WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Automobile Dealers Association, along with other commercial lending executives representing four major banks, met with the Small Business Administration recently to discuss ways to make the SBA's dealer floor plan pilot program more effective. The association ... [Read More]

DETROIT — Many lenders are apparently returning to some of the some practices that played a role in their financial instability, such as zero-percent financing, low down payments and more, according to Sudarshan Mhatre, senior analyst with PricewaterhouseCoopers' Autofacts. He also ... [Read More]

BATON ROUGE, La. — Wolters Kluwer Financial Services revealed this week that Bank of America's Dealer Financial Services is being connected to its AppOne platform. Interestingly, this latest deal is designed to help dealers finance marine and RV units for customers. "Not only ... [Read More]

CHICAGO — Nationwide Acceptance Corp. recently completed integration with DealerTrack, meaning that dealers can now process credit applications electronically to Nationwide through the DealerTrack platform. "We are very excited to integrate with one of the nation's premier platforms for dealers to ... [Read More]

DETROIT — Now an independent company, Saab Automobile announced Monday that it has selected GMAC Financial Services as its preferred provider of wholesale and retail financial services for its qualified Saab dealers and customers throughout the world. The automaker's dealers already ... [Read More]

CARMEL, Ind. — Late last week, J.D. Byrider announced it has hired a new executive to serve as vice president of franchise operations. Hired for this position is Thomas Welter, who will be responsible for "maximizing unit profitability by strengthening the ... [Read More]

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. — DealerTrack will be hosting a Webinar on Tuesday to discuss what the company highlighted as five critical compliance issues that can pose liability risks for dealers. The five points that are to be covered during the sessions ... [Read More]

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Buy-here, pay-here auto group America's Car-Mart enjoyed strong revenue and retail sales improvements along with decreases in charge-offs during both its fiscal third quarter and nine-month time spans. In the third quarter that wrapped up Jan. 31, Car-Mart ... [Read More]

SCHAUMBURG, Ill — While most new-car loans fall into the prime credit category, an Experian Automotive executive recently pointed out that loans for subprime customers are still out there, particularly in the used-vehicle market. "While the lion's share of the new-car ... [Read More]

DETROIT — In a SEC filing this week, GMAC reported that chief financial officer Robert Hull has decided to leave the company at the end of March. GMAC said in the SEC filing it will conduct an internal and external search ... [Read More]