On Tuesday, SouthWest Dealer Services — an independent full-service provider of F&I products and services to dealers — announced that SWDS Holdings’ board of directors appointed Vernon Leake as chief executive officer. Leake succeeds Eric Hamann, who will now serve ... [Read More]

White Clarke Group acknowledged that it seemed like just a few months ago that experts thought auto finance companies would inevitably lose their businesses to technology-savvy new players entering the market as disruptors. The company predicted these new entrants would ... [Read More]

Coinciding with the federally mandated website disclosing how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau spends its budget on government contractors, more U.S. House members — including Speaker of the House Paul Ryan — continued the parade of bill proposals and other ... [Read More]

In order to make indirect auto financing seamless, CRIF Lending Solutions and Dealertrack are joining forces. CRIF Lending Solutions recently announced a partnership with Dealertrack, a Cox Automotive brand, to integrate its CRIF ACTion loan origination system with Dealertrack’s e-contracting software. ... [Read More]

Momentum to modify how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is structured and operates gained more steam this week. Soon after the U.S. House Financial Services Committee chairman outlined his plan to revamp the Dodd-Frank Act and more, the House Appropriations ... [Read More]

Mark Sargeant insisted banks and other capital providers are interested in the tool AUTOMAP Tracking Solutions offers: a product that can reduce the time it takes to complete an audit to minutes instead of days while mitigating risk. Here’s boiler plate ... [Read More]

While pinpointing a trio of subprime securitizations demonstrating some higher loss trends, S&P Global Ratings determined collateral performance in the U.S. auto loan asset-backed securities sector improved month over month in April for the subprime sector, but continued to remain ... [Read More]

With the May employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics landing with “a thud,” according to the reaction by Comerica Bank chief economist Robert Dye, the auto finance industry likely will have to wait until later this summer at ... [Read More]

Arkansas dealers now have their own library of standardized documents to ensure their compliance with current automotive regulations. Reynolds and Reynolds recently announced the launch of the LAW Arkansas F&I Library. Reynolds Document Services developed the library in partnership with ... [Read More]

Receiving immediate support from organizations such as the Consumer Bankers Association and the American Bankers Association, Rep. Jeb Hensarling, the Texas Republican who also is the U.S. House Financial Services Committee chairman, has a plan he described as a way ... [Read More]