First, the development surfaced that the Department of Justice filed an amicus brief — a legal document filed in appellate court cases by non-litigants with a strong interest in the subject matter — questioning the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau being ... [Read More]

Equifax auto finance leader Lou Loquasto insisted every credit provider and buyer of vehicle installment contracts has a story about how deliveries might have been completed because of some kind of fraud. Loquasto pointed out that sometimes it’s a “rogue” ... [Read More]

For the second time in roughly a week, details became public involving Santander Consumer USA and regulatory enforcers. On Wednesday, SCUSA reached settlements totaling $25.9 million with the attorneys general of Delaware and Massachusetts for what state officials said was ... [Read More]

This week, NextGear Capital, Westlake Financial Services and Spireon all bolstered their executive teams to enhance their respective finance-oriented operations. To support future growth in the inventory-financing sector, NextGear Capital announced Lisa Mackie will fill its newly created vice president ... [Read More]

MUSA Auto Finance recently entered into a $125 million warehouse facility with Goldman Sachs and, additionally, secured a capital investment of up to $50 million from Crestline Investors. Company management highlighted the capital investment, along with the warehouse facility, will ... [Read More]

In a new report released on Monday, Moody’s Investors Service explained what likely might be happening in the war rooms at auto finance companies nowadays. Financing providers are increasingly faced with the choice of taking on greater risk by rolling ... [Read More]

Shared exclusively for SubPrime Auto Finance News, Experian Automotive determined the top 20 market holders of what analysts classify as finance companies — operations that do not hold consumer deposits and often specialize in originating subprime paper. Experian Automotive compiled ... [Read More]

F&I program provider RoadVantage recently announced industry veteran Aaron Riddle joined its sales team as a regional vice president. Riddle comes to RoadVantage with more than 25 years of experience in F&I, most recently with Ally Financial where he served ... [Read More]

Perhaps it wasn’t an upset to the level that might have impacted your bracket predicting winners of this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament. But the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota dismissing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s ... [Read More]

According to documents filed on Thursday with the Federal Reserve and the Securities and Exchange Commission, Santander Consumer USA and its parent's subsidiaries entered into a written agreement on Tuesday with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Under the terms of ... [Read More]