On Tuesday, Open Lending Corp. gained its third partnership so far this month, aligning with insurance pricing solution provider Akur8 to complement its proprietary Lenders Protection platform. The provider of risk analytics solutions for financial institutions highlighted that this partnership ... [Read More]

Despite tighter credit availability and one view of delinquencies showing them higher now than before the pandemic, at least one consumer-driven economic reading showed that people are eager to buy a car. In this economic roundup from three different sources, ... [Read More]

Last week, DriveSmart launched its first mobile app — GoDriveSmart — for iOS and Android devices. The vehicle service contract administrator highlighted the app offers users access to all perks of their vehicle service contract in one space, including 24/7 ... [Read More]

Coming off of tabulating how much into the billions its enforcement actions totaled last year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a procedural rule on Friday, updating the process by which financial institutions can appeal supervisory findings. Officials said ... [Read More]

Launcher landed its second alliance of the week on Thursday with the newest one aimed at expanding access to credit within the Hispanic market. Launcher now is integrated with Conecta Marketing Group in order to help finance companies optimize their ... [Read More]

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently recapped the monetary impact the regulator made through its enforcement actions and other moves last year. In 2023, the CFPB said it filed 29 enforcement actions and resolved through final orders with six previously ... [Read More]

S&P Global Ratings is projecting the auto securitization market to grow this year after setting a record in 2023. Analysts explained this week that pent-up demand for vehicles drove new-car sales 13% higher year-over-year to 15.5 million units in 2023, ... [Read More]

The American Recovery Association released its agenda for the 2024 North American Repossessors Summit, which is scheduled for April 11-12 in Orlando, Fla. Along with the annual golf tournament and silent auction to raise money for the Repo Alliance Lobbyist ... [Read More]

For this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast recorded in Las Vegas at this year’s Vehicle Finance Conference hosted by the American Financial Services Association, we share another visit with one of the industry’s great historians: Terry O’Loughlin, who is ... [Read More]

This week, Launcher and Scienaptic AI announced their full integration for mutual auto finance clients to make more advanced underwriting decisions. The companies said they’re able to achieve that objective by incorporating artificial intelligence-powered underwriting signals within Launcher’s appTRAKER Loan ... [Read More]