FINANCE AND INSURANCE

Retailers are grounding such vehicles — purchasing them to sell to other customers — at an unprecedented level to offset scarcity in used-vehicle inventory. That's creating opportunities to negotiate for consumers.

Repossessions remained low during the pandemic, in spite of early predictions.

Consumers who left accommodation programs early were considered a low credit risk, TransUnion found, and were less likely to seek accommodations again.

A vendor used by Detroit mistakenly sent ballots to some voters with return envelopes meant for Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, another client.