WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced it is considering proposing rules that would ban arbitration clauses in consumer financial services contracts, less than five months after 50 members of Congress urged the bureau to eliminate such clauses. Describing arbitration clauses as a “free pass” to block consumers from suing in groups to ... Read More »
DALLAS – EFG Companies, the innovator behind the award-winning Hyundai Assurance program, together with Northwood University, today announced an F&I competition designed to jolt the automotive industry into a higher standard of innovation. The F&I Innovator of the Year Award, to be held annually, will pit six teams of Northwood’s junior and senior undergraduate automotive ... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a report Tuesday highlighting trends in consumer complaints through August 1, with credit reporting complaints seeing the sharpest increase compared to both the prior month and prior year. The bureau has handled approximately 105,000 credit reporting complaints since it began accepting them in October 2012. ... Read More »
DULUTH, Ga. — Asbury Automotive executives were confident during a quarterly earnings call Tuesday that the group’s internal cap on dealer markups, as well as its fixed F&I product prices, will keep it out of trouble with regulators like the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Craig Monaghan, Asbury’s president and CEO, said he didn’t know ... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Wednesday, a U.S. House committee passed H.R. 1737, a bipartisan bill to repeal the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)’s 2013 guidance, which warned finance sources that they would be held liable for discrimination that was the result of policies allowing dealers to mark up the interest rate on retail installment sales contracts. ... Read More »
DALLAS – F&I Express today announced it has launched CompliPrice, a cloud-based tool to help automotive retailers ensure its profits on aftermarket insurance products are compliant with dealer compliance policies, lenders and potential guidelines from the Consumer Financial Protection Board (CFPB). While it is well documented that the CFPB is closely scrutinizing dealer and lender ... Read More »
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