New Date and Location Forthcoming We understand the important role that in-person AFSA Meetings play for our Members and Business Partners. Our intent had been to hold an in-person 2021 Independents Conference between April 6  and 8, 2021 in Miami Beach, FL. Unfortunately, Loews Miami Beach was unable to accommodate our expected attendance at this meeting. If you have held those […]

In early January the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released its Taskforce on Federal Consumer Financial Law Report. As AFSA noted, it’s the first time the federal government has done a thorough report on the consumer financial services industry since the 1970s. The report is long; it’s two volumes add up to about 900 pages and […]

ACT NOW – Join AFSA by February 15, 2021 and receive two complimentary registrations to the upcoming Vehicle Finance Conference – A $1350 value! Is your company part of our Business Partner network? Are you maximizing your reach in the consumer finance space? AFSA is your connection to the $300 billion consumer credit marketplace, including consumer […]

Join Poyner Spruill Diversity Adviser Cheslie Kryst, JD, MBA, at the 2021 AFSA Vehicle Finance Conference for her insights on diversity and inclusion, particularly in the financial-services arena, as well as the quickly evolving social justice movement in the United States. Kryst’s presentation will be followed by a panel discussion with auto-finance professionals. Cheslie Kryst […]

AFSA President & CEO Bill Himpler interviewed Mr. Chopra during the 2020 AFSA Annual Meeting. You can view that conversation here. President Joe Biden announced his intention to nominate Federal Trade Commissioner Rohit Chopra to serve as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. And late on Inauguration Day, President Biden announced that Dave Uejio, […]

Not only is the 2021 Vehicle Finance chock full of great speakers and sessions, but attendees can look forward to getting lots of great goodies from our sponsors. Interested? We thought so. Register by February 1st to ensure that you get all of the conference goodies in time for the conference on February 23-25! Here’s […]

Join Sheryl Connelly, Corporate Futurist with Ford Motor Company, at the 2021 Vehicle Finance Conference as she highlights trends in the social, technological, economic, environmental, and political arenas. Attendees will hear Sheryl’s insight on shifts in consumer behavior, values and attitudes that will help you shape your business in the years ahead.  Get all the information […]

Earlier today, the American Financial Services Association, the Illinois Financial Services Association, the Independent Finance Association of Illinois, and the Illinois Automobile Dealers Association wrote to Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker to express concerns with Senate Bill 1792, and urge a veto on the bill, which would create the Predatory Loan Prevention Act and institute a […]

President Joe Biden announced his intention to nominate Federal Trade Commissioner Rohit Chopra to serve as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. And late on Inauguration Day, President Biden announced that Dave Uejio, currently head of strategy at the agency would serve as acting director until Chopra is confirmed. As Bloomberg reported this morning: […]

This week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, National Credit Union Administration, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued final rules clarifying the role of supervisory guidance. Supervisory guidance is issued by agencies in the form of (but not limited to) interagency statements, advisories, bulletins, policy statements, questions and […]