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Gil Van Over of Automotive Compliance Education (ACE) tackles your most pressing regulatory concerns and the latest enforcement actions.
Synthetic identity theft is wreaking havoc among American retailers. Compliance guru offers a buyback prevention checklist for dealers and F&I professionals.
A dealership’s Red Flags process is a clear indicator of how its overall compliance quotient stacks up against stores that never let a notification go by.
When sales managers habitually ignore Red Flags warnings, your customers’ identities and the dealer’s wallet are both left vulnerable. Here’s how to break the habit.
Expert lists four all-too-common situations in which failing to understand underwriting guidelines or falsifying required stips — by dealership or finance source personnel — can constitute not just noncompliance but outright fraud.
Despite improved industry education and a slew of regulatory enforcement actions, packing payments remains a popular pursuit at dealerships around the nation. Here’s how to prevent this highly illegal practice before it starts.
Compliance guru has the processes and auditing outline you need to avoid issues that begin in sales and at the desk, starting with discriminatory pricing.
Compliance guru urges dealer and F&I directors to take a hard look at the desk, where outdated practices and untamed pencils can lead to charges of discrimination.
Why is it called ‘F&I compliance’ when most concerns arise in the showroom? Expert lists three common issues created by uninformed or undisciplined salespeople and sales managers.