What the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau officially will consider to be a “larger participant” in the auto finance market took another significant step forward today. The CFPB published a rule that will allow the agency to supervise larger nonbank auto ... [Read More]

Two Nissan dealerships in Alabama’s largest market are getting the attention of officials from the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission. Not long after one Birmingham, Ala., Nissan store received word from the FTC regarding a consent order ... [Read More]

This week, RouteOne announced that Southeast Toyota Finance, the provider of financing to 176 Toyota dealers in the Southeast, elected to activate RouteOne’s automotive finance platform.  RouteOne’s credit application system is designed to be complimentary to dealers and can provide ... [Read More]

With new state compliance demands coming at the beginning of next year, the Carolinas Independent Auto Dealers Association (CIADA) recently selected Auto Data Direct (ADD) as its exclusive vendor for the pending requirement for electronic lien and title (ELT) filing. ... [Read More]

Automotive Compliance Consultants insisted that contrary to recent developments on Capitol Hill, the U.S. House of Representatives’ vote to eliminate the Department of Justice’s use of disparate impact does not negate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s use of the legal ... [Read More]

Auto/Mate Dealership Systems recently announced that Ristken Software Services integrated its core enterprise level technology solutions for dealerships with Auto/Mate’s dealership management system (DMS). Officials indicated Ristken’s MenuPro and Pro Tracking platforms, as well as its eBusiness Service Provider Access ... [Read More]

Captive finance company Hyundai Capital America (HCA), which does business as Hyundai Motor Finance and Kia Motors Finance, highlighted its recent diversity award winners. HCA gathered accolades from two different outlets. The company said Karen Moon, HCA's vice president of servicing ... [Read More]

When Equifax auto finance leader Lou Loquasto went into a gathering of state and federal regulators hosted by the American Financial Services Association this week, he arrived with the freshest data the credit reporting agency released just a couple of ... [Read More]

FactorTrust, a provider of underbanked consumer data, analytics and risk scoring solutions on those underserved by traditional banking channels, announced this week that subprime auto finance company AFS Acceptance is its newest client. Utilizing FactorTrust’s proprietary data and custom scoring ... [Read More]

F&I Express executive vice president Rich Apicella cautioned auto finance companies about the need to track down and distribute customer refunds for cancelled ancillary products. Otherwise, Apicella warned that finance companies run the risk of penalties from regulators. As part ... [Read More]