Low interest rates helped propel Irvine auto financier WFS Financial Inc. into the top 10 of Orange County’s fastest-growing companies in the past three years. Last year, WFS ranked No. 12 on the ...

Its cross-holdings might be distantly similar to the Kairitsu system in Japan or the Chaebol industrial empire in South Korea, but whatever the case, Westcorp has posted recent growth that few ...

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — In addition to other announcements, RouteOne said it added WFS Financial, now Wachovia Dealer Services, to its lender platform. WFS Financial has about 12,500 dealer ...

Westcorp and its auto loan subsidiary, WFS Financial Inc., said Friday they’re lowering their third-quarter earnings expectations because of the slowing economy. Westcorp expects to earn 22 cents a ...

Wachovia Corp. on Monday said it would buy Westcorp Inc. and WFS Financial Inc. for nearly $4 billion in stock to expand its auto lending business. Wachovia, striking a deal rumored over the past ...

It took Wachovia Corp. nearly a year to integrate the California auto lender WFS Financial Inc., but the Charlotte company said it was not idling as it worked to unite the companies' auto operations ...

The exercise had many of the marks of another day at the office for the three principals of WFS Financial. They greeted their clients warmly, shaking hands and smiling, before getting down to the ...