Despite a strong employment picture, TransUnion acknowledged some consumers are still struggling financially due to elevated inflation and higher than normal interest rates. TransUnion also pointed out that the lowest income households — ones earning less than $50,000 — face ... [Read More]

Here’s perhaps a noticeable change of pace in the compliance and regulatory worlds. Both the American Financial Services Association and the Consumer Bankers Association are eager to see what’s coming next from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It all stems ... [Read More]

Rohit Chopra no longer is the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, confirming the matter in a letter addressed to President Trump and posted via social media on Saturday. But before Chopra concluded his time in bureau leadership, the ... [Read More]

The newest research by Santander Holdings USA reinforced a long-held belief by auto finance companies, especially ones that work with consumers who might not be the wealthiest or have softer credit backgrounds: Access to a vehicle remains essential to financial ... [Read More]

Perhaps finance companies and dealerships can take solace in the seven-word sentence Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said during his opening statement on Wednesday after the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decided to maintain the target range for the federal ... [Read More]

Weltman, Weinberg & Reis recently reinforced its consumer collections group by adding two attorneys to the firm’s office in Columbus, Ohio. Joining the creditors’ rights law firm that boasts more than 94 years of client service are Angela Brown and ... [Read More]

The American Recovery Association published a new whitepaper on Wednesday, attempting to clarify what the organization called misclassifications by finance companies and third parties of what constitutes a repossession and what is simply a vehicle tow. ARA began the whitepaper ... [Read More]

The National Automobile Dealers Association could claim victory by still hosting NADA Show 2025 last week in New Orleans, despite the biggest snowstorm in more than 100 years hitting the city just days before the expo hall doors opened. Then ... [Read More]

Cherokee Media Group asked Satyan Merchant whether finance companies opened the year with an optimistic outlook, a pessimistic view or something in the middle. The senior vice president and auto and mortgage business lead at TransUnion shared his assessment amid this backdrop: many consumers who are now considering auto financing may be reentering the market with far more complicated credit pictures than they did even just a few years ago. “Cautious optimism is the way I would describe it with auto finance companies. Again, that theme of ... [Read More]

The industry’s wait for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to release more findings stemming from its project associated with auto financing finally ended on Thursday morning. The CFPB said its resulting report showed that the rate of auto repossessions ... [Read More]