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NewsFebruary 20, 2018

Blinker Adds Ally’s F&I Protections, Expands Into Florida and California

Blinker was founded in 2016 by a team of industry veterans from US Bank, CarMax, GM Financial, and Cox Automotive. With this week’s announcements, the startup is quickly gearing up to take on private-party marketplaces like Craigslist, Letgo, Autotrader, Cars.com and Facebook Marketplace.

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Newsby Gregory ArroyoFebruary 15, 2018

New York Fed: Credit Scores Rise as Household Debt Reaches New Peak

Credit scores in the fourth quarter of 2017 were only a half a point higher than the median score recorded during the first quarter of 2009. And according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 2017 auto loan origination volume reached the highest level it has ever observed.

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Newsby Gregory ArroyoFebruary 13, 2018

BB&T Switches Back to Markups as CFPB Shifts Away From Enforcement

BB&T announced its move about a week after the CFPB’s acting director stripped enforcement powers from the division responsible for pursuing discrimination cases in the auto finance arena. BB&T will officially make the switch on March 14.

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NewsFebruary 1, 2018

White Clark Founder Earns Technology Hall of Fame Award

Dr. Ed White, who co-founded White Clark Group in 1992, was awarded the International Auto Finance Network’s Technology Hall of Fame award for his contributions to the industry.

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NewsJanuary 30, 2018

Hudson Cook Partners Elected Fellows of American College of Consumer Financial Services

The two partners, Lucy Morris and Ryan Stinneford, join 12 other Hudson Cook attorneys who have been named ACCFSL fellows.

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NewsJanuary 25, 2018

Innovate Auto Finance to Service Subprime Portfolio Worth $50 Million

The purchaser and service of vehicle loan portfolios said it has been retained by an unnamed, multinational investment firm to source $50 million worth of subprime auto loan portfolios.

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NewsJanuary 25, 2018

FTC Approves Consent Order in Texas Dealer’s Deceptive Advertising Case

The approval settles the FTC's December 2017 complaint against Dallas-based Cowboy Toyota regarding its Spanish-language newspaper ads. The regulator charged the dealership with violations of the FTC Act, TILA and the Consumer Leasing Act.

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NewsJanuary 24, 2018

Ally Enters Retail Financing Agreement With DriveTime

Ally Financial said it will make up to $750 million available to DriveTime for the purchase of retail contracts over the coming year.

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NewsJanuary 18, 2018

TagRail Launches Digital Retail Platform

Add TagRail to the growing list of companies offering a digital retail platform. The company’s online car-buying tool is designed to close more online shoppers through a frictionless online transition from their living room to the showroom.

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NewsJanuary 18, 2018

Drive Motors: Digital Retailing Delivers Holidays Sales Gains

Drive Motors’ dealer clients sold almost three times as many cars online on Christmas Day 2017 than they did the same day in 2016 thanks to its digital retailing platform, the firm revealed this week.

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