Shoppers on Kia.com can now explore finance options side-by-side using PaymentDriver. Those options can include current Kia incentives and interest rates, as well as the trade-in value of the customer’s current vehicle.
Read More →Banco Santander has reached an agreement with Carfinco to acquire its Canadian business for $298 million Canadian dollars. Under the agreement, a new company will be formed in which Santander will own approximately 95% of the equity, while top management of Carfinco will retain 5%.
Read More →Voted a 2013 Best in Class trainer, Ron Reahard will lead a session at this year’s Industry Summit on converting customers to dealership financing. He will also outline a front-end process designed to keep the F&I office in the financing game.
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Not all dealers had today’s Internet customer in mind when they joined the digital revolution. For Sun Toyota, the Great Recession was all the motivation it needed.
Read More →SunTrust Banks Inc. is expanding its wholesale automobile dealer financial services to Dallas, Chicago and Boston as part of its national expansion strategy.
Read More →The firm has expanded its Web-based system to include applications for a dealership’s finance and service departments. These new applications allow management to view real-time stats and track the time managers spend with customers.
Read More →Anne P. Fortney, a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office, was recognized by the American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers with the prestigious Senator William Proxmire Lifetime Achievement Award.
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F&I managers can’t sell to customers they don’t see. The father of the F&I menu provides an action plan for convincing management that every customer must visit the F&I office at the time of sale.
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Chicago-based BMO Harris Bank issued a notice to its dealer customers this week, stating that it has eliminated dealer markups on indirect auto loans. The policy went into effect Thursday.
Read More →The new portal will be directly integrated into Hyundai’s systems in Canada. It will allow dealers there to electronically submit credit applications and receive real-time data updates.
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