On Monday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau blocked access to information the National Automobile Dealers Association sought. NADA officials said the CFPB rejected a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to release a memorandum that they believe can show the bureau ... [Read More]

Michael Buckingham, senior director of the auto finance practice at J.D. Power, acknowledged dealers and finance companies already know that trying to get a new-vehicle contract completed for a customers with a soft credit profile can be “tricky.” So when ... [Read More]

If members of Congress wanted more ammunition for a crusade to eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, perhaps a three-judge panel on the District of Columbia Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals provided just the thing. An opinion released ... [Read More]

June’s auto loan metrics bucked the trends seen in other credit markets to register a new historical low, according to the latest S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices. Analysts from S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian noticed the auto loan default ... [Read More]

As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau made temporary adjustments to fill the role of its deputy director who resigned last week, a pair of Texas lawmakers introduced a proposal to eliminate the CFPB altogether. With deputy director Steve Antonakes departing the ... [Read More]

F&I Express recently launched what’s being dubbed CompliPrice, a cloud-based tool aimed to help stores ensure profits on aftermarket insurance products are compliant with dealer and finance companies compliance policies, and potential guidelines from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The ... [Read More]

Westlake Financial Services and Equifax now have more data to support their argument that subprime auto financing can benefit individuals with soft credit histories, rather than create a negative situation some regulators and consumer advocates might believe. Equifax recognized Westlake ... [Read More]

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau celebrated its fourth birthday on Tuesday. Among the individuals on hand to cheer the occasion were the lawmakers who authored the Dodd-Frank Act, which created the CFPB. Instead of just cake and party hats, bureau ... [Read More]

FICO is offering finance companies strategy recommendations for those who fear that they’re reviewing too many applications for fraud, yet still finding fraudsters on the books. FICO also questioned whether finance companies have a clear definition of what is fraud and ... [Read More]

Leveraging the possibilities of alternative credit data to enhance the underwriting process percolated several times during industry events earlier this year. On Tuesday, FactorTrust responded to the inherent need for increased credit opportunities for non-prime consumers by rolling out a new ... [Read More]