Staying Compliant While Working Remotely The rapidly changing circumstances around the COVID-19 pandemic forced dealerships to adapt quickly. In areas where shelter-in-place or stay-at-home orders led to closed showrooms, some dealership personnel even relocated…

5 Compliance Tips for F&I Selling
As dealerships look for ways to counter shrinking profit margins, F&I product sales are one of the revenue sources they turn to. Cox Automotive 2022 Car Buyer Journey research shows that 67% of car…

New in Compliance for 2020
The regulatory landscape changes every year, so staying compliant with all of the laws and regulations that apply to your dealership can be a challenge. But if you don’t stay on top of it,…

What Dealerships Need to Know About Electronic Signatures
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. A 2022 article in Auto Dealer Today estimated that the average dealership spends between $$162,385 and $276,925 per year to address regulatory…

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…