Fitch Ratings has affirmed Hyundai Capital Auto Funding VIII Limited and Hyundai Capital Auto Funding IX Limited. The transactions are securitisations of auto loans in South Korea originated by Hyundai Capital Services Inc..
May 3- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau expanded its probe into the car loan industry by issuing subpoenas to auto lenders over the sale of financial products like extended warranties, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the investigation.
The SEC said Capital One failed to properly account for losses in the second and third quarters of 2007, even though the bank's auto lending arm was facing much higher delinquencies than it originally forecast. Capital One's auto loan business relied on loans to subprime borrowers, the SEC said.
WASHINGTON, April 24- Capital One Financial Corp agreed to pay $3.5 million to resolve securities regulators' charges that it understated losses from auto loans in the months leading up to the financial crisis, the Securities and Exchange Commission said on Wednesday.
Feb 6- Chrysler Group LLC agreed to make Banco Santander's U.S. arm its preferred lender for auto loans on Wednesday, a deal aimed at broadening the financing it can offer its buyers and dealers.
Feb 6- Chrysler Group LLC on Wednesday announced a 10- year agreement for a unit of Spain's Banco Santander to offer a "full spectrum" of auto financing services to Chrysler and Fiat customers and dealers under the name of Chrysler Capital. Chrysler Capital is to launch on May 1.
*Ally, the former GMAC, owes taxpayers $14.6 billion. Treasury needs to develop a concrete plan for exiting its 74 percent stake in auto financing company Ally Financial Inc, the second-largest remaining recipient of federal bailout dollars, an internal watchdog said in a report released Wednesday.