F&I Express recently added PayLink Payment Plans to its online network of aftermarket F&I product providers. Officials explained that F&I Express has aggregated aftermarket insurance provider product information online to make the automotive retail F&I process more efficient for dealers ... [Read More]

Special finance software solution provider ProMax Unlimited reviewed dealership data from July and compiled the top 20 highest grossing vehicles in three different subprime credit tiers.  The three lists should be especially helpful for dealerships and finance companies that originate ... [Read More]

NextGear Capital announced a series of strategic moves this week to enhance its resources for dealers, including plans to add up to 200 new jobs by 2018. The company also intends to make substantial investments exceeding $50.88 million to lease ... [Read More]

Vanguard Dealer Services — an agent and administrator of F&I products and services to franchised dealers nationwide — formed a partnership this week with Southfield Capital, a lower middle market private equity firm. Officials indicated Vanguard's senior management, including chief ... [Read More]

Reynolds Document Services, a part of Reynolds and Reynolds, joined forces with the Maryland Automobile Dealers Association (MADA) this week to establish the Reynolds LAW Maryland F&I Library. The library is a comprehensive catalog of standardized, legally reviewed F&I documents ... [Read More]

A day after the latest auto loan default data showed only marginal movement, TransUnion reported on Wednesday that its information shows the national auto loan delinquency rate declined to its lowest level in two years. TransUnion’s auto delinquency rate — ... [Read More]

Even the freshest law school graduate likely understands the concept of, “If you didn’t document it, it didn’t happen.” In an intensifying regulatory world where compliance training is becoming more important, the National Automotive Finance Association highlighted how several major ... [Read More]

EFG Companies and Northwood University are collaborating again, this time for an F&I competition designed to “jolt” the industry into a higher standard of innovation.  A new accolade to be held annually, officials highlighted the F&I Innovator of the Year program will ... [Read More]

CU Direct Connect (CUDC), a participant in the Colorado automotive financing market that provides indirect services to credit unions and dealers, announced the upcoming availability of a custom auto loan risk score designed by FICO. Officials highlighted this new score ... [Read More]

Contrary to what happens most times when the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices are updated, the auto loan component made a move upward on a sequential basis while the other four elements watched by S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian ... [Read More]