Underbanked consumer data, analytics and risk scoring solutions provider FactorTrust formed a partnership this week with defi SOLUTIONS, which developed a browser-based loan origination system (LOS). The companies highlighted they reached this alliance because non-prime auto finance companies need access ... [Read More]

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced on Wednesday that Texas-based First Investors Financial Services Group entered into a consent order because the regulator said the subprime finance company distorted consumer credit records for years. CFPB officials said First Investors failed ... [Read More]

Sparked by the best July in company history, Westlake Financial Services announced this week that it reached $2 billion in total receivables. Westlake’s portfolio now has that total receivables figure connected to more than 270,000 customer accounts. “Having a portfolio ... [Read More]

Swapalease.com reported lease credit approvals during the month of July climbed to the highest monthly level of the year, reversing a trend that saw continuous decline since January largely due to an increase in the number of subprime credit applicants. ... [Read More]

Near-term predictions made this week by Moody's Investors Service fall in line with ongoing lending cycle points noticed by veteran finance company executives such as Credit Acceptance’s Brett Roberts and Brad Bradley of Consumer Portfolio Services. Moody’s analysts indicated in ... [Read More]

The auto segment of the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices stayed flat on a sequential basis in July. And analysts from S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian highlighted July’s auto reading settled only four basis points above its historical low. ... [Read More]

In light of more than 37 million vehicles being recalled so far this year, the team at Black Book Lender Solutions went to work considering the impact these campaigns are having on the auto finance industry. Analysts acknowledged the psychology ... [Read More]

The American Financial Services Association responded to a petition asking that the Federal Communications Commission rule that finance companies are not liable when they call a wireless number for which they have prior express consent to call or text, but ... [Read More]

Nicholas Financial originated more subprime contracts during the first quarter of its fiscal year, but its net earnings softened by double digits. The number of contracts the company booked during the quarter came in at 4,244 for a total loan ... [Read More]

Roughly one out of 20 people with a credit file — which constitutes about 5.3 percent of the U.S. consumer population — are at least 30 days late on a credit card or other non-mortgage account such as an auto ... [Read More]