HOUSTON — New developments in the buy-here, pay-here industry are happening at an unprecedented pace, and new operators are entering the business in record numbers. Both new entrants and experienced operators are seeking exceptional profit opportunities in the low yielding ... [Read More]

NAPA, Calif. — California-based non-prime auto finance company United Auto Credit recently selected fellow Golden State operation AUL to be its national service contract provider, creating what top executives described as a formidable team based on the combined strength of ... [Read More]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The American Bankruptcy Institute reported total bankruptcy filings in the United States for the month of August increased 7 percent compared to July, according to data provided by Epiq Systems. Officials tabulated August bankruptcy filings totaled 104,336, ... [Read More]

DAYTON, Ohio — Reynolds and Reynolds has announced the availability of integration between the Reynolds ERA and POWER dealership management systems and the Provider Exchange Network, or PEN, which it calls a "digital pipeline" connecting F&I product providers with the ... [Read More]

Experian 12.00 SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — The chart created by Experian Automotive almost couldn't contain the year-over-year growth posted by TD Auto Finance during the second quarter. TD Auto Finance's share of the overall lending market shot up by 333.6 percent ... [Read More]

Experian 12.00 CARMEL, Ind. — A franchised dealer group decided to open a J.D. Byrider location to augment its Michigan operations with a buy-here, pay-here store. J.D. Byrider revealed this week that Serra Automotive rolled out the location two minutes ... [Read More]

BURLINGAME, Calif.  — CarWoo and DealerTrack revealed this week that they are partnering to deliver payment calculation and credit application capabilities directly to CarWoo users. DealerTrack's PaymentDriver and FinanceDriver tools will now be directly integrated into the site's marketplace and ... [Read More]

Experian 12.00 FORT WORTH, Texas — This week, General Motors Financial announced the pricing of a $1.3 billion offering of automobile receivables-backed securities through lead managers Deutsche Bank Securities, RBS and Wells Fargo Securities. The co-managers are Citigroup, Credit Suisse, ... [Read More]

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — Lenders awarding new-vehicle contracts to customers in the nonprime, subprime and deep-subprime risk tiers grew by double digits year-over-year during the second quarter. Experian Automotive determined 25.41 percent of all new-vehicle loans went to customers in the ... [Read More]

CINCINNATI — Swapalease.com might have found more evidence of improving credit for consumers. Since the end of May, site officials discovered US Bank customer approvals for taking over a contract on Swapalease.com climbed to an average of 73.7 percent, compared ... [Read More]