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BMO Harris Auto Chief Outlines Growth for AutoGravity Partnership

BMO Harris Bank is accepting online auto loan applications in California thanks to a newly inked partnership with AutoGravity, with plans to expand its online business eastward in 2019. “Primarily [the loan applications are] just from the West Coast now, and we anticipate that as the relationship [with AutoGravity] grows, we’ll see a movement more […]
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BMO Harris Auto Chief Outlines Growth for AutoGravity Partnership

BMO Harris Bank is accepting online auto loan applications in California thanks to a newly inked partnership with AutoGravity, with plans to expand its online business eastward in 2019. “Primarily [the loan applications are] just from the West Coast now, and we anticipate that as the relationship [with AutoGravity] grows, we’ll see a movement more […]

General Motors Seen Tightening Integration With Captive Amid Leadership Changes

General Motors‘ latest executive management change appears to be part of a push for integration between the OEM and captive finance arm GM Financial, Jeremy Acevedo, Edmunds‘ manager of industry analysis, told Auto Finance News. Chief Executive Mary Barra is taking charge of GM Financial, according to several reports. GM’s President Dan Ammann, who had been overseeing […]

2019 Crystal Ball: Competition, Direct Lending, and Customer Experience

According to the Credit Union National Association (CUNA), “69% of credit union auto loans originate through the indirect channel, and only 5% of those indirect members use additional credit union products.” Once the indirect loan has been paid off, it is challenging for the lender to extend the customer relationship. Any future engagement is with […]

Coastal Federal Credit Union Grows Originations Despite Shrinking Footprint

Coastal Federal Credit Union is on track to increase auto loan originations 10% this year, to $600 million, despite reducing its footprint within its home state of North Carolina. “We’re doing more business but doing it in a smaller area,” David Jacobs, vice president consumer lending at Coastal Federal Credit Union, told Auto Finance News. […]

Subprime Lender Tricolor Slated for Growth, Multiple Securitizations in 2019

Buy-here, pay-here lender Tricolor Auto Acceptance LLC, a niche player that focuses on Hispanic car buyers, is on track to issue at least two asset-backed securitizations in 2019, Chief Executive Daniel Chu told AFN. Though Chu declined to disclose the size of the potential transactions, he expects the offerings to outpace the $101.7 million securitization […]

Slowing OEM Production to Fuel Affordability Challenge, Analyst Says

Recent OEM exits of lower-priced vehicle segments will limit availability and squeeze auto affordability in 2019, said Jonathan Smoke, chief economist at Cox Automotive Inc. “We’re starting to see announcements from major manufacturers about ceasing production of mostly more affordable cars, and so that reduces the number of units available for sale,” Smoke said. In […]
  • Bianca Chan
  • December 6, 2018
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Auto Finance News Launches Week-Long Event for Spring 2019

Auto Finance News today introduced a new event, called Auto Finance Accelerate. The week-long event series focuses on all facets of auto finance operations including sales, marketing, innovation, and risk. The inaugural Auto Finance Accelerate week will take place May 13-16, 2019, at the Omni San Diego.   Produced by Auto Finance News and Royal […]

Canadian OEM Electra Meccanica Seeks Financing Partner Amid Launch of First Model

Electra Meccanica is seeking lending partners for its new model slated to debut in January 2019, CEO Jerry Kroll told Auto Finance News.  “We control financing ourselves and have it in-house, but if we can get some of the big banks and financial institutions supporting this [car], that’s what we’re all about,” Kroll said. Kroll is confident […]
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