FORT WORTH, Texas — With many companies and reports finding that repossessions and defaults are on the upswing, recovering these vehicles has become even more important to lessening charge-offs and bolstering bottom lines. To help recover these vehicles, Toyota Financial Services recently ... [Read More]

CHICAGO — TransUnion.com discovered that the national 60-day auto delinquency rate declined between the first and second quarter from 0.83 percent to 0.73 percent. However, the annual delinquency rate was another story. The company reported that the annual rate climbed 7.35 ... [Read More]

CUPERTINO, Calif. — In tough economic times, customers can get behind or become unable to make payments. Walking the line between getting the customer current and keeping him willing to pay and hurting the relationship can be tricky.  With Chordiant Software's ... [Read More]

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — RouteOne recently announced that it has completed integration with California-based Westlake Financial Services. Westlake funds contracts through a network of more than 5,000 new and used dealerships throughout the United States. It is the financial services arm ... [Read More]

BATON ROUGE, La. — Wolters Kluwer Financial Services has gained another partner that will use its AppOne platform to provide indirect lending, credit approval and compliance processes to lenders and dealerships. The new partner is ASI Federal Credit Union, one of ... [Read More]

BANDON, Ore. — CNW Research discovered that as banks, captives, credit unions and others tried to leverage the Cash for Clunkers, they allowed average FICO scores to dip. More specifically, the average FICO score, including cash, finance and lease customers, came ... [Read More]

SARASOTA, Fla. — In this difficult economy, more and more customers are struggling to make their buy-here, pay-here car payments. Repossessions are occurring at record levels as customers are simply surrendering their vehicles and walking away from the balance on their ... [Read More]

CHICAGO — In a positive turn, Fitch Ratings announced it has revised its ratings outlook on Ford and Ford Credit from "Negative" to "Stable." Additionally, the company said the issuer default rating for Ford has been affirmed at "CCC." Fitch officials ... [Read More]

HOUSTON — For the second quarter of this year, Mint Leasing, a subprime leasing company, reported that its ability to generate revenues from new leases was "greatly restricted" by the lack of available financing. Company officials indicated that its line of ... [Read More]

SALT LAKE CITY — Prestige Financial Services announced on Monday that a new lender has joined with Wells Fargo Preferred Capital and Bank of America Business Capital as institutions on its line of credit. The new company to join the credit ... [Read More]