GrooveCar, a vehicle-buying resource for the credit union industry, recently formed a strategic partnership with DataOne Software to integrate real-time vehicle information within GrooveCar’s all new Everything Automotive Auto Buying Resource. Because of the partnership, GrooveCar is looking to launch ... [Read More]

On the day CarMax Auto Finance completed the second quarter of its current fiscal year with a 6.2-percent increase in net income, the financing arm for the used-vehicle retailer came within the jurisdiction of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau thanks ... [Read More]

EFG Companies this week announced student competitors and F&I mentors participating in the first F&I Innovator of the Year Award competition at Northwood University. The competition will pit six teams of Northwood’s junior and senior undergraduate automotive marketing and management ... [Read More]

More subprime paper in the entire credit mix produced small increases in numerous default rates, but not to a point that triggered warning from S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian. Data through August showed the auto segment of the S&P/Experian ... [Read More]

The reported acknowledgement by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that its use of disparate impact could over-count potential discrimination by indirect auto finance companies continues to churn the industry’s frustration with how the regulator operates. Paul Metrey, chief regulatory counsel ... [Read More]

The National Automotive Finance Association enjoyed another great turnout for the opening module of its Consumer Credit Compliance Certification program. The most recent session last week in Irvine, Calif., drew 78 participants from 55 different companies. Hudson Cook partner Patty ... [Read More]

Perhaps while finance companies consider changes to underwriting practices as the fourth quarter approaches, Black Book’s latest white paper shows how executives and managers should be using collateral and residual values in the underwriting process. Black Book highlighted that the ... [Read More]

A West Virginia franchised dealer group again found itself involved in a regulatory matter with the Federal Trade Commission. Ramey Motors recently agreed to pay an $80,000 civil penalty to settle a lawsuit the FTC brought last year. The FTC ... [Read More]

Consumer Portfolio Services recently closed its third term securitization of the year. The company pointed out the transaction is CPS’ 18th senior subordinate securitization since the beginning of 2011 and the first securitization to receive a triple-A rating on the ... [Read More]

GWC Warranty bolstered its offerings of vehicle service contracts and related finance and insurance products by recently introducing a new 5-year, 100,000-mile used model coverage term length and a Service Lane product. Based on input from dealers across the country, ... [Read More]