DETROIT — Ally Financial's board of directors recently declared quarterly dividend payments for certain outstanding preferred stock, continuing a stream heading to the U.S. Department of the Treasury.  Officials indicated these dividends are payable on Nov. 15. The company explained ... [Read More]

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — The most recent RDN Monthly Analytics Update showed August recovery volumes increased 3 percentage points from July levels. However, the reading also ended up 17 points below year-ago levels. RDN indicated August recovery orders rose 4 ... [Read More]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Auto lending has proven to be solid throughout much of the country over the past six weeks, according to the latest Beige Book report from the Federal Reserve, which indicated a modest increase for overall lending (auto ... [Read More]

FORT WORTH, Texas — This week, Loan Portfolio Servicing — sister company of the newly rebranded Caprock Auto Remarketing — started its full-scale launch as a national third-party servicer of subprime automotive loans. LPS president Scott France highlighted the company ... [Read More]

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. — Management from cuautocoupon — a program geared to help drive more business to credit unions and dealerships — recently announced the signing of six credit unions to its growing California network. The largest of the new additions ... [Read More]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Regions Bank has partnered with TrueCar Inc. in an effort to make vehicle shopping easier for its users. Regions Bank customers and non-customers can now research, shop for, finance and insure a new or used vehicle through ... [Read More]

NEW YORK — Moody's Investors Service explained that subprime auto lenders, in particular, use historical granular customer and loan characteristics to build and refresh custom scores that can supplement the information contained in FICO scores. Since auto lenders often develop ... [Read More]

CINCINNATI — With unemployment rates high, the job market remains unstable, and it seems to be affecting the auto industry, as well. Although consumers are not so much concerned with increased car payments, their worry lies in the length of ... [Read More]

CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. — Automotive Compliance Consultants insisted dealers subscribing to its services can save as much as $650 a month in credit bureau report markup fees. From the firm's Compliance Solved Web dashboard, subscribing dealers can download reports from ... [Read More]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — American Bankers Association cautioned that cybercriminals are increasingly targeting small businesses such as dealerships, to transfer funds from accounts and steal private information, a fraud referred to as "corporate account takeover." The association contends that criminals can ... [Read More]