RouteOne and Toyota Financial Services (TFS) on Wednesday announced that they are bringing Toyota dealers the ability to automatically book TFS electronic contracts with no human interaction. This technology, called Straight-Through Processing, is designed to offer dealers faster funding by ... [Read More]

As more off-lease vehicles hit the wholesale market, dealers and finance companies are likely to be challenged to find buyers who will purchase these potentially certified pre-owned units even as CPO sales continue to set records. In an effort to ... [Read More]

EFG Companies and the National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers (NAMAD) announced that Northwood University students Norma Benavides and Isabelle Daoud have received the annual NAMAD Private Donor Scholarship. EFG Companies, NAMAD and Northwood created the scholarship in 2015 to ... [Read More]

As the regulator handed out a $100 million penalty to Wells Fargo for activities not related to auto financing, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau noted that the amount of complaints in its database continues to surge toward 1 million entries. ... [Read More]

Automated, online lender management platform E-Credit Express (ECE) recently entered into an agreement with NADA Used Car Guide to speed up the used-vehicle sale and loan approval process. The integration of NADA Used Car Guide's values into the ECE platform ... [Read More]

GWC Warranty acknowledged vehicle shoppers are looking for a bargain, and dealers are looking to turn a profit, meaning those two worlds collide during the art of negotiation. As experienced negotiators, GWC Warranty pointed out every sales and F&I professional ... [Read More]

Along with introducing a new tool to help credit union members who are considering refinancing their vehicle installment contract, GrooveCar recently appointed five executives to new positions as part of its industry growth initiatives. In an effort to serve an ... [Read More]

RouteOne recently made a series of personnel moves aimed at further developing, strengthening and diversifying enterprise perspectives to best serve its customers who leverage its comprehensive platform of F&I solutions including digital retail, credit application, eContracting and compliance. RouteOne highlighted ... [Read More]

With used-vehicle financing leading the charge, Experian’s latest State of the Automotive Finance Market report showed finance companies booked significantly more contracts with super-prime customers during the second quarter than they did with deep subprime consumers. Creating what analysts called ... [Read More]

Dealertrack and F&I Express recently strengthened their partnership through the introduction of the latter's Express Recoveries Solution. The offering provides finance companies and consumers a refund of the unused portion of their aftermarket contracts. The service will be available through ... [Read More]