PODCAST: Talking titles with Dave Spencer of Vitu
Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, 11:38 AM
Informed.IQ secures $63M in funding from Invictus Growth Partners with eyes on expansion in auto & other markets
Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, 12:21 PM
CHAMP Titles lands $55M in largest funding round to date
Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, 12:22 PM
Auto-finance leaders on growth, risk & recovery
It’s a question any business must answer, but it’s especially important in auto finance. How do you balance growth and risk? A trio of industry executives — Mike Goins of TD Bank, Jeff Marsh of Millennium Capital and Recovery and ... Listen Here
Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, 03:07 PM
Expectations for repossessions in the US & Canada with Purr’s Chris Schellenberger
Purr founder and CEO Chris Schellenberger opened Used Car Week 2025 on the Live Stage presented by SYCN Auto Logistics. Schellenberger, whose unique business model offers a retail consignment platform for repossessed vehicles, discussed what the repo industry could be ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, 07:48 PM
Robert Guerrero of ClaimBuyout on inventory opportunities for dealers via repairable vehicles
Robert Guerrero spent nearly 14 years as an executive with Insurance Auto Auctions, so he understands the complexities of damaged vehicles, distraught owners, auto insurers and repair shops. Now as the president and co-founder of ClaimBuyout, Guerrero explained how damaged ... Listen Here
Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, 07:19 PM
Lease End reaches profitability, growing annual revenue by 60% in 2025
Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, 12:05 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Lease End, a platform designed for simplifying the vehicle lease buyout process, on Tuesday announced it reached profitability via record-breaking results for 2025, which included revenue growing by 60% year-over-year and 1,559% since 2021. The company said it helped more ... [Read More]
Informativ names Brignola as chief financial officer
Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, 12:03 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Informativ, a provider of fraud prevention, compliance, credit, and payments technology for the automotive and consumer finance industries, on Tuesday announced that Dominic (Nick) Brignola has joined the company as chief financial officer. Most recently, Brignola was chief financial officer ... [Read More]
DriveCentric & NCC roll out enhanced integration to simplify dealership credit process
Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, 12:01 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
DriveCentric, a CRM provider for automotive dealerships, on Tuesday announced an enhanced integration with National Credit Center (NCC), an automotive credit and compliance platform. The expanded integration embeds key capabilities from NCC’s Complete Credit platform inside DriveCentric, giving dealerships complete ... [Read More]
Dealer Pay & CrossCheck partner so stores can handle evolving consumer payment preferences
Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, 11:53 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
As a dealer, you want to get paid accurately and completely, correct? Well, Dealer Pay and CrossCheck are now working together to make sure that happens through a strategic partnership designed to improve the way automotive retail businesses handle financial ... [Read More]
PODCAST: The hidden costs of getting paid with Dealer Pay CEO Julie Douglas
Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, 11:48 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
As payment technologies evolve, so do the risks. Dealers are increasingly targeted by sophisticated fraud schemes, and compliance requirements are tightening. Dealer Pay CEO Julie Douglas recapped the current environment on the Live Stage presented by SYCN Auto Logistics during ... [Read More]
Algebrik AI begins 2026 with new credit union client
Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, 11:48 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Algebrik AI started 2026 by landing another client, announcing on Monday that Advantage Plus Federal Credit Union, a community financial institution serving southeast Idaho and western Wyoming, has selected key modules of Algebrik ONE to modernize its lending operations. Founded ... [Read More]
J.D. Power: Captives trail banks when delivering exceptional digital experience
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 11:56 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Automakers are certainly integrating sophisticated performance and safety technologies into vehicles. But the technology fueling their captive finance companies isn’t quite to that level, according to the J.D. Power 2025 U.S. Automotive Finance Digital Experience Study. Researchers found that automotive ... [Read More]
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