In an effort to provide dealers and F&I managers with more educational material so buyers can make better decisions, Americans Well-informed on Automobile Retailing Economics (AWARE) offered five helpful vehicle finance tips for consumers. Those recommendations included: • Budgeting helps ... [Read More]

As the subprime financing market continues to expand, Experian Automotive determined that loan terms continued to lengthen with the average automotive loan term reaching 66 months for the first time. According to Experian’s latest State of the Automotive Finance Market ... [Read More]

Edmunds.com is projecting that seasonally adjusted annual rate for new-vehicle sales this month will increase thanks to the favorable financing conditions that still are in place. Site analysts forecasted that 1,547,771 new cars and trucks will be sold in the ... [Read More]

Here are more numbers showing just how much of a bite regulatory compliance is taking out of franchised dealers’ profitability apple — especially for what it takes to legally operate the F&I office. A new report released by the Center ... [Read More]

The National Automotive Finance Association released the results of its revamped invitation-only member survey this week during its 18th annual Non-Prime Auto Financing Conference. While the survey asked the 22 participating finance companies to complete questions about originations, marketing and ... [Read More]

The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday that Consumer Portfolio Services will pay more than $5.5 million to settle charges that the subprime auto finance company used “illegal tactics” to service and collect consumers’ loans, including collecting money consumers did not ... [Read More]

CNW Research indicated vehicle financing approvals for subprime buyers are down a bit this month compared to a year ago but are up slightly compared to April. The latest edition of the firm’s Retail Automotive Summary showed subprime approvals are ... [Read More]

The Next Up, a retail sales process aimed at improving dealership sales, announced the extension of The Next Up Web-based system to include applications for a dealership’s finance and service departments. Designed to create added accountability in the finance and ... [Read More]

Finance company compliance departments as well as legal counsel to trade and dealer associations are still sorting through the ramifications of the indirect auto lending and compliance bulletin the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sent out more than a year ago. ... [Read More]

Exeter Finance Corp. announced this week that EFCAR — a special purpose Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Exeter — priced $500 million in aggregate principal amount Series 2014-2 automobile receivable backed notes. The company indicated ... [Read More]