Earlier this week, J.D. Power appointed Jim Houston as senior director of its auto finance practice. In this role, Houston will deploy his significant auto finance business experience to help guide the industry through what J.D. Power contends could potentially ... [Read More]

Within the week that Brian Geitner was picked as the incoming president of Cox Automotive’s Media Solutions Group, the current president of NextGear Capital also gained a leadership role for the American Financial Services Association. AFSA announced the election of ... [Read More]

The Justice Department reached a settlement this week with a finance company that repossessed vehicles in violation of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) — a discovery the DOJ made during an investigation of Santander Consumer USA for similar infractions that ... [Read More]

Credit Acceptance chief executive officer Brett Roberts approached the topic of competition from three different angles when the subprime auto finance company took questions from investment analysts who wanted more details about its second-quarter performance, which included a year-over-year rise ... [Read More]

Metrolina Credit Co. recently made a significant addition to its senior management team by naming Todd Brister as director of branch operations. For the past two years, Brister served as senior executive manager and portfolio director at Michael Wayne Investment ... [Read More]

Reversing an improvement that spanned four consecutive months, S&P Global Ratings determined collateral performance for subprime auto loan asset-backed securities (ABS) deteriorated month-over-month in June with net losses, recoveries and delinquencies all weakening. On a year-over-year basis, analysts found that ... [Read More]

If you ask White Clarke Group’s technology innovators what blockchain is, their eyes will light up, and they will spend the next hour telling you about all the possible legitimate uses of this new technology that they contend “is set ... [Read More]

Representatives from six different captive finance companies, two other institutions at or near the top of quarterly market share rankings as well as dealerships and other service providers are among the 89 members of the spring 2016 graduating class that ... [Read More]

GWC Warranty, a provider of used-vehicle service contracts and related finance and insurance products sold through dealers, has set a new record for the number of dealers who have qualified for its top dealer reward programs — The Elite Dealer ... [Read More]

Indiana Members Credit Union chief executive officer Ron Collier explained how this segment of auto financing providers can become “elitist” if all they do is book vehicle installment contracts with consumers whose FICO scores are 800 or higher. Perhaps credit ... [Read More]