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Articlesby Gil Van OverMarch 9, 2018

When Greedies Meet Stupids

Dealer compliance expert offers a crash course in detecting and preventing identity theft by fake car buyers and unprincipled employees.

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NewsMarch 8, 2018

Auto Lands at No. 2 on N.Y. Attorney General’s Complaint List

The regulator who has championed New York’s crackdown on payment packing released his office’s Top 10 list of complaints received in 2017. Auto was 1,965 complaints short of the No. 1 complaint category: the internet.

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ArticlesMarch 3, 2018

End Sexual Harassment at Your Dealership

Successful anti-harassment training requires dealers to acknowledge that some employees simply don’t see the point.

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NewsFebruary 27, 2018

Intersections Launches Data Breach Readiness Program

Data Breach Readiness is Intersections Inc.’s newest cybersecurity layer for auto dealers and other business owners.

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Newsby Gregory ArroyoFebruary 22, 2018

Military Lending Act's December Update More Harmful Than First Thought

A Hudson Cook attorney told industry trade groups in a Jan. 18 memo that the Defense Department’s Dec. 14 interpretative rule, combined with something else it did in July 2015, makes it ‘highly unlikely that any dealer or finance source will be willing to originate or purchase’ a vehicle finance transaction if credit-protection products are included.

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ArticlesFebruary 19, 2018

Fraud Alert: Dealer Loses $88K to ID Thief

A web-savvy sales manager made a sweet deal that went sour when the ‘buyer’ turned out to be a sophisticated online scammer.

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NewsFebruary 14, 2018

PAC Offers Free MLA Compliance Calculator

Partners Alliance Corp. has introduced a calculation solution designed to help dealers address the December 2017 interpretation of the Military Lending Act.

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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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Articlesby Gil Van OverFebruary 9, 2018

The Right Approach to Adverse Action Notices

Compliance expert gets into the weeds on adverse actions. He explains why you must send a notice to every affected customer, and breaks down your choice of processes.

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ArticlesFebruary 9, 2018

Prioritizing Entity Vitals

Real-life examples prove that failing to meet federal, state, and local requirements for licensing and permits can cause otherwise successful dealerships to lose their right to do business and, in the most extreme cases, their very names.

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