DALLAS — Peak Acceptance LLC has struck up a relationship with Payless Car Sales, in addition to dozens of franchised dealers, and is rolling out throughout the country, according to Rick Collins, a principal behind the company. The new lender was ... [Read More]

SAUSALITO, Calif. — ChannelNet, a leading provider of Web-based customer loyalty solutions, announced today that it has now deployed 5 million personalized Web sites for the auto financing industry. Personal Web sites are basically provided to auto loan/lease customers and designed to ... [Read More]

NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas — Triad Financial recently announced that it has boosted its Better Business Bureau rating from "B" to an "A+," the best possible score. The BBB bases ratings on the number of consumer complaints filed against a company ... [Read More]

CHICAGO — F&I Administration Solutions LLC, a leading provider of software for the administration of auto F&I products, recently announced the release of SCS Auto GAP, which it is calling the first commercially available software that is specifically designed to ... [Read More]

SARASOTA, Fla. — Leedom Group has named its senior vice president of dealer operations. Taking on this position is Jerry "Butch" Moore, who will oversee five of the company's buy-here, pay-here dealerships in Florida and Georgia. These five locations sell more than ... [Read More]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — After falling drastically earlier this year, interest rates for new-car loans at auto finance companies climbed at a steady pace during the second quarter. In fact, during June, the rate rose to 3.88 percent, up from 3.47 percent ... [Read More]

OXNARD, Calif. — CalAmp Corp. has launched an agent reseller program for its Aercept-branded GPS tracking solutions. As authorized Aercept agents, independent sales professionals can offer the branded GPS tracking units to new dealerships, buy-here, pay-here used-car dealerships and financing companies. ... [Read More]

McLEAN, Va. — NADA Used Car Guide announced this week it has been tapped to provide used-vehicle values for a newly launched product by DealerTrack Inc. that is designed to enhance lenders' efficiency and further streamline the auto lending process. Basically, ... [Read More]

MINNEAPOLIS and BATON ROUGE, La. — Wolters Kluwer announced the enhancement of its indirect lending business unit over the past week with the addition of a new director of sales and the integration of new technology. The company named David Reynolds as its new ... [Read More]

FORT WORTH — After continuously scaling back originations and dealer partnerships to match the difficult credit environment, AmeriCredit announced a turnabout Wednesday. Management said it's confident enough to ramp back up originations to $300 million by December 2009. To support these ... [Read More]