Details of Kia's new car retail finance offers until the end of the year have been added to our look-up tool.
Dealers who want to lead the consumer-focused cultural change the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) era is hailing in F&I product sales will need to consider employing a compliance manager, F&I expert Adrian Foster predicted.
For more than a decade AM has profiled a selection of manufacturers' retail new car finance offers. Now a more comprehensive guide is available on AM-online at this address www.am-online.com/retail-new-car-finance-offers/ or via the homepage tool.
There is no major HMRC attack on mileage recording in the motor sector. But there is the need to exercise care and it would be sensible to review your own position to ensure that if you get the knock on the door from HMRC you are less likely to face a significant liability.
Dealers should embrace the new era of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) or risk the imposition of a stricter structure which other industry sectors have been forced to adopt, delegates at AM’s new F&I Compliance Conference will be told.
Working towards FCA compliance could see dealers and lenders move away from flat rate motor finance products to APR-based alternatives.
The full webinar entailing a presentation by Alphera's FCA readiness manager Martin Parr on the key interpretations of the Financial Conduct Authority's new consumer credit regime and a Q&A, is now available to view, together with slides.
A ‘tick box’ approach to regulation won’t work when applying for full Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) authorisation.
Blue Motor Finance has announced that it will be re-launching its brand at the end of the year.
Accountancy firm MHA MacIntyre Hudson has become the UK member firm of Baker Tilly International.
A free webinar providing information on how to be best prepared for new rules for dealers on providing consumer credit is being held tomorrow by AM and Alphera.
Dealers who depend on add-ons as an earnings stream face a triple challenge from regulators, manufacturers and consumers armed with abundant online information
Tesla has announced a new ‘Model S’ financing programme for private customers in the UK.
Wednesday saw the first of the FCA landing slots relating to the motor finance industry opened for submission. That means, for some dealers, there may now be less than three months to go to complete the application.
Glass’s Dr Richard Parkin says free service plans and warranties may replace the deposit contributions offered on PCPs.
Dealers should be sharing insights into F&I and steer away from posting and tweeting finance deals in order to both engage consumers and reflect the spirit of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), according to Simon Ryan, managing director of Social Advisors, a digital marketing agency.
Vauxhall Motors has revised its 'lifetime warranty' programme.
Is the FCA your friend or foe? The answer is probably neither. But what the FCA should be treated as, if we are to successfully make the transition to the new regulatory framework, is a partner.
More than 90% of customers fail to use dealers’ used car finance offers because they are unaware of them or do not understand or trust the information, according to new research.
The Funding Corporation (TFC) has closed ACF Car Finance, its branch with five retail sites selling used vehicles on group loans, ahead of a push to increase advances through motor retailers.
