It’s been a busy week of announcements by Equifax; first a solution launch with LexisNexis Risk Solutions tailored specifically for the auto finance space. Then on Friday, Equifax joined with online sales lead generator Black Book Activator to develop Black Book Activator eCredit, a new customer-facing credit scoring solution available to the dealer community and […] [Read More]

A central theme to a special edition of the Used Vehicle Market Report from Edmunds.com released today   — and the 2016 used-car market, in general — is the heavy amount of cars coming out of leases. There are several tentacles to this off-lease surge. For one, it represents a steady stream of vehicles ideal for […] [Read More]

Along with highlighting its latest Bronze-level National Corporate Partner, the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association described how Dennis Pope of People's Financial Corp. in Mableton, Ga., “carried the ball across the goal line” to claim the top prize in the second quarter of NIADA's Membership Drive Challenge. Pope led the association's football-themed membership campaign, which […] [Read More]

During a week in which president and chief executive officer Chip Perry explained how the company is completely revamping how it conducts business with dealers, TrueCar added another executive who also spent time with Autotrader to be its new senior vice president of dealer sales Tasked with contributing directly to strengthening dealer relationships across the […] [Read More]

As the site prepared to unveil two new solutions during the NADA Convention & Expo, Cars.com highlighted that it influenced 36 percent of 2015 total vehicle sales in the United States. How did the site arrive at that claim on Thursday? Cars.com explained the reading stemmed from this month’s data generated by Oracle Data Cloud. […] [Read More]

ChannelNet analyzed the usage of its technology by 10 different auto finance companies to determine the six components comprising what the company describes as a best-in-class digital experience. ChannelNet spent a year combining through the performance of these finance companies that use its omnichannel solution that combines data, content and asset management, personalization, a rules […] [Read More]

The Federal Trade Commission recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in a move officials described as a way to strengthen cross-border cooperation regarding Do Not Call and anti-spam enforcement matters. The memorandum was signed by FTC chairwoman Edith Ramirez and Jean-Pierre Blais, the chairman of the CRTC. […] [Read More]

The unintended consequence. That’s what Jeff Carlson, the 2016 chairman of the National Automobile Dealers Association, said NADA is trying to prevent through its policy work in Washington, D.C. The Colorado Ford and Subaru dealer said many of the federal government’s regulatory and policy moves related to the car business have good intentions, but could […] [Read More]

So, how do you make your certified pre-owned cars and operations stand out? At Prestige Volvo, digital is key. As part of our Best CPO Dealers in the United States edition this winter, we reached out to Prestige Volvo — ranked second on the automaker’s list of top certified dealers in 2015 with 337 sales — to get its […] [Read More]

Dealertrack Technologies has teamed up with DealerCorp to expand the former’s F&I solution suite in Canada. As part of the exclusive partnership, Canadian dealers will be able to access a new desking solution from Dealertrack, powered by DealerCorp. It will be available for Canadian dealers on Friday. In its news release, Dealertrack listed the following […] [Read More]