LocateSmarter’s Alex “SkipGuru” Price and RISC are joining forces not just to help professionals sharpen their skip-tracing skills, but also to generate financial resources for a cause connected to something more valuable than vehicles. To support the Innocent Lives Foundation ... [Read More]

This week, personal finance website WalletHub released the first quarter installment of its Auto Financing Report, pinpointing the top 25 cities where consumers hold the highest amounts of auto-finance debt when analyzed against their income. The vast majority of the ... [Read More]

More than 2,000 years ago, Greek mathematician Archimedes is credited with the finding that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. Well, five organizations from the repossession world recently reiterated their industry position using a similar assertion that ... [Read More]

This week, 700Credit finalized another integration partnership to make available its credit reports as well as compliance and soft-pull solutions. The latest relationship is with DriveCentric, a robust CRM, artificial intelligence (AI) and conversational engagement platform for automotive retailers. Officials ... [Read More]

The Federal Trade Commission is looking to raise awareness about identity theft and for good reason. The regulator said reports about any type of identity theft topped the list of consumer complaints submitted to the FTC through the third quarter ... [Read More]

Despite recent changes in the lien sale laws, fraud by repair shops in south Florida continues. Some repair shops ignore the law with impunity. We believe involving the police and moving more aggressively toward fraudulent shop owners will send a ... [Read More]

Two long-standing subprime auto finance companies each made moves last week to give themselves the financial horsepower they need to continue originations and other business activities. After Consumer Portfolio Services launched its first securitization of 2021, Credit Acceptance announced the ... [Read More]

While he might be serving as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau only in an interim capacity, Dave Uejio doesn’t appear to be just sitting idle as lawmakers eventually consider President Joe Biden’s nominee to be the permanent fixture ... [Read More]

The next development in the working relationship involving CarGurus, Capital One, Westlake Financial and Global Lending Services (GLS) surfaced on Friday. CarGurus announced a new feature that can enable shoppers to pre-qualify for financing as they search on CarGurus for ... [Read More]

Exeter Finance is in a celebratory mood and rightfully so. The non-prime auto finance company now has originated contracts with 1 million customers since it was founded in 2006. To commemorate this milestone, Exeter identified its 1-millionth customer as Raul ... [Read More]