DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford Motor Credit Co. announced it is offering Washington and Oregon customers affected by the flooding and mudslides the opportunity to delay some car payments. Ford Motor Credit's Disaster Relief Program allows qualified customers to delay one ... [Read More]

DES PLAINES, Ill. — The National Insurance Crime Bureau announced late last week that it has launched a program to help vehicle finance companies locate stolen, illegally exported, abandoned and impounded vehicles. Through the program, vehicle finance companies can receive real-time ... [Read More]

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — According to the latest Country Financial Security index, Americans have lost confidence in their personal level of financial security, but it does not seem to have dampened their optimism about the year ahead. Officials explained that despite a ... [Read More]

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. — Finance Express announced today that it has partnered with Route 66 Warranty to allow dealers to offer extended vehicle service contracts to their customers. Finance Express has designed the program to provide their dealers the ability ... [Read More]

IRVING, Texas — MyAutoloan.com, a Horizon Digital Finance company, announced this week that it has partnered with TransUnion's TrueCredit.com to launch a comprehensive credit center on its site. The new online credit center, powered by TrueCredit.com debuted earlier this month. Access ... [Read More]

McLEAN, Va. — A spokesperson for Capital One Auto Finance confirmed earlier this week to SubPrime Auto Finance News that the division's top management has been shuffled, including the retirement of the division's chief executive officer, who oversaw the company's spectrum ... [Read More]

BROOKFIELD, Wis. — Fiserv, a leading provider of information technology services to the financial industry, announced this week that one of its founders will retire Dec. 31. Norm Balthasar, Fiserv's senior executive vice president and chief operating officer, is planning to ... [Read More]

SAN RAMON, Calif. — BlueSky Marketing Group has launched its new, live auto lead verification program. The program was designed to utilize proprietary validation technology and outbound-call processes to verify auto loan applicants' purchase intent. If a customer lead is identified ... [Read More]

MINNEAPOLIS and BATON ROUGE, La. — Top executives from Wolters Kluwer Financial Services and AppOne recently looked ahead to some of the challenges that will face the indirect lending arena and dealers in 2008. When asked what the biggest regulatory and ... [Read More]

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. — DealerTrack Aftermarket Services announced late last week that EasyCare/APCO has entered the DealerTrack Aftermarket Network. As part of this agreement, DealerTrack Aftermarket Network users can access EasyCare's features for free, officials indicated. Additionally, the company notes DealerTrack ... [Read More]