Federal Reserve Urges Regulatory Oversight of AI for Financial Services

As auto lenders increasingly turn to technology to better their businesses, the Federal Reserve is evaluating the regulatory role the agency will play with regard to artificial intelligence, Fed Gov. Lael Brainard said Tuesday during a fintech conference in Philadelphia. “We are working across the Federal Reserve System to take a deliberate approach to understand […]

• Nicole Casperson
• November 14, 2018
• Compliance, Risk, Technology

Hudson Valley FCU Settles DOJ Investigation Over Unlawful Auto Repossessions

Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union has agreed to pay the Department of Justice $95,000 following allegations that the lender violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, a law designed by the DOJ to ease financial burdens on servicemembers during periods of active military service. HVFCU, based in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., allegedly repossessed nine vehicles owned by SCRA-protected servicemembers […]

• Nicole Casperson
• November 13, 2018
• Compliance, Risk

Federal Reserve Reveals Plans to Ease Stress Tests

The Federal Reserve is reducing the volatility of stress tests for the nation’s largest financial institutions, Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Randal Quarles said during a Nov. 9 speech at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. The Fed is proposing changes that are designed to roll back Obama-era financial regulation, which consists of an […]

• Nicole Casperson
• November 12, 2018
• Capital Markets, Compliance, Risk

TD Auto Aims to Resolve Customer Payments in Wake of Dealership Chain’s Bankruptcy

TD Auto Finance has worked up a plan to help borrowers negatively affected by the Reagor Dykes Auto Group bankruptcy case, according to court documents filed earlier this month. Consumers who obtained vehicles through the Lubbock, Texas-based dealership chain, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in August, were unable to properly register their new […]

• Nicole Casperson
• November 12, 2018
• Compliance, Operations, Strategy

Why Penetration Rates Are Dropping at Hyundai Capital, NMAC

LAS VEGAS — Hyundai Capital America expects rising interest rates to squeeze penetration ratios to 40% or 50% by yearend across all its franchise brands, Chief Executive Ross Williams said during a fireside chat at the Auto Finance Summit. Historically, the captive’s penetration rate has hovered around 70%, Williams said. However, the rising interest rate […]

• Nicole Casperson
• November 7, 2018
• Auto Finance Summit 2018, Credit Performance, Sales & Marketing

Lease Demand for Tesla Model 3 Beats BMW, Mercedes

Consumers seek leases on Teslas 26% more often than on Mercedes-Benz vehicles and 20% more frequently than on BMWs, Scot Hall, executive vice president of operations at car lease transfer marketplace Swapalease.com, told Auto Finance News. Currently, Tesla offers leasing options on its Model X and Model S variants but not on the lower-priced Model […]

• Nicole Casperson
• November 7, 2018
• Sales & Marketing

BBVA, NMAC, TD Bank, Wells Fargo See Tech as Top Priority for 2019

LAS VEGAS — Digital transformation and changing consumer communication trends will be top priorities for four of the nation’s largest lenders in 2019, according to an exclusive Auto Finance News survey of the resource-allocation plans among the companies’ senior executives. Results from the survey of BBVA Compass, Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp., TD Bank, and Wells […]

• Nicole Casperson
• November 6, 2018
• Auto Finance Summit 2018, Operations, Sales & Marketing, Strategy, Technology

General Motors to Shut Down Cadillac Subscription Service by Yearend

General Motors Co. is reportedly hitting the pause button on its vehicle-subscription service, Book by Cadillac after launching nearly two years ago in Los Angeles, Dallas, and New York. A GM spokesman confirmed the OEM plans to shut down the service by yearend, the Wall Street Journal reported. However, there is still a chance that […]

• Nicole Casperson
• November 5, 2018
• Innovation & Mobility, Risk, Sales & Marketing, Strategy