Captive Finance Company

Captive Finance Company
A subsidiary whose purpose is to provide financing to customers buying the parent company's product.

The captive finance company is usually wholly owned by the parent company. Although there are numerous examples of these, the best ones occur in the automotive industry. Each of the "big three" automakers has a captive finance company. General Motors has General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC), Daimler Chrysler has Chrysler Financial, and the Ford Motor Company has Ford Motor Credit Company (FMCC).


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