Auto Finance

What you will need to know about financing a vehicle purchase

Interest rate calculator: How your credit score affects car financing
June 19, 2020

Interest rate calculator: How your credit score affects car financing

Thousands of dollars. That could be the difference between lower and higher credit scores when financing a vehicle, based on an interest-rate calculator at nerdwallet.com and data reported by Experian. Here’s what we mean: The average nonprime borrower, with a…

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November 13, 2019

7 ways to keep your vehicle financing on the right track

It’s not always easy. As you work to make your monthly car payments, usually thousands of dollars over several years, our series, Discover Santander, offers seven ways to keep your vehicle financing on the right track. The series, published earlier…

Upside down car financing graphic
November 6, 2019

How to avoid upside down car financing and stay above water

Upside down. It’s a position you usually want to avoid. Especially if we’re talking about upside down car financing for a vehicle on which you’ll be making monthly payments for some time to come. Upside down car financing means you…

Auto Finance and Car Shopping
August 23, 2019

Smart Auto Finance and Car Shopping starts with these 4 things

Smart auto finance and car shopping usually starts with information. So it should come as no surprise that visitors to an auto lender’s blog are interested in topics such as Used Vehicles, Auto Finance, Car Shopping, and New Vehicles. Among…

Happy couple managing credit
August 7, 2019

Managing credit is key to making good financial decisions

Managing credit is an important part of money management. For most people, that involves a monthly car payment, credit card bills and other debt, as well as keeping track of your credit scores and protecting your personal and financial information….

Make life easier
January 28, 2019

Make life easier with MyAccount at Santander Consumer USA

A lot of customers – and more than a few interested non-customers – make life easier by visiting the Santander Consumer USA (SC) website. Over the past year, an average of 21,000 people used the site each day, which plays…