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Credit Acceptance Reveals Completion of $200.5M Asset-Backed Financing
Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — Credit Acceptance Corp. recently announced the completion of a $200.5 million asset-backed non-recourse secured financing deal. Per this transaction, the company contributed loans having a net book value of approximately $250.8 million to a wholly-owned special purpose ... [Read More]
Finance Express Adds Preferred Automobile Credit to Portal
Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. — Finance Express, a provider of Web-based financial services and technology for independent dealerships, recently partnered with Preferred Automobile Credit Co., a growing indirect subprime auto finance company. In explaining why Finance Express broadened its lender ... [Read More]
Experian Automotive to Keynote NABD Conference
Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
HOUSTON — One of Experian Automotive’s top experts will be the keynote speaker at the National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers’ Conference in November. Director of automotive credit for Experian Automotive Melinda Zabritski will work to dispel the myths of BHPH ... [Read More]
New CarHop Hire to Direct Inventory and Service Strategy
Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
MINNETONKA, Minn. — Buy-here, pay-here dealership chain CarHop announced Wednesday the appointment of a new director of inventory and service strategy. Tapped for the position is Matt Dickinson, who will lead the efforts of the company’s vehicle buying, reconditioning, service ... [Read More]
ABA Spots 2Q Climb in Auto Loan Delinquencies
Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Bankers Association's latest Consumer Credit Delinquency Bulletin showed auto loan delinquencies were on the rise during the second quarter as were most loan and credit segments. The association discovered that quarter-over-quarter direct auto loan delinquencies ... [Read More]
ABI: 2011 Bankruptcies Down by Double Figures Through Nine Months
Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Boosting claims of an expected year-over-year decline for all of 2011, the American Bankruptcy Institute determined U.S. consumer bankruptcy filings through the first nine months of the year dropped by double digits compared to the same time ... [Read More]
Car-Mart Expands into Mississippi
Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
BENTONVILLE, Ark.— America’s Car-Mart recently revealed its two newest dealerships, one which marks the company’s first store in Mississippi. The two new rooftops, located in Nicholasville, Ky., and Columbus, Miss., bring the company’s store count to 110. William “Hank” Henderson, ... [Read More]
Equifax Says Auto Lending One of the Most Promising Sectors Today
Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
ATLANTA — Rising to levels rarely seen in past three years, Equifax discovered this week that new-loan originations between January and June climbed 15 percent compared to the same period a year ago. At 1.7 million, Equifax indicated June loan ... [Read More]
J.D. Byrider Taps Successful Franchisee as COO
Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CARMEL, Ind. — This week, J.D. Byrider hired one of its most successful franchisees to serve as the company's chief operating officer. As the owner of five J.D. Byrider franchise locations in Ohio and Pennsylvania, Rob Palmer now will be ... [Read More]
Leedom Group Announces Spring 2012 BHPH Convention
Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
SARASOTA, Fla. — Leedom Group announced that in an effort to better serve the needs of its dealer clients and the buy-here, pay-here industry as a whole, it has moved the dates of next year’s Buy-Here, Pay-Here World Convention to ... [Read More]