LAS VEGAS -- The last few years have been as challenging for auto finance as any other sector. Faint access to capital, in particular, has made it challenging to grow auto finance.

After this week's Auto Finance Summit here, I can…

A central tenet of Ally Financial's reorganization plan for its ResCap unit filed today is the company's continuing ability to grow its auto finance business. The question is, can Ally, in fact, grow that…

With Facebook headed for a massive initial public offering, there was speculation that perhaps Ally Financial would reboot its IPO. Not happening, apparently.

Bloomberg is reporting that Ally's IPO will remain on hold as it continues to work through its legacy mortgage…

Ally Financial continues to put up huge origination numbers in its auto financing business.

Ally's second quarter earnings released today show originations up across the board, with leasing enjoying the greatest year-over-year increase (+155% YOY). In all, Ally's originations climbed to $9.5 billion last quarter from $8 billion in the same quarter…

Once the investment banks are contracted, there's no turning back on an initial public offering.

That's where Ally finds itself now that it has reportedly chosen Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley to lead its stock sale.

The news comes from the DealBook blog of the The New York Times.

There had been various reports that Ally was…