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DigniFi names chief product officer
DigniFi announced the appointment of Jefim Piekarz as chief product officer on Tuesday. The fintech company specializing in access to automobile, powersports and RV repair financing said Piekarz will lead DigniFi’s product and engineering teams, advancing product strategy, technology development, ... Read More
Maritczak brings experience from EY & Ally to PCMI
PCMI continued to revamp its executive team on Tuesday. The provider of lender compliance technology and F&I administration software added Alex Maritczak as senior director of business development, bringing more than 30 years of automotive finance and financial services experience ... Read More
Latest two moves by US Bank have dealers & OEMs in mind
U.S. Bank made a pair of moves last week geared to boost its position in automotive with dealerships and OEMs. First, U.S. Bank said it is launching redesigned BMW, MINI and BMW Motorrad Mastercard credit card products that offer cardholders ... Read More
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

Latest Lightico survey highlights rising confidence in maintaining payments

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
While Lightico’s latest consumer survey illustrated how leery potential buyers remain about going to a vehicle location to complete financing paperwork and take delivery, findings gathered by the facilitator of next-generation digital customer interactions showed rising confidence in being able ... [Read More]

FTC seeking array of info about ‘dark patterns’

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
“Dark patterns” evidently are not just what might appear below your eyes after a long day followed by a restless night. The Federal Trade Commission is seeking comment on topics related to the use of digital “dark patterns,” a range ... [Read More]

DigniFi, AutoNation & TR Wholesale Solutions roll out tire financing product

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
DigniFi, AutoNation and TR Wholesale Solutions are all working together to help customers finance tires that offer superior safety and performance. AutoNation uses TR Wholesale Solutions’ digital tire shopping platform to help its service advisors and customers shop, compare and ... [Read More]

Assurant brings electric & hybrid vehicle specific protection product to North America

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Owners of hybrids and electric vehicles now can have more confidence through a new protection program rolled out by Assurant. This week, Assurant announced the continued global rollout of an EV and hybrid vehicle-specific protection product to North America to ... [Read More]

Enterprise Car Sales & credit unions unite for more than $12B in originations

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
The robust fruit of Enterprise Car Sales working with credit unions for four decades recently reached a major milestone The division of Enterprise Rent-A-Car announced that week that it has generated more than $12 billion in total origination volume for ... [Read More]

Nowlake Technology collaborates with Informed.IQ for originations solution

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Born from the close relationship involving Westlake Technology Holdings and Nowcom, Nowlake Technology is continuing to diversify its tech toolbox. This week, Nowlake and Informed.IQ announced the launch of an originations automation solution that can streamline the collection, analysis and ... [Read More]

IDS set to acquire White Clarke Group, forming global fintech firm

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
White Clarke Group is set to have its second owner in five years. According to a news release distributed on Wednesday, IDS, a provider in enterprise mission-critical solutions for secured finance, has agreed to acquire White Clarke Group, a provider ... [Read More]

Market Scan promotes company veteran to be head of data partnerships

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Market Scan Information Systems promoted one of its executives on Friday, as the enterprise solutions and data provider continues to expand its offerings to OEMs, finance companies and credit unions. Promoted to be head of data partnerships is Jose Galvan, ... [Read More]

J.D. Power: Communication remains key to retaining lessees

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Now with the pandemic showing a few signs of abating, perhaps normal activities involving the leasing of vehicles can resume, if they haven’t already in some locations and dealerships. As new-vehicle lease opportunities compete against aggressive financing incentives for new-model ... [Read More]

With dealers at center, Capital One survey reinforces value of in-person actions with digital tools

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Capital One discovered that perhaps not everything about the financing and retailing of vehicles changed because of the pandemic. While buyers are increasingly using digital tools to shop for a vehicle, Capital One compiled data that shows U.S. consumers say ... [Read More]

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