GMAC Financial Services confirmed Thursday the $11.5 billion in capital requirements for the company resulting from the Federal Reserve's Supervisory Capital Assessment Program (S-CAP).
Read More →The average interest rate for new-car loans continued to drop in March, while the amount financed increased, according to the latest Federal Reserve Statistical Report.
Read More →The average interest rate for new-car loans dropped sharply in February, while the amount financed increased, according to the latest Federal Reserve Statistical Report.
Read More →The average amount financed on U.S. new-vehicle purchases increased in January 2009, according to the latest Federal Reserve Statistical Release.
Read More →The average amount financed on U.S. new-vehicle purchases continued to decline in December 2008, according to the latest Federal Reserve Statistical Release.
Read More →With all the bad news floating around, crawling into a hole really doesn’t sound like a bad idea these days. However, that’s not what businesses do. And it’s clear by some of the more positive news out there that industries aren’t ready to throw in the towel.
Read More →The average amount financed on U.S. new-vehicle purchases declined in October to $25,391, according to the latest Federal Reserve Statistical Release.
Read More →I bet most of you never thought you’d see the day — the day when we’d be promoting the availability of credit rather than that new hot car or truck. Well, that day has come.
Read More →Way back in 2003, Congress passed the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA). We’ve talked about it a lot in this column. For us lawyers, it’s the gift that keeps on giving, and it just gave again with the recent proposal for the last of the major rules it mandated.
Read More →Is it me or is just about everyone looking for that one kink in the armor of our business? Yes, blame the subprime-mortgage market all you want, but the reality is that it’s going to be guilt by association from here on out. What’s important now is that we don’t prove those “Chicken Littles” right.
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