, made another appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast for a conversation about dealerships and their F&I activities. McCarthy recapped Protective’s latest dealer survey and how F&I professionals are ... [Read More]

A Wisconsin auto dealer group is now sustaining the consequences of what authorities deemed to be discriminatory F&I activities. The Federal Trade Commission and the Wisconsin attorney general said on Tuesday they are taking action against Rhinelander Auto Center, its ... [Read More]

On Tuesday, 700Credit announced an integration alliance with AutoRaptor to help dealers get their buying customers through the financing process. With this enhanced alliance, AutoRaptor has integrated the 700Credit driver’s license authentication platform, QuickScan, into its CRM to provide a ... [Read More]

While also looking closer at the subprime segment as well as credit unions, S&P Global Ratings acknowledged five primary ingredients likely will create “further deterioration” of outstanding auto finance portfolios. However, firm experts see banks, captives and other providers being ... [Read More]

Intellaegis announced last week that Walter Allen has joined the SaaS technology company as managing director of partnerships, already showing to be pivotal in cultivating and developing new business opportunities within the financial services and public sector industries. The company ... [Read More]

Dealerships and finance companies likely are quite aware of fraud committed by organized individuals and rings of experts who steal credit information to create synthetic IDs. But new research from Socure highlighted the depth of first-party fraud being done by ... [Read More]

Ignite Consulting Partners reiterated some best practices this week since the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission intensified their campaign of weeding out what they deem to be “junk fees.” Firm experts cautioned that ignoring what regulators ... [Read More]