Karen Nelson’s career as a collector began while she was earning money for her tuition to attend Old Dominion University. Nelson worked her way through school by handling the day-in, day-out chores of a collector and graduated with a degree ... [Read More]

When the Great Recession began to grip the economy, Westlake Financial Services president Ian Anderson said the company installed a trio of values to help it navigate through a rougher period than many experts projected. Those values included people, purpose ... [Read More]

CU Direct Connect, a leader in the Colorado automotive lending market that provides indirect auto lending services to credit unions and dealers, added another member to its network this week. Bringing Northern Colorado Credit Union of Greeley, Colo., into the ... [Read More]

Equifax highlighted this week that dealers who use Credit Bureau Connection's credit reports and compliance solutions now have the opportunity to access income and employment data as well. Officials explained this data provided via The Work Number can allow dealers ... [Read More]

The investment firm that oversees two subprime auto finance companies — Flagship Credit Acceptance and CarFinance Capital — announced on Thursday that it is merging the two operations together. Officials from the alternative asset management unit of Perella Weinberg Partners ... [Read More]

700Credit is hosting a free webinar on Thursday that aims to answer many questions on dealers’ minds when it comes to compliance. The Adverse Action, Red Flag and Risk-Based Pricing compliance webinar, titled Dealer Knowledge Webinar: Compliance Questions Answered, is scheduled for 2 ... [Read More]

Investment and advisory firm Sunset Capital Assets said Tuesday its existing letter of intent to buy Motors Acceptance Corp. — which, along with its family of companies in the subprime auto space, is known as “MotorMax” — is being reassigned ... [Read More]

Payment-solution provider BillingTree announced today its new partnership with DealerClick, further expanding the former’s influence on the automotive finance market. Through the partnership, DealerClick can now offer its customers a wider choice of payment processing and self-service options while using ... [Read More]

There’s an incorrect assumption that many Americans — and potentially your customers and other auto-related consumers — are making when it comes to their credit score standing. In results of its national survey of renters revealing “widespread confusion” about what is ... [Read More]

Wolters Kluwer Financial Services announced Monday that Automotive Credit Corp., a Midwest-based provider of subprime financing solutions, joined the AppOne platform. The companies explained AppOne can help to automate the credit approval and compliance processes for finance companies and the ... [Read More]