Cars are in my blood. My family had dealerships including those that sold European and Japanese imports in the Pacific Northwest, which eventually became Knievel Imports. Yes, that Knievel. Evel is my uncle....
Informativ, a provider of fraud prevention, compliance, credit reporting, and customer insights for automotive dealers, lenders, and other end markets, today announced that Dealer eProcess (DEP) selected Informativ's Payments API to power the payment calculation functionality within its digital retailing platform, Everest Retailing. ...
Informativ, a provider of fraud prevention, compliance, credit reporting, and customer insights for automotive dealers, lenders, and other end markets, has earned the 2026 Great Place To Work Certification™ by Great Place To Work® and has been named to the Fortune Best Workplaces in Texas™ list....
Featured Interview The Compliance Blind Spot: Why Dealer Risk Starts on the Showroom Floor — Not in F&I Doug Fusco Managing Partner, Compliance - Informativ $659M Fraud losses prevented 13K+ Fake IDs caught Thousands of Dealer partners Featured Interview Dealers are reactive where they need to be proactive. In this episode of Car Dealership Guy's Daily Dealer Live, Managing Partner, Compliance at Informativ, Doug Fusco, breaks down the compliance and fraud risks that most dealers are actively ignoring and explains why the fix can't live in F&I alone.Fusco covers the real cost of a missing deal jacket, why "faster deals" without guardrails create bigger problems downstream, and the one conversation every dealer should have with their sales team this week.Informativ is the platform that unifies credit reports, fraud prevention, dealership compliance, and pre-desking technology into a single workflow trusted by thousands of dealerships."The compliance exposure isn't hiding in F&I. It starts the moment a customer walks in. Without process guardrails built into the workflow, you're relying on training that doesn't stick." — Doug Fusco, Managing Partner, Compliance, Informativ"The tools exist, but the guardrails don't. And when the guardrails don't exist, a staff member can always find a workaround — and usually does, especially on a busy Saturday."— Doug Fusco, Managing Partner, Compliance, Informativ The stakes, by the numbers $53K Potential FTC Safeguards Rule penalty per incident when a salesperson receives customer documents via personal text or email 11% Of dealers say they can actually retrieve every dead deal from the past five years, a direct FTC and FCRA compliance risk $191K What a Dallas dealer paid to settle a single case involving one missing deal jacket Interview Highlights 5 questions. Answers that change how you run your store. Q1: What is broken in dealerships today that most people ignore? Dealers invest in compliance training and policy documentation then watch the same problems repeat. The reason: there are no process guardrails. Compliance relies on...
Dealerships have one of the highest employee turnover rates of any industry. According to many studies, it ranges from 34 percent to 80 percent annually depending on the role....
Informativ, a provider of fraud prevention, compliance, payments, and credit technology for automotive dealers, lenders, and other end markets, today announced it has been named to the 2026 Inc. Regionals: Southwest list*. ...
In today’s dealership environment with its tight margins, high compliance scrutiny and shoppers’ demand for speed, there’s one overlooked area that quietly determines profitability and customer satisfaction: the desk....
Informativ, a provider of fraud prevention, compliance, payments, and credit technology for the automotive and consumer finance industries, is unveiling two new innovations, SmartPencil and Payments API, at NADA 2026 in Las Vegas. ...
Informativ, a provider of fraud prevention, compliance, credit, and payments technology for the automotive and consumer finance industries, today announced that Dominic (Nick) Brignola has joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer. Informativ is backed by Capstreet, a Houston-based lower middle market private equity firm....
CUDL, the leading credit union vehicle financing platform, and Informativ, a provider of fraud prevention, compliance, credit solutions, and payments for the automotive and consumer finance industries, have announced a strategic partnership to streamline workflows and reduce risk. ...