Assessing the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on a customer’s credit standing is similar to a dean of admissions judging prospective college students: the more information they have, the faster a decision can be made. Likewise, auto lenders’ decisioning processes ascribe values to certain components of a consumer’s credit history, …
Read More »CDK Global Inc. will make a one-time cash payment to data integration service provider Authenticom as part of a settlement in a federal antitrust case, the company said last week. Terms of the settlement are confidential, a spokesman for the Hoffman Estates, Ill., dealership management system giant told Automotive News. …
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Myung J. ChunGetty Images If living in the information age has taught us anything, it’s that our personal information is not safe in the hands of private companies. It’s somewhat more disconcerting to learn that our information is not safe in the hands of the government, either. An investigation by …
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Allstate Corp. struck a deal with Ford Motor Co. that will allow some of the automaker’s customers to share data with the insurer for its program that tracks mileage. The majority of Ford and Lincoln 2020 model-year vehicles with embedded modems will be able to connect with Allstate’s Milewise program, …
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Preliminary data released last week from the National Safety Council shows that serious injuries and fatalities on roads in America may have dropped for the third straight year. According to preliminary estimates, about 38,800 people died in fatal crashes in 2019, which is a 2% drop from 2018 and a …
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The 2020 Honda Civic Type R is getting a new data logging app called LogR, which is accessible in the car via Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. The app displays vehicle information, records lap times, and monitors driving—taking information straight from the Type R’s onboard computer, unlike aftermarket loggers. Exclusive …
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