GMAC Gains 10-Year Extension from FDIC
Thursday, Jul. 17, 2008, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
NEW YORK — GMAC Financial Services announced Wednesday that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has granted a 10-year extension of GMAC Bank's current ownership by extending the existing disposition requirement that was established in connection with the sale of a majority ... [Read More]
Lift from Zero-Percent Financing Helps GM, But More Cuts Loom
Tuesday, Jul. 15, 2008, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. — Power Information Network reported late last week on the success of General Motors' zero-percent APR program. According to the company, the program provided a lift for the automaker both in terms of loyalty and conquests from competitors. ... [Read More]
Alphera Financial Services Adds Services for Non-BMW Dealers
Tuesday, Jul. 15, 2008, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. — Alphera Financial Services' portfolio of serviced assets, which was launched in 2006 to provide BMW's award-winning customer service to other franchises owned by its dealers, announced late last week that it is expanding, in addition to ... [Read More]
Consumer Portfolio Services Receives Additional Secured Financing, Finalizes Amendments to Residual Credit Facility
Tuesday, Jul. 15, 2008, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
IRVINE, Calif. — Consumer Portfolio Services announced Monday that it has received an additional $15 million in senior secured financing from an affiliate of Levine Leichtman Capital Partners as a follow-up to last week's $10 million financing. The company borrowed a ... [Read More]
BarNone Selects OneCommand to Help Capture More Showroom Traffic
Tuesday, Jul. 15, 2008, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CINCINNATI — OneCommand announced today that BarNone, a leader in specialty finance and consumer services, has chosen the company to help increase its Internet lead response rate. By augmeting its online lead generation and BDC operations with OneCommand's Voice Messaging solution, BarNone ... [Read More]
Fed: Average Amount Financed via Auto Lenders Shows Steep Decline
Thursday, Jul. 10, 2008, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
WASHINGTON — According to the latest statistics released from the Federal Reserve, the average amount financed at auto lenders in May came in at the lowest point it has been since 2004 and 2005. This trend is likely indicative of the ... [Read More]
DealerTrack Teams Up with Aimbridge to Help Credit Unions Expand
Thursday, Jul. 10, 2008, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. — DealerTrack announced Wednesday that it has developed and implemented a new interface linking dealers with credit unions served by Aimbridge Lending Solutions, which is a provider of lending technology and premium services to credit unions throughout the ... [Read More]
RouteOne Partners with XpressCredit
Thursday, Jul. 10, 2008, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — RouteOne announced this morning that it will integrate with XpressCredit, a Web-based credit application management system. The goal of this integration is to allow RouteOne's finance sources to use their existing connections to conduct business with XpressCredit's ... [Read More]
SubPrimeNews.com: Unique Visitors Double over Last Year
Thursday, Jul. 10, 2008, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CARY, N.C. — Looking at the first half of this year, the SubPrime Auto Finance News team found that unique visitors to the site are up 97.36 percent over the same period of last year. This basically means that the number ... [Read More]
CarBiz Sells Software Division
Tuesday, Jul. 8, 2008, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
SARASOTA, Fla. — CarBiz announced recently that it has sold its software division to Constellation Homebuilder Systems, a division of Constellation Software Inc., for $2.5 million. According to officials, the sales price is more than double what the software division had contributed ... [Read More]