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
Wolters Kluwer on significance of digital securitizations by credit unions
Matthew Babcock, who oversees digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, returned as a guest on the Auto Remarketing Podcast, recapping the recent milestone associated with credit unions and securitizations. Babcock also touched on the proliferation of AI agents and ... Listen Here
Next Ron Smith Lifetime Achievement Award recipient: Kyle Birch of GM Financial
For the first time since 2022, Auto Remarketing and Cherokee Media Group are giving their Ron Smith Lifetime Achievement Award; an honor reserved especially for executives who have made one of the most significant impacts on the used-car industry. During ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Fame honoree Jared Kalfus of Black Book
We finish our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees with a conversation featuring Black Book president Jared Kalfus. Kalfus describes what it takes to be successful in sales and why face-to-face conversations are still vitally ... Listen Here
PODCAST: Wolters Kluwer on significance of digital securitizations by credit unions
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Matthew Babcock, who oversees digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, returned as a guest on the Auto Remarketing Podcast, recapping the recent milestone associated with credit unions and securitizations. Babcock also touched on the proliferation of AI agents and ... [Read More]
Toyota Financial Services is now on TikTok
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Toyota Financial Services (TFS) is entering the online world of “Edutainment” in a move also designed to support the brand’s franchised dealerships. The captive said on Monday that it officially joined TikTok to deliver auto finance information through a unique ... [Read More]
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]
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