CU Xpress Lease’s September Volume Establishes Year-High
Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. — CU Xpress Lease said its September activity reached a one-year high showing growth of 64.88 percent in lease volume year-over-year and 36 percent year to date. Officials said the vehicle leasing program available to current credit union ... [Read More]
Q3 Auto Originations Climb at Both Chase, Wells Fargo
Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO — Both Chase and Wells Fargo enjoyed positive developments in connection with their third-quarter auto loan origination volume performances. Starting with Chase, the company indicated its Q3 originations totaled $6.3 billion, a figure 7 percent ... [Read More]
CLCalc.com Offers Loan Widget for Dealer Websites
Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
SEATTLE — Positioned as a tool dealers can embed into their websites, officials from CLCalc.com recently launched a versatile tool with five different calculators aimed at making vehicle loan amounts more understandable. The site contends its tool can help dealers ... [Read More]
Ally Financial Declares Dividends on Preferred Stock
Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
DETROIT — Ally Financial's board of directors recently declared quarterly dividend payments for certain outstanding preferred stock, continuing a stream heading to the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Officials indicated these dividends are payable on Nov. 15. The company explained ... [Read More]
RDN: August Recovery Volume Up From July, Still Off Year-Over-Year
Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — The most recent RDN Monthly Analytics Update showed August recovery volumes increased 3 percentage points from July levels. However, the reading also ended up 17 points below year-ago levels. RDN indicated August recovery orders rose 4 ... [Read More]
Fed Finds Auto Lending to be ‘Bright Spot’
Friday, Oct. 12, 2012, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Auto lending has proven to be solid throughout much of the country over the past six weeks, according to the latest Beige Book report from the Federal Reserve, which indicated a modest increase for overall lending (auto ... [Read More]
Loan Portfolio Servicing Ready to Ramp up Subprime Loan Management
Friday, Oct. 12, 2012, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
FORT WORTH, Texas — This week, Loan Portfolio Servicing — sister company of the newly rebranded Caprock Auto Remarketing — started its full-scale launch as a national third-party servicer of subprime automotive loans. LPS president Scott France highlighted the company ... [Read More]
6 California Credit Unions Join cuautocoupon Network
Friday, Oct. 12, 2012, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. — Management from cuautocoupon — a program geared to help drive more business to credit unions and dealerships — recently announced the signing of six credit unions to its growing California network. The largest of the new additions ... [Read More]
Regions Bank Partners with TrueCar to Launch Auto Shopping & Buying Website
Friday, Oct. 12, 2012, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Regions Bank has partnered with TrueCar Inc. in an effort to make vehicle shopping easier for its users. Regions Bank customers and non-customers can now research, shop for, finance and insure a new or used vehicle through ... [Read More]
Automotive Compliance Consultants Offers No-Markup Credit Reports
Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. — Automotive Compliance Consultants insisted dealers subscribing to its services can save as much as $650 a month in credit bureau report markup fees. From the firm's Compliance Solved Web dashboard, subscribing dealers can download reports from ... [Read More]
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