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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
Toyota Insurance Management Solutions opens national headquarters
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Toyota doesn’t want to just place vehicle buyers into Camrys and RAV4s at its franchised dealerships. The automaker also is looking help their customers secure the necessary insurance for those vehicles right there at the Toyota store, too. And the ... [Read More]
NXCR, J.D. Power align to blend data solutions & vehicle valuations into subscription platform
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Say this for Scott Painter: the entrepreneur can build relationships. After assembling an association with Westlake Financial in December involving a $400 million credit facility, the latest company Painter founded NXCR — a fintech and insurtech vehicle subscription platform — ... [Read More]
AutoFi adds Wise & Oehlers to executive team
Auto Fin Journal Staff
On the same day that this year’s listing of Emerging 8 honorees was announced, a previous recipient of the accolade reinforced its executive team. Digital retailing and financing service provider AutoFi announced the addition of two key hires on Monday ... [Read More]
TransUnion invests in Spring Labs to bolster information security and consumer privacy
Auto Fin Journal Staff
TransUnion is trying to show the industry just how focused on information security and consumer privacy the company really is. The company said its latest example of commitment to build and invest in technology to help businesses and consumers transact ... [Read More]
Cherokee Media Group reveals 2021 Emerging 8 honorees
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Another eight companies are being honored, as Cherokee Media Group on Monday released the third collection of honorees in the Emerging 8, an award program presented by Westlake Portfolio Management and designed to honor companies that aim to improve a ... [Read More]
PODCAST: RouteOne on possible permanent changes to financing triggered by pandemic
Auto Fin Journal Staff
RouteOne senior vice president of business development Jeff Belanger stopped by for a conversation, reflecting on how technology helped the industry navigate the pandemic. And in this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Belanger also discussed how the pandemic potentially ... [Read More]
7 credit unions swept up in wide-ranging auto-finance fraud conspiracy
Auto Fin Journal Staff
A Massachusetts man is scheduled to be sentenced on June 1 after being indicted by a federal grand jury in Providence, R.I., last summer for alleged participation in a wide-ranging conspiracy to defraud seven credit unions through a scheme involving ... [Read More]
Equifax looking to cultivate fintech development with InnovationX
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Equifax is getting more into what you might describe as fintech farming, so to speak. On Tuesday Equifax introduced InnovationX that the company said is a new immersive experience to help fintechs, established financial institutions and other organizations accelerate innovation ... [Read More]
3 partners set to use MotoRefi’s API platform
Auto Fin Journal Staff
MotoRefi plans to leverage a trio of partners to broaden the use of its application programming interface (API) ecosystem that’s just been launched that the company says is key for enabling growth and bringing the Emerging 8 honoree’s refinancing technology ... [Read More]
White Clarke Group rolls out customer direct portal
Auto Fin Journal Staff
White Clarke Group isn’t sitting idle even as it’s being acquired for the second time in five years. As part of the latest CALMS loan origination software release, White Clarke Group has launched the CALMS Customer Direct module, developed to ... [Read More]
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