Like the sentiments conveyed by the National Automobile Dealers Association, the American Financial Services Association offered a statement late on Thursday, offering sympathy to people impacted by the horrific incident earlier this week in New Orleans, which is also the ... [Read More]

Along with highlighting how many consumers are committing to a monthly payment of more than $1,000 to take delivery of a new vehicle, the newest auto finance data from Edmunds showed dealerships and finance companies coaxed a bit more of ... [Read More]

The Federal Trade Commission didn’t sit idle this holiday season, especially when policing car dealerships. The regulator made separate announcements before and after Christmas involving two dealer groups that operate more than a dozen stores. The first action was connected ... [Read More]

It’s been a milestone week for Open Lending Corp., which announced the certification of the 1 millionth contract through its Lenders Protection decisioning engine. Company leadership said this achievement underscores Open Lending’s ongoing efforts to empower financial institutions to grow ... [Read More]

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently released a special edition of its Supervisory Highlights, focusing a substantial portion of the auto finance industry-specific report on a longstanding issue: the servicing of auto loans with ancillary or F&I products. The ... [Read More]

It might very well be the case that a 97-year-old consumer is applying for financing to take delivery of a $97,000 luxury SUV. Or it could be someone with illegal intentions trying to take advantage of that elderly individual. Last ... [Read More]

Let’s take a worldwide economic outlook courtesy of S&P Global Ratings, which touched on both domestic and international trends that could eventually impact automotive financing and retailing. Analysts said last week that economic soft landings in many major economies and ... [Read More]

Lender Compliance Technologies (LCT) reinforced its executive team on Thursday as the previous Emerging 8 honoree continues to roll out Refund Control, a finance company-managed cloud platform for tracking and managing F&I product cancellations and consumer refunds. Joining LCT as ... [Read More]

Experian Automotive senior director Jim Maguire came to Used Car Week 2024 in Scottsdale, Ariz., with a straightforward premise for his presentation: the connection between vehicle collateral quality and the likelihood of default. After spending time with attendees, Maguire gave ... [Read More]

Affordability evidently isn’t just a consideration within the subprime market. Experian highlighted on Thursday that affordability also is pushing some prime and super prime consumers to return to used vehicles. That’s just one of the findings included in Experian’s State ... [Read More]