Lyft and Uber drivers not only might have a path to generate funds for a down payment when acquiring a vehicle at certain dealerships, they also could take advantage of a solution to help their credit situation.

DriveItAway, a company concentrating on dealer-focused shared mobility, announced on Wednesday that it is partnering with Get Credit Healthy to pilot what the operations say is the first “no strings” free national credit repair/rehabilitation service for Lyft and Uber drivers.

The companies explained this opportunity to rebuild personal credit is free to all drivers in a dealer-supplied vehicle on the DriveItAway Car Sharing platform, with no obligation to use any particular vehicle, dealership provider, or any vehicle purchase commitment.

After a week in good standing, all drivers on the DriveItAway dealer Car Sharing platform can receive a free invitation to utilize Get Credit Healthy’s credit rehabilitation service, which has been seamlessly integrated into the DriveItAway driver app. The service remains free, as long as the driver remains a DriveItAway customer. 

On the dealer side, DriveItaway has integrated Get Credit Healthy’s leading fintech platform, to provide its dealer partners with data intelligence and sales lead recovery that turns credit “fall out” into funded vehicle loans and sales.

Chief executive officer John Possumato insisted this life-improvement service is a true differentiator and fits right in line with DriveItAway’s mission to put all of its clients on a “path to ownership.” Possumato explained all ride share drivers will be able to access it right from the platform, free of charge, and it will help all dealers facilitate a vehicle sale to all those drivers who are looking to buy.

“This is an industry first, in that this type of service has not yet been offered in this “no strings” way. Partnering with a company like Get Credit Healthy in order to offer the best comprehensive credit remediation program for our longer-term drivers is a natural step for us,” Possumato said.

“This fits perfectly with exclusively car dealer clients who provide temporary vehicles for Lyft and Uber drivers,” he continued. “It is fully compliant, as there is no obligation for a renter-recipient to buy a vehicle from any specific car dealer, nor is there any obligation to buy a vehicle at all.

“Our goal is to make it a win for all and, with the ‘on-demand’ employment ride sharing provides, improve lives by making it easy for everyone to increase income and improve credit,” Possumato went on to say.

Get Credit Healthy CEO Elizabeth Karwowski elaborated about why her company chose to align with DriveItAway.

“Get Credit Healthy’s traditional partners have been financial institutions, mortgage companies, and municipalities,” Karwowski said. “The common mission of our two companies is to provide our clients with the means to improve their financial lives and provide them with the necessary tools and education to help them sustain those improvements.

At Get Credit Healthy, we are passionate about providing consumers with the tools and resources they need to eliminate debt, build credit and make sound financial decisions,” she continued.

“That’s why we are delighted to be launching this new program with DriveItAway, and to make this life improvement option available for the first time to members of the new ‘gig economy’ in shared mobility,” Karwowski added.

For more information, all current or potential drivers interested in the program are encouraged to visit this website.

DriveItAway will be introducing this new feature to its turn-key car sharing for ride sharing program for dealers at the National Automobile Dealers Convention this week in San Francisco.

To learn more or to set up a private meeting to talk about the benefits of implementing mobility as a service at your store, visit www.driveitaway.com/nada2019.