Chernek Consulting Revamps F&I Training Website
Friday, Dec. 12, 2014, 04:12 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
F&I trainer Rebecca Chernek of Chernek Consulting is rolling out a completely revamped training website aimed at giving dealership financing staff the tools needed to close this year strong and to get 2015 off to a better start. Consulting Virtual ... [Read More]
CarMax Auto Finance Leadership Succession Plan
Friday, Dec. 12, 2014, 04:09 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
CarMax this week announced its leadership transition plan for CarMax Auto Finance, since Angie Chattin — a member of this year’s Women in Remarketing class — is retiring. Promoted to senior vice president and president of CAF is Jon Daniels, ... [Read More]
New-Car Buyers Spent an Extra $1.4B in November
Friday, Dec. 12, 2014, 04:06 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Extending the contract term length by 12 months meant consumers spent an extra $1.4 billion on new vehicles in November. That’s the calculation by Requisite Press, which also shared its November Auto Buyer’s Affordability Index (ABAI) this week. Requisite Press ... [Read More]
Ally Enhances Mobile & Online Tools to Improve Consumer Experience
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014, 04:48 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Ally Financial this week rolled out several new tools designed to make it faster and easier for consumers to manage their accounts and make payments via mobile devices and gain faster customer service access while online. The tools include the ... [Read More]
EFG Shares 4 Predictions for 2015
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014, 04:47 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
EFG Companies offered four predictions and recommendations for the automotive lending and F&I market, formed through thousands of conversations with the nation’s leading automotive financial and insurance experts. Steve Klees, senior vice president of specialty channels for EFG, indicated these ... [Read More]
AFSA Identifies 7 Objections with CFPB Rule Proposal
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014, 04:44 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Among the seven specific objections the American Financial Services Association made known to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the organization concluded the threshold to determine what regulators consider to be a larger participant in auto financing should be raised significantly. ... [Read More]
24% of Millennials Believe Student Loans Will Be Forgiven
Monday, Dec. 8, 2014, 04:39 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Finance companies that have auto loans in their portfolios better hope that millennials — consumers between the ages of 18 and 29 — don’t think of their vehicle installment contracts in the same light as their student loans. If so, ... [Read More]
Bankruptcies on Track For Lowest Total in 7 Years
Monday, Dec. 8, 2014, 04:34 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The American Bankruptcy Institute reported U.S. filings for November decreased 16 percent year-over-year; a pace that maintains the projection of the lowest annual total in seven years. According to data provided by Epiq Systems, November bankruptcy filings totaled 62,403, down ... [Read More]
Reynolds & RouteOne Partner to Enhance eContracting Possibilities
Monday, Dec. 8, 2014, 04:27 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Reynolds and Reynolds and RouteOne reached a new agreement on Monday to integrate RouteOne’s eContracting system with Reynolds’ docuPAD software, which can provide dealerships with the capability to capture electronic signatures for vehicle financing eContracts directly from docuPAD workstations and ... [Read More]
Auto/Mate Integrates Rates, Residuals & Rebates into Tool
Monday, Dec. 8, 2014, 04:24 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On Monday, Auto/Mate Dealership Systems rolled out the addition of rates, residuals and rebates information to its Automotive Management Productivity Suite (AMPS) Desk/Mate module. Officials highlighted dealerships that use Auto/Mate's desking solution now have access to real-time lease rates, residuals, ... [Read More]