Last week, CalAmp announced the relocation of its corporate headquarters from one California city to another, shifting from Irvine to Carlsbad. The technology and asset tracking company said this strategic move is designed to streamline operations and further align the ... [Read More]

Evidently keeping up with monthly car payments isn’t the highest priority nowadays. And experts from VantageScore see the delinquency landscape for auto finance potentially deteriorating further when some consumers again must navigate payments of student loans. Auto-loan delinquencies increased across ... [Read More]

What perhaps could have festered into a messy situation involving organizations that have worked together so closely in the repossession world has smoothed over in recent days. The American Recovery Association used a white paper to explain notable operational and ... [Read More]

Saturday marked the culmination of the Women for Change initiative — a collaboration involving DriveTime, Bogi’s Girl Gang Garage and Maggie’s Place — designed to empower and uplift women in need. The project peaked with the donation of a fully ... [Read More]

Perhaps the most interesting news release ever distributed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau came into my view on Thursday, courtesy of a LinkedIn post by Hudson Cook partner Eric Johnson. The news release wasn’t about a multi-million dollar penalty ... [Read More]

A fact sheet posted on the White House website late Wednesday connected with the administration imposing a 25% tariff on imports of automobiles and certain automobile parts contained this bullet point: a 2024 study on the effects of President Trump’s ... [Read More]

Experts see that the debt collection industry is undergoing a technology-driven transformation as businesses shift toward automation, artificial intelligence, and predictive analytics to improve recovery rates and streamline operations. Reinforcing those assertions, a new Kaplan Group study revealed that the ... [Read More]

Phoenix American Companies, a provider of vehicle service contracts, GAP, and ancillary F&I products, on Tuesday announced the appointment of Brian Olson as chief revenue officer. With more than 25 years of experience in the F&I and related markets, the ... [Read More]

After forming five partnerships last year, Launcher finalized another one last week. This time, the technology provider specializing in automotive loan originations announced a strategic integration partnership with Automatic, a leading provider of dealership digital automation solutions for the automotive ... [Read More]

Point Predictive on Tuesday released its 2025 Auto Lending Fraud Trends Report, detailing that finance companies face an estimated $9.2 billion in fraud loss exposure for 2025 — the highest ever measured. And another troubling metric — especially for creditors ... [Read More]