In the year 2000, Tiger Woods became the youngest golfer to win a career Grand Slam, the original Mini ceased production, and the U.S. passed the E-Sign Act (Electronic Signatures in Global and National…

Expedite Contract Processing Regardless of Workload
eContracting has made it so indirect auto lenders can process contracts and fund their dealers faster. Unfortunately, many dealers haven’t given up the paper contracting habit yet, so lenders must find ways to beef…

Industry News Roundup: 6/28/19
This weekly Dealertrack blog feature is designed to keep you up to date on industry news and trends that affect our customers. Disruption is speed bump for auto sales – Credit Union National Association…

Dealertrack and the Evolution of Digital Retailing
Earlier this month, Cheryl Miller, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Dealertrack F&I and Titling Solutions, participated in a keynote panel at the Consumer Banking Association’s CBA Live 2019 conference. The topic was…

3 Questions You Should Ask About Your F&I Compliance Technology
Advanced automotive retail technology offers streamlined dealer workflows designed to improve the customer experience and ultimately enhance your profits. These workflows can provide other crucial benefits, including regulatory compliance safeguards and protections against consumer fraud, integrated across the sales and F&I workflow. Here are three questions to…

Minimize Risk and Help Ensure Compliance on Every Deal
It’s understandable that dealers do not enjoy having to think about compliance. The myriad, ever-changing laws, rules and regulations that apply to each deal can be confusing and frustrating. But non-compliance can lead to thousands of dollars in fines, class-action penalties,…

How Operations Oversight Aids in F&I Compliance
It seems that you can’t read the news without learning of yet another massive corporate data security breach. As much as we all hear about the importance of safeguarding customer information, studies show that a majority of data breaches are caused by employees. In your showroom, that…

5 Ways to Make Sure Your Compliance Program Is Effective
Compliance can be a costly part of doing business as a dealership. In a 2014 study conducted for the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA), the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) discovered that the average dealership spends nearly $200,000 per year to address regulatory compliance. The…

Congratulations to the winners of our Dealertrack uniFITM Sweepstakes!
As part of our onboarding program to welcome dealers to the new Dealertrack uniFI™ platform, newly enrolled dealerships and their staff were invited to watch a video and enter our sweepstakes to win great…

Top 6 Auto Industry Trends from NADA 2019
Now that this year’s exciting NADA Show has come and gone, dealers are reflecting on the industry trends they are either involved in now or will be involved in moving ahead. Keynote speakers and…

How Dealertrack uniFI Changes the Car Buying Experience
At NADA 2019, Mazen Letayf, Associate Vice President and Head of Product for Digital Retailing and Dealertrack F&I, sat down with Jim Fitzpatrick of CBT Automotive Network to talk about Dealertrack uniFI™. The interview…

Disruption Today: Drive Profitability with Emerging Technology
Based on the workshop presented at NADA 2019 by Mike Barrington, Senior VP of Retail Solutions Group Sales, Digital Retailing & Dealertrack F&I Solutions at Cox Automotive The rate of technology change today is…