A top expert at S&P Global Ratings gave two reasons why she now expects the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate policy to remain on hold through the rest of the year. S&P Global U.S. chief economist Beth Ann Bovino explained that factors giving ... [Read More]

Psychographic analysis involves the study of how people live, what interests them and what they like, according to the American Marketing Association. Equifax auto lending sales leader Craig Sims acknowledged finance companies are leveraging psychographic personas in order to target ... [Read More]

On Friday, FactorTrust announced the addition of Lobel Financial to its growing list of financial service companies implementing its alternative credit data into their credit decisioning process. Lobel Financial, a finance company specializing in purchasing and servicing vehicle installment contracts ... [Read More]

Bringing nearly 30 years of experience with him, Jerry Kroshus has been named president and chief executive officer of Auto Approve, a refinance company that specializes in helping consumers find the best possible vehicle interest rates through its national network ... [Read More]

Consumer Portfolio Services chairman and chief executive officer Brad Bradley described how the subprime finance company is going through what he called a “painful process.” While the company’s originations are down from last year, its delinquencies didn’t spike to alarming ... [Read More]

Both consumers and dealers likely want to know potential buyers’ credit standing in order to facilitate delivery, and a new product fueled by CoreLogic and Equifax rolled out on Wednesday aims to accomplish that objective. Analytics and data-enabled solutions provider ... [Read More]

With contract holders’ ability to pay paramount, 700Credit now is offering Income PreCheck, an instant income and employment verification solution that can help dealerships verify buyers' stated income and employment. The verification is derived by accessing The Work Number, a ... [Read More]

LenderLive Services, a division of LenderLive Holdings, announced on Tuesday that it will now provide expanded compliance services through a new line of business: LenderLive Compliance Solutions. The company highlighted the new entity will offer both bundled and a la ... [Read More]

New auto finance analysis from Edmunds shows increases in term length and monthly payments. These metrics have made headlines for some time now as potential buyers focus on what they can fit into their budgets. But Edmunds also noticed an increase ... [Read More]

License plate recognition (LPR) software and data solutions provider MVTRAC on Tuesday announced the closing of growth recapitalization of the company with Bison Capital Asset Management along with changes to its top leadership structure. MVTRAC shared Bison Capital’s investment will allow ... [Read More]