SAN FRANCISCO — Wells Fargo & Co.'s board of directors named John Stumpf, former chief operating officer, as the new chief executive officer last week. Officials said Stumpf will retain his title of president, which he had while recently serving ... [Read More]

NASHVILLE — The competition in the buy-here, pay-here sector is heating up as more and more franchised and independent dealers are testing the waters by jumping into the business to boost profits. During a free-wheeling workshop and discussion at the ... [Read More]

PORTLAND, Maine — To get a general snapshot of bankruptcy demographics, the Institute for Financial Literacy said it surveyed clients who are in financial distress and seeking credit counseling and financial education. After questioning more than 24,000 Americans seeking their ... [Read More]

BENTONVILLE, Ark., and RICHMOND, Va. — Buy-here, pay-here auto group, America's Car-Mart, reported that it slowed sales to improve credit quality, which resulted in a decline in revenue and net income for its fourth quarter. Meanwhile, CarMax continued its expansion, ... [Read More]

HANOVER, Md. — Anne Fortney, a partner with the Hudson Cook law firm recently testified before the House Committee on Financial Services about furnishers' ability to maintain and report accurate information to credit reporting agencies. Basically, furnishers are any companies ... [Read More]

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — By taking advantage of RouteOne's ability to process consumer finance applications through both captives and non-captives, special finance dealers working on the franchise side can better grow their subprime business, company executives reported. "The unification of ... [Read More]

Houston — The National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers announced the dates for its training conference covering underwriting and collections, which will be held in Houston on Nov. 11 to 13. More than 600 attendees are expected to attend the ... [Read More]

SARASOTA, Fla. — Leedom and Associates recently announced the keynote speakers for its 12th Annual National Special Finance and Buy-Here, Pay-Here Conference, which will be held Oct. 7 to 9 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. At this year's event, ... [Read More]

PORTLAND, Ore. — Compli recently named Mark Lawler as senior vice president and chief technology officer. Lawler comes to Compli from Primavera Systems, which is leader in project management software. At Primavera he served as vice president of ProSight Product ... [Read More]

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. — Shortly after its launch, Dealer Vision announced it has struck a close relationship with JM&A Group. The new company was established by the Finance Express founders and will work off the platform's DMS. Dealer Vision ... [Read More]