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How to buy a new car with bad credit
July 10, 2014

How to buy a new car with bad credit

Buying a new car with bad credit isn’t the easiest thing you’ll ever do. Then, again, it’s not impossible, either. “It’s possible to buy a new car with bad credit if you know where to look and how to prepare,” says Edmunds.com…

Few consumer complaints are about auto loans and leases
April 11, 2014

Few consumer complaints are about auto loans and leases

More than 40,000 consumer complaints were filed within the first two months of 2014, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), record numbers for any one or two-month period during the bureau’s almost three-year lifespan. But if last year’s…

Auto loans their highest in five years, Equifax reports
February 4, 2014

Auto loans their highest in five years, Equifax reports

Outstanding auto loans ($859.6 billion) and the total number of existing loans (62.3 million) in December were the highest in more than five years, according to the latest Equifax National Consumer Credit Trends Report. That means automobile lending “continues to…

How online car loans work at Santander Consumer USA
December 19, 2013

How online car loans work at Santander Consumer USA

An online car loan works a lot like any other financing – except that it’s faster than more traditional methods and puts you in control of the process. Santander Consumer USA and its RoadLoans brand have pioneered online car loans…

Military car loans and auto financing for service members
July 2, 2013

Military car loans and auto financing for service members

The following post originally appeared on our RoadLoans blog, The Open Road. In 1994 when I was stationed at Camp Lejeune, N.C., I noticed an abundance of car dealers offering impossibly good terms for military car loans in the surrounding town of…

Vehicle financing basics for buyers with good or bad credit
June 26, 2013

Vehicle financing basics for buyers with good or bad credit

If you’re looking for a new vehicle, then chances are you also are or will be looking for vehicle financing. It’s just a fact of life for most people. And it probably is your goal to land vehicle financing without…