The latest data made available by Equifax reinforced patterns many finance companies might be experiencing. Origination volume is slowing, while the amount financed is climbing. According to Equifax data through March, the auto-finance industry generated 5.90 million auto loans, totaling $135.5 ... [Read More]

The American Recovery Association (ARA) and the Harding Brooks Insurance Agency previously collaborated on a health-insurance program for members. This week, the partnership evolved into another benefit for compliant members — preferred pricing for workers’ compensation. “ARA is dedicated to ... [Read More]

The United States District Court for the Central District of California announced on Monday that a notification program began this week as ordered by the court to alert consumers about a proposed class action settlement to remediate auto finance customers ... [Read More]

About a month after rolling out its “mobile only” policy, ALS Resolvion announced this week that the skip-tracing and repossession management firm completed the integration between its proprietary operating system (Wombat) into the forwarder platform fueled by Recovery Database Network ... [Read More]

If your non-prime portfolio performance is experiencing some cyclical turbulence this summer, it appears you might not be alone. This week, Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) released its auto loan indices for July, reporting on delinquency roll rates from asset-level ... [Read More]

Coming off of what the president and chief executive officer described as a “transitional year,” Nicholas Financial opened its 2020 fiscal year with positive net income after finishing its 2019 fiscal year with a loss. The publicly-traded specialty consumer finance ... [Read More]

Another fraud incident recently surfaced involving two dealerships with the investigation spreading into two states. The Arizona Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General made an arrest following an investigation that revealed a Nissan dealership employee stole a customer’s identity ... [Read More]

This week, a judge sentenced a Wisconsin man to more than 10 years in prison after the Justice Department secured an indictment earlier this summer in connection with the orchestration of a Ponzi scheme that included the fraudulent financing and ... [Read More]

Repossession of 113 vehicles and violations of vehicle-lease mandates are going to cost Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. (NMAC) nearly $3 million. The Department of Justice recently announced that NMAC has agreed to pay almost $3 million to resolve allegations that ... [Read More]

A little more than three years after announcing an aggressive growth plan based on a strategy to add a significant number of dealership customers throughout the United States, Security National Automotive Acceptance Company (SNAAC) is departing the auto-finance business. A ... [Read More]