Company Background
First Investors Financial Services Group, Inc. through its wholly-owned subsidiaries
(“First Investors”) is an independent consumer finance company which originates
automobile loans indirectly through relationships with franchised automobile dealers
in the United States. The Company’s indirect lending business
operates in 28 states through relationships with hundreds of automobile dealerships.
First Investors specializes in providing financing
solutions to consumers who typically do not have access to traditional financing
sources. In addition to its automobile finance operations, the Company also engages
in the purchase of portfolios of automobile loans from other lenders and the servicing
of pools of loans for affiliated and non-affiliated investors.
First Investors was founded in 1988 in Houston, Texas by its current President and
Chief Executive Officer, Tommy Moore. In October 1995 the Company completed an initial
public offering of common stock and trades on the Nasdaq/OTC market under the symbol
“FIFS-OB”. First Investors has over 40,000 customers, approximately $600 million in managed auto receivables.
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