This year began with expectations the Federal Reserve would push interest rates higher multiple times. Then this week, not only did policymakers maintain the rate at its current level, experts are seeing the possibility of a rate cut before 2019 ... [Read More]

Experian discovered the nation’s leader in 60-day delinquency still is not within the Deep South. Findings from the Q1 2019 State of the Automotive Finance Market report showed that while Louisiana and Mississippi still have some of the highest rates, ... [Read More]

Auto/Mate Dealership Systems announced on Tuesday it has successfully completed all dealership management system (DMS) integrations with DDI Technology, an established provider of vehicle title and registration services for dealerships. Auto/Mate’s DMS customers can now use DDI Technology’s solutions to ... [Read More]

The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act is the federal law that governs consumer product warranties. Passed in 1975, the act was created to protect consumers from deceptive warranty practices, ensure warranties are easy to understand and make violations legally enforceable. Perhaps one ... [Read More]

Chief fraud strategist Frank McKenna described the fourth gathering of the PointPredictive Fraud Consortium Roundtable earlier this month just ahead of the National Automotive Finance Association’s Non-Prime Auto Finance Conference as the best one yet. Besides more than 50 attendees ... [Read More]

Fitch Ratings is a bit more upbeat about the direction of the auto lease asset backed securities market. Analysts expect stability in residual value realizations throughout the year, prompting them to revise their wholesale market outlook haircut to neutral from ... [Read More]

DriveTime Automotive Group and its related finance company, Bridgecrest Acceptance Corp., announced on Monday that they have commenced a cash tender offer to purchase any and all of their outstanding $400 million aggregate principal amount of 8.00% senior secured notes ... [Read More]

Arent Fox is bolstering its compliance offering, and in the process, bringing back one of its experts. This week, the firm announced the launch of Managing Automotive Compliance, a regulatory, auditing and consulting service that is designed to help auto industry ... [Read More]

This week, the American Financial Services Association welcomed its new vice president of communications. Taking on this role for the national trade association for the consumer credit industry is Ed McFadden. AFSA indicated McFadden will play a crucial role in ... [Read More]

National Automobile Dealers Association chairman Charlie Gilchrist recently wrote about how data and digital issues remain a high priority for the organization. And it appears those topics certainly are being monitored by the Federal Trade Commission, too. Early this week, ... [Read More]