ATLANTA and LITTLETON, Colo., Feb. 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — REPAY – Realtime Electronic Payments, a premier provider of advanced payment technology products and processing services, is honored to announce its new partnership with PassTime, an industry-leading GPS Solutions provider offering GPS tracking and Automated Collection Technology products and services to auto dealers and auto finance companies.

PassTime, which has been in business for more than 25 years, currently protects more than $10 billion in automotive assets by providing dealers and finance companies with in-vehicle technology proven to help lower delinquencies and repossessions. Through the use of payment reminders and vehicle disable features, PassTime solutions can help mitigate risk when financing consumers and also improve communication between consumers and creditors. Specializing in the consumer finance and auto finance industries for more than a decade, REPAY offers integrated payment solutions that enable businesses to accept payments at any time through a variety of payment methods.

An opportunity for partnership between REPAY and PassTime presented itself when shared customers faced a growing need to automate and shorten the duration of the payment process. The two companies have finalized an integration that will provide their customers with a more efficient and consumer-friendly collection method.

After consumers submit an electronic payment to the dealer or finance company, REPAY immediately processes the payment and automatically sends a message to the merchant and PassTime. The PassTime device receives the wireless command to reflect the current status and the merchant’s customer management system is updated with the most recent payment information.

“We are thrilled to partner with such a highly regarded company in the industry,” said Susan Perlmutter, Chief Revenue Officer for REPAY. “The integration with PassTime is a big win for our customers and bridges the payment communication gap, resulting in a quicker, more automated collection process.”

“REPAY is a perfect fit for PassTime and we are excited about this partnership. The integration will make it even easier for our customers to manage their payment processing services and PassTime solutions,” said Jerry Morgan, PassTime’s executive VP of product development.

About REPAY

Realtime Electronic Payments (REPAY) is a full-service provider of electronic transaction processing services for a variety of integrated end markets, offering a suite of advanced payment technology products, including credit/debit card processing, ACH processing, consumer-facing payment portals, and electronic bill payment systems. For more information, visit www.repay.com.

About PassTime

PassTime is a provider of GPS Solutions and has been in business for more than 25 years. Its GPS telematics products help connect vehicles and protect assets for multiple sectors of the automotive and powersports industries including auto dealers, auto finance companies, fleet transportation providers and consumers. The company prides itself on high-quality, reliable products and unmatched customer support.

For more information about PassTime, visit www.passtimegps.com or email info@passtimegps.com

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Stan Schwarz, PassTime’s late Co-Founder & CEO was inducted into the BHPH Hall of Fame on Monday October 23, 2017.

The BHPH Hall of Fame is a special honor based on a lifetime of achievement for the betterment of the BHPH industry.

Stan Schwarz, who passed away in March 2017, was a pioneer in the industry, founding the company, PassTime, with co-founder Jake Frank in 1992.  Schwarz and Frank were trailblazers and created the Payment Assurance industry, developing technology to help creditors in the auto industry lower the risk of financing subprime consumers.

The induction was made during a ceremony at the National Association of Buy Here Pay Here Dealers (NABD) Orlando Conference at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, Florida. Stan’s son and PassTime VP of Sales, Ryan Schwarz accepted the award on behalf of his father.

PassTime thanks the organization for the recognition of its founder, Stan Schwarz, and the many achievements he and co-founder Jake Frank have made to the BHPH industry.

In recent months, a multitude of companies have experienced data security breaches.  Data security must be top of mind for every company that interfaces with user data.  Companies today need to dedicate resources to help ensure the safety and security of the data it holds.  PassTime takes data security very seriously and has maintained stringent company procedures.

SVR Tracking reportedly had a serious security breach that leaked more than 500,000 records online, including logins, passwords, email addresses, and vehicle information. As reported by numerous outlets including Gizmodo, Mashable, and MacKeeper Security, The Kromtech Security Center identified the information was publicly accessible on a misconfigured server.

How PassTime Keeps Data Safe

PassTime maintains data within its own private cloud, hosted by Zayo Holdings Group, a top-tier provider of communications infrastructure services, including fiber and bandwidth connectivity, colocation and cloud infrastructure.  Zayo is a secure SSAE16/ SOC 1 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 2 and SOC 3 certified data center.

Password Encryption

PassTime uses Advanced Encryption Standard (AES-256) for the encryption and storage of passwords, which is a symmetric block cipher chosen by the U.S. government to protect classified information.

Proactive Approach

PassTime has take a proactive approach to its overall data and network security.  It periodically contracts cybersecurity companies to perform security audits and penetration testing of its networks to ensure the protection of all critical data.

Are you the one putting your business at risk?  Yes, really – it might be you.  Despite the record sales you’ve brought in – despite the cost saving measures you’ve put in place – despite the efficiency of the organizational procedures you’ve implemented. If you’re the person putting GPS tracking devices on the vehicles you’re selling – without disclosing it to the consumer – then you might be putting your business at risk.

The use of GPS devices to help mitigate the risk for creditors in the subprime auto finance industry has been around for a long time.  Yet, even after all this time, there are GPS providers – and dealers or creditors – who STILL operate without obtaining written disclosure from the consumer when using this type of technology.

Let’s not kids ourselves.  It is not the technology that’s the problem.  It’s your choice not to disclose the use of that technology or failure to comply with state and federal regulations that is the problem.  This decision could make you a threat to your own business.

Why should you be disclosing?

Well, depending upon your state, it might be illegal not to.  Several states including California, New Jersey and Nevada have recently passed laws REQUIRING disclosure of GPS devices to the consumer.  The laws vary by state on exactly what must be disclosed and exactly how it must be disclosed, but disclosure itself is not an option.

Even if it is not specifically illegal not to disclose in the states you are doing business, by choosing not to disclose the use of GPS devices to your customers, you are still exposing your business to some serious liability.

With Right-to-Cure laws, Consumer Protection Acts, Consumer Privacy Acts, not disclosing the use of the device could open you up to legal issues such as fines or even civil action.

Tom Hudson, partner at law firm Hudson Cook LLP encourages dealers to disclose the use of devices, stating, “Every state that has legalized devices by statute has also required a dealer or finance company to disclose that a vehicle has been equipped with a device. Further, more than one state has fined dealers for failing to disclose the devices for engaging in an unfair, deceptive or abusive act or practice.  You’d have to be brain dead not to disclose the presence of the device.”

What might happen if you don’t disclose?

Of course, the CFPB could take notice of your position not to disclose.  If you think you’re too small to get the attention of the CFPB, I wouldn’t count on it.  Just look at Y King S Corp., which does business as Herbies Auto Sales, in Colorado.  Last year, the company was ordered to pay $700,000 in redress to consumers for what the CFPB called violations in the Truth in Lending Act and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Financial Protection Act.  Would the CFPB consider failing to disclose the use of GPS technology a violation as well?

It is fair to say that having a customer sign a written disclosure about the existence of a device, how it operates, and how it will be used by the creditor, helps reduce the liability of your company that could prevent a lawsuit or other type of consumer complaint.

So, if your GPS provider is saying you don’t need to disclose – maybe you should ask them if they are also offering to cover your legal fees or a potential fine from the CFPB or a class-action lawsuit for invasion of privacy down the road.

PassTime, an industry leading GPS provider offers technology that is compliant with state and federal regulations.  Additionally, the company employs a certified compliance officer and offers advice and recommendations along with free webinars with the Hudson Cook law firm to its customers.

Does your provider do that?

Click here for more info on PassTime’s compliance efforts.