Despite a 51% net income decline, the company’s net income is higher year-over-year.
CEO acknowledges that greater market woes may be on the horizon.
NEW YORK — Ally Financial’s 2015 originations total remained flat from a year ago, with the former captive originating $41 billion in auto loan in 2015, the firm announced this week. But that’s losing General Motors’ subvented lease business last year. Ally had originally projected originations in the high $30 billion range for the year, ... Read More »
DETROIT — Ally Financial has announced that five million vehicles have been sold on SmartAuction, its online auction platform. To celebrate the milestone, Ally held a special auction for the five-millionth vehicle, with proceeds promised to the auction winner’s selected charities. Classic Chevrolet of Grapevine, Texas, won the vehicle with a bid of approximately $180,000, ... Read More »
Ally Financial Inc., the former lending arm of General Motors, will become the preferred financing source for Mitsubishi Motors Corp. in the U.S, reported Bloomberg. Ally will replace Mitsubishi’s captive finance company and provide lease and retail financing and insurance offerings at about 380 Mitsubishi dealerships, the Detroit-based bank said Monday in a statement. Terms ... Read More »
SAN FRANCISCO AND FORTWORTH, Texas — Ally’s reaction to General Motors internalizing its leasing program came up at the end of GM Financial’s fourth quarter 2014 earnings call. Daniel Berce, the captive’s president and CEO, said the decision shouldn’t have surprised executives with GM’s former captive finance arm. “That’s about increasing customer loyalty,” Berce said ... Read More »
NEW YORK — Ally Financial Inc. announced today that Jeffrey Brown was named CEO. The former president and CEO of Ally’s dealer-financial services business succeeds Michael A. Carpenter, who is retiring from his post and from the company’s board after five years. Brown also joins the finance source’s board of directors. He will work closely ... Read More »
DETROIT — Just days before it named Jeffrey Brown as its new CEO, Ally Financial’s then-CEO Michael Carpenter expressed surprise at a move by General Motors to put 100% of its U.S. Buick, Cadillac and GMC lease incentives in the hands of its captive, GM Financial. “While we were not surprised by the idea of ... Read More »
DETROIT — Ally Financial has added new training courses to its Performance Development Center, further expanding the scope of its educational offerings for dealers. The new courses address important topics like selling skills, customer loyalty and retention, social media marketing, F&I management and compliance education. Course content leverages nearly 100 years of Ally’s auto industry ... Read More »
FORT WORTH, Texas — General Motors Financial Company, Inc., has announced that on Jan. 2, GM Financial, GMAC UK plc — an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of GM Financial — and Ally Financial Inc., completed a transaction under which GM Financial and GMAC UK acquired Ally’s 40% equity interest in SAIC-GMAC Automotive Finance Company Limited, a ... Read More »
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