Auto lending

A new app aims to modernize the automobile financing process by allowing car shoppers to get credit approval on their phones.

JPMorgan Chase's Thasunda Duckett has been named chief executive officer of consumer banking as part of one of the bank's periodic management reshufflings.

The subprime auto lender continues to struggle to get its arms around accounting issues that date to 2013.

Bankers may have a reputation for being old-school, but their rapidly growing digital-ad budgets are in step with the rest of the business world. Banks can both gather valuable demographic data from who clicks on their ads and better measure returns on their investments.

The subprime auto lender Santander Consumer Holdings USA has made two key leadership moves as it faces ongoing accounting problems.

PNC Financial Services Group plans to increase consumer lending with its current tilt toward commercial loans generating lower overall loan yields.

New, stricter regulations on loans to active-duty service members take effect on Oct. 3. Here’s a guide for getting ready.

Ford Motor promoted veteran executive Joy Falotico to lead the Ford Credit lending unit, making her the first woman to run the operation that provides financing to auto buyers and dealers worldwide.

This latest offering from Chase, the U.S. consumer and commercial banking arm of JPMorganChase & Co., is in partnership with digital car-buying service TrueCar.

Santander Consumer USA Holdings again delayed its second-quarter results and financial statement due to ongoing discussions with federal regulators about accounting issues.

Some observers are concerned that borrowers in energy-dependent regions, in an effort to compensate for pay cuts, are becoming overleveraged. But lenders say they are being prudent.

During a conference call with analysts on Thursday, executives at Ally Financial sought to dispel concerns that losses may soon rise in the lender's $63 billion retail auto loan portfolio.

Wells Fargo is facing a U.S. investigation into whether it improperly repossessed cars owned by members of the military, according to two people with knowledge of the probe.

Ally Financial in Detroit swung to a profit in the second quarter as a tax benefit outweighed the costs of insurance payouts on hailstorm-damaged vehicles.

Santander Consumer Holdings USA on Monday delayed the release of its quarterly results amid ongoing accounting woes.

Fee income, niche financing lines and auto lending drove second-quarter profits at TCF Financial in Wayzata, Minn.

Regional banks like BB&T, Huntington Bancshares and Citizens Financial are growing through acquisition and targeted business-line initiatives, but they are having to contain spending simultaneously.

Profits rose at Citizens Financial in the second quarter thanks to higher-than-expected fee income and loan growth, including improvements in mortgages and auto finance as well as a continuing surge in student lending.

Despite recent controversy over Tesla crashes, the march toward autonomous driving technology continues. And that means big changes for auto lenders.

Santander Consumer Holdings in Dallas on Tuesday appointed William Rainer chairman, and it announced that Blythe Masters has resigned to advise Banco Santander — its Spanish parent company — on the blockchain.