3 F&I Gotchas You Need to Avoid
Be sure you know the three F&I ‘gotchas’ that compliance auditors, regulators, and plaintiffs’ attorneys will be hunting for in 2020 with this three-minute read.
January 27, 2020
Be sure you know the three F&I ‘gotchas’ that compliance auditors, regulators, and plaintiffs’ attorneys will be hunting for in 2020 with this three-minute read.
January 27, 2020
Synthetic identity fraud is incredibly costly and difficult to detect. Expert explains why your dealership is at risk and why a multilayered defense works best.
January 22, 2020
A number of U.S. auto dealers and dealership sales and F&I personnel were the victims or alleged perpetrators in several major fraud cases this year.
December 30, 2019
A recent KPA survey found high numbers of F&I professionals untrained in key federal compliance topics and unsure of how far their compliance education had progressed.
December 13, 2019
Louisiana Automobile Dealers Association President Will Green believes the dealers in his state succeed by putting their customers and communities first and maximizing production — and emphasizing compliance — in the F&I department.
November 9, 2019
F&I managers who are ready to take the next step in their careers must seek out training focused on leadership, deal structure, compliance, and other essential skills for professional development.
October 25, 2019
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged a Maryland dealership with offering different credit terms to different customers based on race, an allegation backed by reports from African American and white testers.
October 2, 2019
The office of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has charged the 10-rooftop Paul Blanco’s Good Car Co. with credit application fraud, payment packing, and false and deceptive advertising.
September 25, 2019
Progress toward a fully online transaction may be inevitable, but you — and your finance sources — must take concrete steps toward process improvement and regulatory compliance to make econtracting work for your store.
September 24, 2019
Recent revisions to the federal Safeguards Rule cement the need for a compliance officer in every dealership. Whether their duties are performed by an employee or outsourced, satisfying the new requirement is going to cost your store thousands of dollars per month.
August 29, 2019
Former National Independent Automobile Dealers Association leader Andy Gabler and Chad Bednarski, a finance manager at his Pennsylvania dealerships, were indicted on bank and wire fraud charges by a federal grand jury.
August 20, 2019
Shred-it’s 2019 Data Protection Report reveals the owners of more than half of all large U.S. businesses that suffered a breach said external vendor errors were to blame.
June 17, 2019
Sagent Lending Technologies announced an enhancement of its identity-management and fraud-detection capabilities credited to a new collaboration with Experian.
June 7, 2019
Brown & Brown Inc. has acquired the assets of United Development Systems Inc., the F&I performance and compliance management provider founded by Randy Crisorio in 1982.
May 15, 2019
This year’s Industry Summit will be held Nov. 4–6 at the New Orleans Marriott, offering the nation’s premier advanced F&I training curriculum, new and returning tracks and events, and free admission for the first 100 dealers and general managers who sign up when registration opens this summer.
May 2, 2019