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This Month's Focus
Turbocharged Finance
Mercedes-Benz USA approves NETSOL as a digital retail provider for its dealerships
Point Predictive deploys Predictor Agents using data from more than 650 lenders
Intellicheck & Agility Credit partner for multi-layered fraud prevention at dealerships
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
Used Car Week Hall of Fame: Grace Huang of Cox Automotive
We begin our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees with Grace Huang, president of Cox Automotive Inventory Solutions, who joins Cherokee Media Group’s Joe Overby for a conversation about her career journey, the value of ... Listen Here
Ben Sporn of VIP Automotive Group Takes DIY Approach to AI
Ben Sporn is the chief marketing officer of VIP Automotive Group on Long Island, N.Y. , where he runs operations and artificial intelligence projects at his family’s 10-store dealer group. He also has a tech background, having worked for Google ... Listen Here
Alfa rolls out 3rd whitepaper to complete series on AI & ML
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Alfa, provider of the asset finance software platform Alfa Systems, recently published the third and final paper in its thought leadership series, “AI in Equipment and Auto Finance.” The whitepaper titled, “Part 3: Moving Forward with Machine Learning” was produced ... [Read More]
Senators aim to create federal equivalent of CFPB to regulate consumer data
Auto Fin Journal Staff
A measure was recently introduced in the U.S. Senate that aims to create another agency on par with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau but for regulatory oversight of data. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand recently announced her renewed legislation — the Data ... [Read More]
J.D. Power creates dealership technologies division by acquiring Darwin Automotive
Auto Fin Journal Staff
One of this year’s Emerging 8 honorees now has new ownership. On Wednesday, J.D. Power announced it has acquired Superior Integrated Solutions/Darwin Automotive, a leading provider of F&I software used by dealerships. The company highlighted in a news release that ... [Read More]
3 new features for vehicle shoppers using Driveway
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Lithia Motors isn’t just buying franchised dealerships. The company also is investing in Driveway. On Tuesday, executives announced three new features powered by artificial intelligence now are live on driveway.com. Driveway’s upgraded shopping experience can enable customers to shop and ... [Read More]
Tekion gains integration with RouteOne
Auto Remarketing Staff
Tekion recently finalized an integration with Dealertrack F&I. Now the automotive retail cloud platform has an integration with RouteOne, too. The service providers recently announced the integration of their automotive retailing platforms to better serve dealers and improve the digital ... [Read More]
McGlinchey welcomes former captive corporate counsel to national compliance team
Auto Fin Journal Staff
McGlinchey Stafford recently added an experienced legal expert whose experience includes time with a luxury brand’s captive finance company. The firm recently welcomed Jason Bichsel to its national consumer financial services compliance practice group as a member (partner) associated with ... [Read More]
3 suggestions for handling cybercrime from 3 New York Fed economists
Auto Remarketing Staff
Using what a trio of economists from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York considered to be the most damaging cyberattack in history, they recently updated an in-depth examination of cybercrime while offering three suggestions that could benefit finance companies ... [Read More]
Mercedes-Benz shares initial details of data breach impacting about 1,000 customers
Auto Fin Journal Staff
A potential pitfall of digital retailing recently impacted a luxury automaker. And it might have stemmed from activity long before the pandemic arrived and pushed automakers and dealerships deep into the digital domain. According to a news release, a vendor ... [Read More]
Tekion & Dealertrack F&I integrate to streamline digital contracting
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Service providers are continuing to respond to the challenge of meeting dealership demand to improve digital retailing capabilities their customers want. On Tuesday, Dealertrack F&I and Tekion today announced the launch of a new digital contracting integration between the two ... [Read More]
CULA expands leasing footprint in fertile Northeast
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Experian reported that 46.29% of all new vehicles financed during the first quarter were attached to a lease. And a new partnership could help to raise that level in future quarters. Credit Union Leasing of America (CULA) further expanded its ... [Read More]
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