The Santander Auto Finance program just got better. We’ve enhanced the program, making it possible for our dealers to sell more cars. For more, here’s Deborah Malinowski with Santander Consumer USA.
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In most cases, you can never have too much of a good thing. When it comes to customer stipulations, that is not always the case. Find out why including more stips than needed may be bad for your deal.
Do you have the Drive? Get into the Golf Majors with the Santander Consumer USA for Dealers 2012 Golf Tournament
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On April 5, the first round of one of the most prestigious golf tournaments in the world begins. Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia will be the site once again for The Masters Tournament. The first Major of the year, 2012 marks the 76th edition of golf’s Masters event.
Throughout the weekend, the biggest names in the profession will swing into action competing for the coveted green jacket. At present, the top five FedExCup Points Leaders – Johnson Wagner, Rory McIlroy, Kyle Stanley, Mark Wilson and Phil Mickelson – have been invited to play. As has Tiger Woods, who just won the Arnold Palmer Invitational last week, and is hoping to capture his fifth Masters title. By all accounts, this year promises to be a thrilling one.
In celebration of the tournament, Santander is launching a Santander Consumer USA for Dealers 2012 Golf Tournament, which is now open for your player submissions. IT’S FREE TO ENTER, BUT KEEP IN MIND YOU HAVE UNTIL THE FIRST SCHEDULED TEE TIME FOR EACH MAJOR TO FINISH YOUR PICKS ONLINE. After that time, we can unfortunately no longer accept submissions. So be sure and fill your picks out completely so we can make sure you’re in the running for prizes.
How do Major Championship Golf Pools Work?
Here are the rules for our 2012 Golf Tournament:
- Picks are made for each of the four Major tournaments:
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- The Masters
- The U.S. Open Championship
- The (British) Open Championship
- The PGA Championship
- Before each tournament, the PGA players in the tournament field are divided into six (6) tiers or flights, based on their current World Golf Ranking.
- Each pool member chooses one golfer from each of the six tiers. These six golfers make up their Player Roster for that tournament.
- The goal is to be the member whose roster performs the best, cumulatively, as a team.
- Any PGA Player who does not make the cut will be given the highest score of Round 3 and Round 4, respectively.
- Performance is tracked for each Major individually, but also in aggregate for all the Major Championships.
Making Picks
Players will be asked to pick one player from each of the six tiers (or flights). The flights are based on the World Golf Ranking of the PGA Players in the field for that tournament. For example, Tier #1 will be comprised mostly of players in the Top 10 in the world, Tier #2 of players between 11-20 in the world, etc.
Picks can be made once the tournament field has been entered in our system and can be changed right up until the first scheduled tee time in each Major.
Viewing Picks and Standings
Once the pick deadline has passed, members are prevented from making or changing their picks. At that time, they’ll also be able to see our detailed pick summary reports as well as everyone’s specific picks.
Standings are updated automatically during the tournament as the PGA Players complete their rounds. We will use the Player Roster stroke total to determine the winner(s), which is the default sort order in the Standings reports. However, to keep things interesting, we may also use the roster’s cumulative money winnings or FedEx points.
In addition to the current Major tournament, we accumulate pool member standings across all four Major Tournaments. This allows us to determine winners for each Major as well as a cumulative winner for the entire 2012 PGA Tour Majors season. WOW!
What if my PGA Player picks miss the cut?
Even the top players in the world sometimes miss the cut at a Major. When a player you’ve picked gets cut, that golfer will receive a score equal to the highest (worst) score of the day by a player that made the cut.
Important Dates:
Masters: Begins on Monday, April 2, 2012, and lasts until April 8, 2012
The U.S. Open: Begins on Thursday, June 14, 2012, and lasts until June 17, 2012
The (British) Open: Begins on Sunday, July 15, 2012, and lasts until July 22, 2012
The PGA Championship: Begins on Thursday, August 9, 2012, and lasts until August 12, 2012
Sign up window:
From Now until August, 9 2012
Prizes:
Top prizes will be awarded to the winners of each tournament.
There are two ways to log in and pick your players:
1: VETERANS: If you participated in our Santander Dealer Football or Basketball Pool:
- Go to RunYourPool.com
- Log in with your Username and Password
- Click on “Join an Existing Pool” on the header and enter Pool ID number 16509 and Password drive123 click the “Go” button
- Click on the “My Account” link on the top-right of all pages
- Click on “Santander Consumer USA for Dealers 2012 Golf Tournament“
2: ROOKIES: If this is your first time playing with us:
- Go to RunYourPool.com
- Click on “Join an Existing Pool”
- In the Pool ID box, enter the number 16509
- In the Pool Password box, enter drive123
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To keep the Santander Consumer USA funding process running smoothly, make sure you include all of the necessary information. This video explains how and why.
RoadLoans.com Goes on TV!
RoadLoans.com, our direct lead and lending programs is gearing up to launch a TV commercial campaign to generate more incremental customers for dealers.
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Growth Goals Give Dealers More Opportunity and Channels to Sell More Vehicles in 2011.
Now that the markets have opened back up and the recession seems to be easing, acquisition activity has already slowed as lenders focus on growing originations. We are no different. After a period of rapid growth through acquisition, our resources are now fully integrated and we will focus on organically growing our business in 2011. Growth not only means adding to the dealer base and boosting originations, but increasing our ability to serve the deeper and more complex needs of today’s dealers. We have a full product suite to offer (Drive, Santander Auto Finance, RoadLoans and S-Guard) and we will leverage all these solutions to help dealers sell more cars.
We are particularly optimistic about our RoadLoans.com business and how that will benefit dealers this year. We have spent the last 18 months fine tuning the RoadLoans lead program and Preferred Dealer Network. Our lead quality has improved, and we saw a 200 percent increase in this business in 2010. A lot of dealers are showing interest in this program, and our sales and Web teams are excited to help connect them with customers. What are we doing to improve our service to you?
We still think that we can improve and streamline the funding process. One significant benefit from our acquisitions is the data we have acquired about our loan portfolios and our customers. We now have the ability to develop behavior scores based on applications, and then apply custom or “dynamic” stipulations. In other words, we will have the ability to only request the stips we truly need. We believe this will help dealers and, ultimately, speed up the funding process. We also want to continue to explore opportunities with independent dealers. After three years of recession, the independent dealers who are still in business are – for the most part – the strongest and most stable around. We will offer our finance program for the independent dealer that makes sense for both the dealer and for Santander. As we continue to refine and improve our service, we encourage your active participation. Please contact your sales representative to discuss your specific needs and expectations. We look forward to a mutually successful 2011.
Matt Fitzgerald
Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Santander Consumer USA
Funding Tips for Tax Season
Brandon Dry, VP of Funding for Santander Consumer USA shares insightful advice on getting your SC USA contracts funded faster during tax season. Watch today!
Santander at NADA 2011 in San Francisco – February 5-7, 2011
Our VP of Sales, Deborah Malinowski shares how you can get the most out of your NADA 2011 experience. Visit our exhibit in the South Hall of the Moscone Center, booth 439S, next to General Motors.