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Automotive sales will pick up in 2021, credit bureau TransUnion predicts, though primarily for customers with prime and above credit. As the U.S. economy continues to muscle through the deadly coronavirus pandemic, nonprime customers will steadily vanish from the market. This slowdown in nonprime originations isn’t likely to stem from …

California tech company Huddlebots, producer of what its website calls “nanorobotic machines,” is breaking new scientific ground. But Huddlebots’ technology is not to be confused with the fictional nanobots described in science fiction writer Michael Crichton’s novel Prey. Instead, Huddlebots’ nanorobots are “molecules with a unique property that enables them …

Auto lender TD Auto Finance U.S., based in Farmington Hills, Mich., has named a new president and CEO. Marc Womack, 52, was previously COO of the company. In his new role, which was announced Nov. 12, Womack will be tasked with steering the company on an expansion in the U.S. …

General Motors is planning to apply for a banking charter that would allow its lending unit to hold deposits and expand its auto finance business, The Wall Street Journal reported last week, citing people familiar with the matter. The automaker’s finance arm, GM Financial, has been talking to federal and …

The Washington PostGetty Images Experts who pay attention to auto loans see trouble on the horizon and think repo men and women will be busy in the new year. Coronavirus era federal stimulus payments and unemployment benefits are mostly finished, and there’s no hint that we’ll get another aid package …

Auto loan debt edged up in the third quarter, driven by record-high loan originations, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s quarterly report on household debt. Total household debt grew $ 87 billion in the third quarter to $ 14.35 trillion, the highest figure recorded for household debt …

The U.S. Supreme Court is in session, and the lawyers at Hudson Cook are keeping an eye on a few upcoming legal cases that could cause ripples in the auto finance and retail sectors. Here are three cases before the court they feel could have far-reaching implications: Facebook Inc. v. …

What does diversity and inclusion mean at some of the nation’s largest auto lenders? From sports analogies to internal definitions, car finance leaders discuss the importance of drawing on talent from different pools, and creating good tension and discussion that better serves auto finance customers and dealership partners. “Diversity is …

DETROIT — GM Financial’s loan and lease originations climbed in the third quarter, even as General Motors’ U.S. light-vehicle sales fell 9.9 percent, and more customers paid their loans on time, despite economic uncertainty. Only 2.1 percent of payments were 31 to 60 days past due during the quarter, compared …