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]

The Congressional summer recess might just be rampimg up in earnest this week, but 38 Senate members and another 65 House lawmakers delivered a letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Richard Cordray to push through the agency’s plan to limit ... [Read More]

In the executive boardrooms at automakers and finance companies, challenging conversations are being conducted. With sentiment intensifying about “plateauing” new-vehicle sales and institutions consistently looking for yield in light of where the Federal Reserve has kept interest rates, deciding whether ... [Read More]

At last check (including June activity), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said the agency has handled approximately 930,700 total complaints across all products since opening its complaint database in June 2012. While only a small fraction of that complaint figure stems ... [Read More]

While BillingTree offered some first-hand assessments from attendees who were in Sacramento, Calif., for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s field hearing after the agency released its debt collection regulatory proposal, SubPrime Auto Finance News also connected with a current member ... [Read More]

Reynolds and Reynolds continued to build its resources for dealerships by recently releasing the Reynolds LAW Utah F&I Library, which is a comprehensive catalog of standardized, legally reviewed finance and insurance (F&I) documents for franchised dealers throughout the state of ... [Read More]

In what might be a positive development for auto finance companies, both the American Financial Services Association and the Consumer Bankers Association picked up on the same segment of the debt collection regulatory proposal the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau unveiled ... [Read More]

How finance companies and buy-here, pay-here dealerships execute one of their most important functions — collections — now potentially has six additional layers of compliance requirements stemming from the regulatory proposal rolled out by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on ... [Read More]

NextGear Capital announced an agreement with CarMax on Wednesday that will allow dealers to use their NextGear Capital lines of credit at all 68 CarMax auction locations. NextGear Capital floor plans are currently accepted at more than 1,000 live and ... [Read More]