WASHINGTON, D.C. — The string of jumps in the average interest rate on new-car loans at auto finance companies continued for the fourth month in October, according to the Federal Reserve. Officials discovered the October average jumped to 4.52 percent, the highest ... [Read More]

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — When it comes to new-vehicle sales, subprime borrowers made up a smaller percentage of these sales in November than the rest of the year, according to Edmunds.com. The percentage of new cars financed at a subprime rate, ... [Read More]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — StopCurbstoning.com recently analyzed the financial impact of curbstoning, using a California case as an example. The California DMV recently concluded an investigation into this type of illegal vehicle selling which led to a felony arrest on 12 counts ... [Read More]

CARMEL, Ind. — J.D. Byrider recognized its Franchise of the Year winners as well as its 14 President's Award recipients during the company's annual convention last month in Orlando, Fla. Broken down into three categories, the company chose its Franchise of ... [Read More]

BATON ROUGE, La. — Wolters Kluwer Financial Services recently revealed a Midwestern lender who caters to marine and RV dealers has chosen to use its AppOne platform. Now utilizing the solution is Source One Financial Services, a marine and RV loan ... [Read More]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The number of U.S. consumer bankruptcy filings finally made some significant downward movement in November, according to data collected and posted by the American Bankruptcy Institute. On a month-over-month comparison, November filings actually dropped by 13.3 percent to ... [Read More]

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — Toronto-Dominion Bank could reach an agreement as early as this week to buy Chrysler Financial, Bloomberg reported this morning. Chrysler Financial could sell for $6 billion to $7 billion, according to Bloomberg sources. Apparently other companies are ... [Read More]

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. — Finance Express recently added another lender to its stable of Web-based financial services and technology for independent dealerships. The company revealed it brought in E&S Funding. Finance Express president David Huber discussed the reasons for this ... [Read More]

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — CRIF Lending Solutions-Aimbridge recently rolled out automatic accessibility to pre-approval loan notifications for credit unions, dealers and other clients through several widely adopted applications. Aimbridge customers now have accessibility through DealerTrack, RouteOne and AppLine dealer application portals as ... [Read More]

PHOENIX — While NowAuto Group still sustained a net loss during the first quarter of its 2011 fiscal year, the company recently reported double-digit improvements in gross margin as well as the cost of charge-offs and defaults. The company indicated first-quarter ... [Read More]