F&I Sentinel finalized a partnership with defi SOLUTIONS on Tuesday in a move designed to increase efficiency and accuracy through automation, while improving F&I product compliance for auto finance companies, dealers and product providers. Through the partnership, defi XLOS and ... [Read More]

Hudson Cook partner Eric Johnson made a clever quip on LinkedIn late last week. “So, Friday is typically a slow news day? Think again,” Johnson wrote in this post because the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit closed ... [Read More]

Line\5 announced a new integration with MenuMetric last week in a move the service providers said can generate a seamless and efficient experience for both dealerships and their customers. This strategic partnership aims to enhance the efficiency of F&I product ... [Read More]

First, Edmunds highlighted how much negative equity and lengthening terms surfaced within auto financing booked during the second quarter. Then, Cox Automotive pointed out how difficult it might have been to get approved for auto financing at all last month. ... [Read More]

Open Lending Corp. is looking to help consumers land both auto financing and car insurance. The provider of risk analytics solutions for financial institutions announced on Wednesday a partnership with Securian Financial Group in a move designed to enable Open ... [Read More]

Two service providers now are collaborating to help finance companies build originations with “invisible prime prospects.” On Tuesday, Trust Science and Conecta Marketing Group announced a strategic partnership. The companies explained Trust Science’s artificial intelligence-powered credit decisioning platform will enhance ... [Read More]

For the second time in the past decade, Fifth Third Bank is facing a multi-million-dollar penalty from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) involving its activities with auto financing. The CFPB said on Tuesday that it’s taking enforcement actions against ... [Read More]

Just ahead of Fourth of July, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released its summer installment of Supervisory Highlights, which included the regulator’s examination of auto financing servicing activities. The bureau said it primarily assessed servicers’ compliance with the Consumer Financial ... [Read More]

Perhaps it’s been an active start to the second half of the year at your dealership or finance company amid working with customers who are stretching themselves financially to meet underwriting requirements to take vehicle delivery. But if things have ... [Read More]

Two service providers involved with repossessed vehicles now are working together. Strategic Remarketing Services (SRS), a provider of repossession and remarketing services, recently announced that its platform will be integrated with MeridianLink. The companies said the integration can allow finance ... [Read More]