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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
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

Privacy4Cars unveils 2 new tools to help dealerships & finance companies

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Privacy4Cars is looking to make its solutions as robust as the complexities that come with keeping consumers’ information protected. Last week, the 2021 Emerging 8 honoree and tech company focused on creating privacy and compliance solutions for vehicles announced a ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Morning Consult study on fintech and consumer trust

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Charlotte Principato is a financial services analyst at research firm Morning Consult, which recently released a study that examined consumers’ trust in fintech, considering both start-ups and well-established players in financial services. In fact, a segment of the report said, ... [Read More]

FICO updates tool aimed at reducing scam transactions

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
FICO recently made moves to enhance its solution aimed at curtailing a growing fraud trend that’s caught the attention of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as well as authorities in the United Kingdom. FICO announced the latest release of the ... [Read More]

IAA & Dealertrack broaden strategic agreement into Ohio

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
IAA announced another enhanced strategic agreement with Dealertrack to provide electronic registration and titling services About a year ago, these companies said these services became available in North Carolina. This week, the availability arrived in Ohio to facilitate the digital ... [Read More]

Trusted Sale launches Trusted Car Payments, powered by OfferLogix

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
After shoppers find a vehicle with all of the features they want, oftentimes the next question they want to be answered is how much their dream car is going to cost each month. To provide those details and more, Trusted Sale ... [Read More]

Digital Matrix Systems launches next generation analytics & risk management tool

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Digital Matrix Systems (DMS) is looking to make its underwriting and risk mitigation products even more robust as finance companies continue to navigate through portfolio building. On Tuesday, DMS announced the next generation of the company’s DMS Summary Attributes with ... [Read More]

eLEND Solutions & Orbee partner to keep dealer website shoppers moving down the sales funnel

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
A new partnership involving eLEND Solutions and Orbee is designed to keep shoppers already engaged with a dealership website moving down the purchase funnel. The fintech companies highlighted the integration of Orbee’s platform — which leverages data to provide in-depth, ... [Read More]

TransUnion: Fraud attempts up more than 100%

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Fraudsters seem to be following the old cliché of “follow the money.” As more consumers go online for banking and other financial transactions, new research from TransUnion found that fraudsters are ramping up their efforts in the financial services industry. ... [Read More]

MotoRefi lands $45M Series B funding led by Goldman Sachs

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Previous Emerging 8 honoree MotoRefi continues to collect investor funding to accelerate growth and achieve other major milestones. The auto fintech startup recently announced a $45 million Series B funding round led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Growth Equity team. ... [Read More]

Autotrader’s My Wallet can generate specific financing details during online shopping journey

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Autotrader acknowledged buyers are facing tough times right now, with a difficult market plagued by low supply from vehicle inventory shortages and the resulting high demand driving prices upward. “A worldwide microchip shortage has severely limited new-car production and dealers ... [Read More]

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