This week, Protective Asset Protection, a leading provider of F&I programs, services and dealer owned warranty company programs, released of its third F&I Industry Report. The project offered an in-depth look at four crucial topics, including: —Trends and insights shaping ... [Read More]

As many dealers are aware, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently issued new requirements to its Safeguards Rule that take effect Dec. 9. The rule requires auto dealerships with more than 5,000 customer records in their database to develop, implement ... [Read More]

American Recovery Association executive director Joel Kennedy recently reported findings from an industry survey about vehicle and lot storage costs. Kennedy explained that ARA is examining this entire category of expenses that includes everything from rent, security, insurance and staffing. ... [Read More]

A few days after reinforcing its engineering department, this week F&I Sentinel bolstered its product credentialing team by adding Michelle Covin, Sam Barnes and Alexander Bitar. F&I Sentinel said through a news release that Covin, Barnes and Bitar will serve ... [Read More]

Cox Automotive is on a Rocky Mountain high — and in a good way. This week, the company announced the Colorado Automobile Dealers Association (CADA) and Colorado Independent Automobile Dealers Association (CIADA) have both exclusively endorsed Dealertrack’s in-state registration and ... [Read More]

The customers in your auto finance company portfolio or arriving at your dealership might not be feeling so great about their current family budget situation based on the latest research recently shared by LendingClub Corp. and the BMO Real Financial ... [Read More]

Edmunds said its analysts have adjusted their auto finance data cleaning process to include new and used monthly payments up to $2,000 to account for changes to the market, as previously the limit was up to $1,500. Based on the ... [Read More]

Here’s another piece of auto finance industry data to consider as you close the books on another month and quarter. While perhaps still relatively modest, auto defaults made their largest month-over-month rise so far this year. According to data from ... [Read More]

For the second time in September, Launcher enhanced its technology geared to streamline originations via collaboration with an industry partner. After earlier boosting integrated access to CARFAX Vehicle History Reports, this week the company announced an expanded integration of Launcher’s ... [Read More]

Hurricane Ian made landfall on Wednesday near Cayo Costa, Fla., which is just south of RISC’s corporate headquarters in the Sunshine State. In response to the impact caused by the destructive storm, RISC said on Thursday that the company is ... [Read More]