A dealership was recently discovered to have a prevalent policy and practice of inflating consumers’ incomes to obtain finance source approvals. Reading between the lines of the story, there are a variety of lessons to be learned.
September 3, 2020
New methods to qualify car shoppers could help your dealers sell more vehicles and F&I products, but alternative credit scoring is not without its pitfalls.
March 31, 2020
For all the dispersions cast on sales and F&I professionals, legal actions against dealerships are frequently the result of lying customers.
November 11, 2019
The shady practices dealers and F&I professionals once bragged about are now landing many in jail. Compliance expert lists three forms of fraud you can eradicate immediately.
October 3, 2019
There isn’t much the magazine’s compliance pro hasn’t seen. In fact, he’s got a category for every type of issue he’s come across in his more than 15 years auditing deal jackets.
January 10, 2017
There’s one way to keep federal regulators, plaintiffs’ attorneys, attorneys general and the media at bay. Read on to find out what it is.
December 6, 2016
The magazine's compliance pro believes the FTC may soon take a page out of the CFPB's playbook when it comes to regulating dealers. He explains how dealers can get prepared.
November 4, 2016
Things don’t always go smoothly in the daily grind of dealership life. That’s why a good paper trail is critical to keeping your store out of the crosshairs of hungry plaintiffs’ attorneys.
October 10, 2012