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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – PermaPlate, a leading source of automotive protection products and world-class warranty administration, announced a new addition to the company’s Information Technology team. Michael Stevens was named VP of Technology. In his new role, Stevens will assess existing and new technology in conjunction with the needs of PermaPlate, and its affiliates, ... Read More »
Read More →WILKES-BARRE, Penn. – GWC Warranty, the best-in-class provider of used vehicle service contracts sold through automotive dealers, recently completed a toy drive to benefit the annual toy shop at Geisinger Health System’s Janet Weis Children’s Hospital. Thanks to toy and monetary donations from GWC Warranty employees across the country, on Tuesday, December 19, GWC donated hundreds ... Read More »
Read More →FT. WAYNE, Ind.- VisionMenu releases Paperless Deal Jacket – the first paperless and digital form eSigning and storage system that works with any DMS. Using Paperless Deal Jacket, any form may be signed while the customer is at the dealership OR remotely using the customer’s smartphone. This is facilitated using VisionMenu’s “patent pending” technology vSignature. ... Read More »
Read More →ATLANTA — Add Cox Automotive to the growing list of tech vendors and dealers alleging that CDK and Reynolds and Reynolds Co. conspired to eliminate competition for data integration services and seize control over dealer and third-party data. On Monday, Cox Automotive and its subsidiaries filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of ... Read More »
Read More →CHICAGO — The overall consumer credit market is projected to remain on a healthy trajectory in 2018, but the expected growth in credit balances should be viewed as a reflection of consumer sentiment toward the economy than an indicator of consumers struggling to keep up with their obligations, TransUnion said this week. The year should ... Read More »
Read More →ORLANDO, Fla. — Automotive live chat provider ActivEngage Inc. has integrated with 700Credit to offer the ability to pull credit inside chat conversations, the company announced. The feature will be added to ActivEngage’s ActivOne digital communications solution that launched earlier this year. As the automotive industry continues to shift toward digital retailing, the new integration ... Read More »
Read More →CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Ally Financial Inc. today announced that Jenn LaClair will be joining the company as CFO designate, effective Dec. 18, 2017, with the intent that she be appointed to succeed Ally’s current CFO, Chris Halmy. Halmy is set to retire from his post on March 1, 2018, after eight years with the finance ... Read More »
Read More →PLANO, Texas — Toyota announced several executive changes across its North American operations, including within Toyota Financial Services (TFS). The automaker named Scott Cooke group vice president and chief risk officer at TFS, where he will be responsible for risk management across the company’s Americas region, dealer credit, and information security. The company also named ... Read More »
Read More →CHICAGO — Dealer and manufacturer marketing and technology services provider Affinitiv introduced the Connectiv1 platform, an end-to-end loyalty marketing solution designed to create connected customers for life. Connectiv1’s advanced predictive analytics engine makes it easy for auto dealerships to leverage their customer data and target customers with the right message at the right time on ... Read More »
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Government Accountability Office (GOA) said on Tuesday that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s controversial March 2013 guidance on dealer participation falls under the Congressional Review Act and should have been submitted to Congress and the Comptroller General for review before it took effect. The GOA’s conclusion, which was issued in response ... Read More »
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