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
This Month's Focus
Turbocharged Finance
Arvest Bank sees early successes with FICO Auto Score 10
COMMENTARY: The secret to accelerating funding in indirect auto lending
Mercedes-Benz USA approves NETSOL as a digital retail provider for its dealerships
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
Experian enters income & employment verification spaces with new solutions
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Complications created by the pandemic made the job of underwriting departments even more challenging since that segment of finance companies is tasked with confirming a myriad of details to ensure quality paper flows into portfolios. To support the collective recovery ... [Read More]
Seventh Knight rolls out ransomware prevention tool powered by IBM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Perhaps what happened to the Colonial Pipeline has you thinking about if your finance company suddenly suffered a ransomware attack and how it might cripple your originations and collections. To help companies of all kinds, Seventh Knight recently developed an embedded ... [Read More]
ACH Network volume spikes 11.2% during record-setting Q1
Auto Fin Journal Staff
It delights auto-finance companies when their customers set up an ACH path for monthly payments. And providers likely are excited about that stream potentially growing since Nacha, which governs the ACH Network, saw total volume soar during the first quarter ... [Read More]
Point Predictive: Auto-finance fraud tops $7B in 2020
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Point Predictive pinpointed a number in connection with one of the important topics being discussed this week during the Auto Intel Summit. According to the company’s Auto Fraud Report, Point Predictive said fraud reaching $7.3 billion of originations last year, ... [Read More]
DRIVRZ Financial & Roadster align to offer digital used-vehicle leasing experience
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Easterns Automotive operates eight locations in Maryland and Virginia near Baltimore and Washington, D.C., and the group is one of the first dealerships to enjoy success stemming from the used-vehicle leasing tool put in motion by DRIVRZ Financial and Roadster. ... [Read More]
RouteOne promotes 2 of its longest-tenured executives
Auto Fin Journal Staff
This week, RouteOne announced two executive promotions; moves that are effective immediately. The company founded nearly two decades ago to improve the F&I process for dealers and their customers said Jeff Belanger now is RouteOne’s chief revenue officer and Amanda ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Leaders on formation & initial success of AFSA’s Diversity and Inclusion Working Group
Auto Fin Journal Staff
In April, the American Financial Services Association announced the official formation of its Diversity and Inclusion Working Group to enhance its efforts to foster a culture of diversity and inclusion within the financial services industry. Prabir Chakrabarty, vice president ... [Read More]
NXCR welcomes new chief technology officer
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Last week, NXCR formed a strategic alliance J.D. Power. On Tuesday, the fintech and insurtech vehicle subscription platform named a new chief technology officer to leverage that relationship, as well as to be responsible for all platform technology and innovation, ... [Read More]
Budco Financial integrates into RouteOne to boost dealership sales of VSCs
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Budco Financial last week announced the integration of its 0% payment plan services into RouteOne’s menu powered by MaximTrak. Budco Financial highlighted that its addition to RouteOne’s F&I platform can provide dealerships the ability to seamlessly present, rate and remit ... [Read More]
Wells Fargo names new head of commercial auto group
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Last week, Wells Fargo named a new head of its commercial auto group, shifting Cynthia Caine, a 30-year financial services veteran who most recently led the diversified industries group within distribution finance, into the position. In her new role, Wells ... [Read More]
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