One of the challenges you've likely had to deal with in your dealership's F&I department is finding ways to best organize your menu selling. With so many products available for a car buyer to choose from, it can overwhelm them if you present a long scroll of ways to protect their vehicle.

Now that you're running a car dealership, you're going to have to prepare yourself for as many regulations as any other industry. One of the most important is OFAC, or Office of Foreign Assets Control. This is a government database collecting names of individuals who pose a danger to the U.S.

Finance and insurance are a necessary part of all car dealerships, but how do you apply them within your own auto business? Do you work hard to make F&I like a separate department, or do you try to assimilate it throughout the company?

The complex and ever-changing rules of Finance and Insurance compliance may be frustrating to keep track of, but they exist for a very important reason. These rules keep dealerships from even accidentally taking advantage of customers. Without strict enforcement of F&I compliance, a single ...

OFAC stands for Office of Foreign Asset Control. OFAC is a division of the United States Treasury. It’s job is to impose and enforce economic sanctions against individuals who are hostile to the United States. The OFAC requires dealerships to remain compliant. If a dealership does business with a ...

On June 8th, the House of Representatives passed a bill. With laser-like focus, the bill repeals key provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and reigns in the consumer watchdog agency the Act spawned: the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The ...

In the last decade, the roles and responsibilities of business managers have evolved exponentially. This growth is because of technological advancements, legislation, and changing customer expectations. Business managers should not only change with the times, but it's imperative that they harness ...

Because buying a car is both a deeply personal and significantly financial decision, the right method for selling cars becomes a complex dance of personalized offers and financial obligations. As the business manager, you do your best to both make money for your dealership and fairly match the ...

As an automotive dealer, finance is one of the most important parts of your business. However, it also comes with multiple rules and regulations. One of these is the rules governed by the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) of the federal government. This department restricts who can get access ...

Guest Post By: John Fuhrman – Director of Training OptionSoft Technology Menus have been around now for long enough. Most of the more established companies began B.C. (Before Compliance) and it might be worth thinking about effective menu use without the sword of compliance hanging over our head. ...