If you were playing an eating or drinking game based on the number of times policymakers and experts referenced inflation on Wednesday in connection with interest rates holding steady, you would likely have a full belly or an upcoming hangover ... [Read More]

The National Automotive Finance Association elected new officers for its executive committee last week during the 28th annual Non-Prime Auto Financing Conference in Fort Worth, Texas. The group set to serve one-year terms will be led by president Claudia Plascencia, ... [Read More]

Freeway Funding is the first client to leverage a new program from Agora Data that’s designed to meet the needs of small to mid-sized finance companies. The fintech company that provides technology, capital and guidance with predictable performance and analytics ... [Read More]

Cox Automotive took a second look at the April reading of the Dealertrack Credit Availability Index. As a result, both the April and May readings looked a bit more favorable for dealerships and finance companies. What might be ahead later ... [Read More]

Credit Acceptance chief marketing and product officer Andrew Rostami made his first appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast, sharing numerous perspectives about the non-prime and subprime portions of the auto-finance market. Rostami also highlighted the keys for success for Credit ... [Read More]

The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) had something to celebrate last week on Capitol Hill. NADA explained that what triggered the cheers was the passage of the fiscal year 2025 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) appropriations bill by the ... [Read More]

The largest portion of Open Lending’s client base consists of credit unions. The company’s newest advisor knows that segment of financial institutions quite well. This week, the auto financing facilitator and provider of risk analytics solutions announced Dan Berger, former ... [Read More]

Protective Asset Protection released findings on Tuesday from its latest survey conducted to better understand consumer perspectives on automotive F&I products, as well as the factors that impact F&I purchase decisions when shopping for a vehicle at a dealership. This ... [Read More]

Last week, the Federal Trade Commission provided its annual report to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on its enforcement and related activities in 2023 on the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), Consumer Leasing Act (CLA), and Electronic Fund Transfer Act ... [Read More]

Experts at Comerica Bank, Cox Automotive and the University of Michigan all tried this week to decipher economic conditions and sentiments of consumers and policymakers. The general conclusion? “This week’s economic data shows a mixed picture,” Cox Automotive chief economist ... [Read More]