News Headlines

• Consumer Portfolio Services Joins RouteOne 12/20/06
• Report: Credit Unions Are Focusing More on Indirect Auto Lending 12/20/06
• Producer Prices Surge in November; Inflation Back? 12/19/06
• Some Counties Ease Up on Car Repossessions Over Debt 12/18/06
• AmeriCredit to Acquire Competing Subprime Auto Lender 12/5/06
• GM Completes Sale of Majority Interest in GMAC 12/4/06
• Thrifty Car Sales Partners With myAutoloan.com 12/1/06
• Credit Acceptance Announces Completion of $100 Million Asset-Backed Financing 11/22/06
• Collection Agency Launches Alternative to Charge-Offs and Repossessions 11/21/06
• Ford Motor Credit Company Restates 2001-2005 Financial Results 11/14/06
• Auto Loans Are Acceptable Debts According To Christian Web Poll 11/13/06
• GMAC Targets Nov. 30 as Closing Date for Stake Sale 11/10/06
• Ford Credit Subsidiary Settles Discrimination Case for Nearly $2.5 million 11/9/06
• Oregon Voters Defeat Credit Scoring Bill 11/9/06
• AmeriCredit Expands and Extends Credit Facility 11/1/06
• Ford Credit Cutting 2,000 Jobs, Shuttering Offices 9/29/06
• Volkswagen to Expand Car Loans Business in China 8/11/06
• ChoicePoint Acquires Insuratec, Expands Insurance Services Offerings 7/17/06
• Repossessions, Loan Defaults on the Rise 7/11/06
• Auto Finance Roundtable and Healthcare Financial Management Roundtable to be featured at Debt Connection Symposium and Expo 2006 6/19/06
• New Device Ensures Car Buyers Make Payments on Time 6/13/06
• Los Angeles Consumers File Class Action Lawsuit Against Used-Car Dealer 6/1/06
• Latino Credit Union Conference Features L.A.-Based Auto Dealer Network 5/30/06
• Chase Auto Finance Salutes Outstanding Efforts of Recovery Partners 5/26/06
• New Auto Loan Service Offers Fast Online Car Financing 5/23/06
• Capital One Shares Fall on Analyst Note 5/18/06
• More Trucks Being Repossessed — But They Resell Quickly 5/17/06
• AmeriCredit Resumes Automobile Lending in Canada 5/12/06
• AmeriCredit Completes Acquisition of Bay View Acceptance Corporation 5/2/06
• Scotiabank Buys $272.5 million in Car Loans from Ford Credit Mexico 4/18/06
• Wachovia, Westcorp Auto Finance Operations Begin to Coalesce 4/13/06
• Autoland Expands Call Center to Support Credit Unions' Growing Member Bases 4/5/06
• Ford Credit Canada Sells $1billion in Loans 3/31/06
• Equifax Joins Forces with AutoTrader.com to Help Consumers Check their Credit 3/29/06
• GMAC to Restate Financial Results, Casts Doubt on Sale 3/29/06
• Investor Group Completes Acquisition of Majority Stake in GMAC Commercial Holding Corp 3/23/06
• Ford Offering Interest-free Financing on Hybrids in Two U.S. Markets 3/17/06
• New Investor Group Enters $12.5 billion Bid for GMAC 3/15/06
• Indirect Auto Lending Made Faster, More Efficient With APPRO DealerTrack eContracting Interface 3/7/06
• BB&T to Acquire Texas-based Nonprime Auto Finance Company 2/17/06
• Cerberus Group takes Lead in GMAC Talks 2/16/06
• Wachovia-Westcorp Deal gets Final Approval 2/14/06
• Automotive Finance Corporation Acquires 15-Percent Interest in Finance Express 2/7/06
• Hyundai to Provide Credit as It Diversifies 2/7/06
• AmeriCredit Signs Agreement with Finance Express Auto Finance Program 2/3/06
• Cerberus, Citigroup among Bidders for GMAC 1/30/06
• AmeriCredit 2Q Earnings Climb 34 Percent 1/24/06
• Ford Motor Credit Earns $2.5 Billion In 2005 1/23/06
• State Proposal Aims to Change Repossession Process 1/17/06
• Strategic Partnership to Deliver Enhanced Auto Loan Underwriting Services to Credit Unions and Dealers 1/9/06

Analysis Headlines

• Debt Buyers’ Growing Interest in Alternative Asset Classes

Research Headlines

• Global Debt Buying Report - Chapter 10: Auto Deficiency Receivables in the U.S. 

Press Releases

• What’s In Store for Commercial Collections? Thoughts from the IACC Conference 4/3/08