COMMENTARY: The LLM compliance paradox & separating conversational AI from quantitative underwriting
Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, 03:20 PM
Latest two moves by US Bank have dealers & OEMs in mind
Monday, Oct. 19, 2026, 10:51 AM
COMMENTARY: Calibrating AI risk models for shifting macroeconomic cycles
Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, 03:11 PM
SPONSORED EPISODE: Prospects for more auto refinancing with Gravity Lending
In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast brought to you by Allied Solutions, we turn our attention to auto refinancing. Brad Paxman oversees 90 lender relationships for Gravity Lending, which is an auto refinance and fintech company ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Fame: Bob McConkey of McConkey Auction Group
Next up on our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees is a conversation with Bob McConkey, president and CEO of the McConkey Auction Group. McConkey, along with MAG chief operating officer David Pendergraft and DAA ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: What independent dealers need to be successful with Chris Vangellow of Frazer
In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Chris Vangellow, who is the Director of Product Management at Frazer, described what’s changed most about running an independent dealership over the past few years, especially from a technology perspective. ... Listen Here
Credit Union of Colorado now using LendSmart Auto from Scienaptic AI
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Aimed at transforming how the institution prices vehicle loans for its members, Credit Union of Colorado recently selected LendSmart Auto, a new artificial intelligence-powered auto loan pricing engine offered by Scienaptic AI. The platform from the provider of AI-powered credit ... [Read More]
Wolters Kluwer: eContracting adoption has grown 61% in 4 years
Auto Fin Journal Staff
A growth rate of 61% during a four-year stretch might be a trajectory anyone associated with auto financing would appreciate. Well, that rate is one of the highlights of the Q3 Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index from Wolters Kluwer Compliance ... [Read More]
8 more credit unions join GrooveCar Direct network
Auto Fin Journal Staff
GrooveCar Direct recently expanded its network of credit unions that are a part of its car-shopping program. The eight newest credit unions to partner with GrooveCar Direct include: —ACE Federal Credit Union, based in Mays Landing, N.J., with $62.5 million ... [Read More]
Porsche Financial Services makes three leadership appointments
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Last week, Porsche Financial Services announced three appointments to its executive leadership team through changes that took effect Oct. 1. Among the executive adjustments were: —Jonathan Lippert as vice president of operations —Joe Pitstick as general counsel, corporate secretary, and ... [Read More]
With subscription reservations doubling, Autonomy rolls out OEM partnership program to push used-car leasing
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Autonomy is taking its stab at cracking the decade-long conundrum of generating notable momentum for used-car leasing. As the company highlighted that it more than doubled its subscription reservations in third quarter versus the previous quarter, Autonomy also announced on ... [Read More]
Arvest Bank sees early successes with FICO Auto Score 10
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Arvest Bank — a regional, full-service lender with more than 200 locations throughout Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri — recently upgraded to FICO Auto Score 10 in a move to give the institution a more precise view of borrower risk ... [Read More]
COMMENTARY: The secret to accelerating funding in indirect auto lending
Elsbeth Martinez, Continuous
In the early 2000s, I sat at a dealership finance desk with a calculator, a stack of pay stubs, and a phone that wouldn’t stop ringing. I gathered stips by hand, calculated income line by line, and verified insurance, hoping ... [Read More]
Ignited Services partners with FlexPath DXP to unveil PaymentIQ, connecting dealers & credit-qualified buyers
Auto Fin Journal Staff
FlexPath DXP and Ignited Services finalized a strategic partnership last week to introduce PaymentIQ, an Ignited-branded consumer qualification and payment-shopping solution powered by FlexPath DXP. The partnership connects Ignited’s digital marketing capabilities with FlexPath’s VeriQual identity verification, credit prequalification and ... [Read More]
Mercedes-Benz USA approves NETSOL as a digital retail provider for its dealerships
Auto Fin Journal Staff
NETSOL Technologies recently highlighted Mercedes-Benz USA has approved NETSOL as a digital retail provider for Mercedes-Benz dealerships. This move opens the brand’s dealer network to Transcend Retail, NETSOL’s digital retail platform. The platform gives buyers a single, continuous purchase experience, ... [Read More]
Point Predictive deploys Predictor Agents using data from more than 650 lenders
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Point Predictive recently launched Predictor Agents, a deep intelligence fraud-prevention tool. The tool is designed to give lenders three new ways to manage fraud before funding and during servicing, covering the applications they receive and, for auto lenders, the dealers ... [Read More]
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