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Fueled by more than $100M in strategic financing, MCO names new president
MyComplianceOffice (MCO) appointed John Schobel as president on Tuesday, as the provider of compliance management software for the financial services industry looks to continue its growth trajectory following the securing of more than $100 million in financing. MCO now serves ... Read More
ITOCHU invests in MOTER again to leverage connected-car technology
If you didn’t believe the modern vehicles you’re financing, retailing or repairing are smartphones rolling on four wheels, perhaps this investment announcement will sway your opinion. MOTER Technologies, an artificial intelligence-powered insurtech company that delivers a connected vehicle data platform ... Read More
CarLocal.io enhances automotive AI answer engine
Your family group chat might now be filled with images created with artificial-intelligence tools that highlight what your aunt would look like with a different hairstyle or your uncle’s appearance if he dropped 50 pounds. Car shoppers are also using ... Read More
Jeremy Louisos of Preowned Auto Logistics Returns to Show
Our “PAL” Jeremy Louisos of Preowned Auto Logistics is back on the show for a wide-ranging conversation about his work on remarketing industry committees and conferences, top issues and hot topics in auto transport and much more. The interview is ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: Rethinking vehicle-protection plans for today’s wide inventory mix with GWC Warranty
Used-car inventory on dealer lots nowadays can range from older, higher-mileage vehicles to EVs, lifted trucks, and modified vehicles. The result is dealers are also having to change the vehicle-protection conversations with customers. In this special sponsored episode of the ... Listen Here
Recapping credit scores & other trends in auto finance with Shams Blanc of FICO
Shams Blanc, head of auto scores at FICO, made another appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast to elaborate more about the fall edition of the FICO Score Credit Insights report. Along with recapping what’s going on in auto finance, Blanc ... Listen Here

New York investment firm to secure majority stake in iLendingDIRECT

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Private investment firm J.C. Flowers & Co. announced on Tuesday that it has signed a definitive agreement to make a majority investment in iLendingDIRECT, a leading auto refinance marketing company. While terms of the transaction were not disclosed, J.C. Flowers ... [Read More]

Dealertrack enhances F&I solutions & DMS to meet digital demands

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
The two primary segments of Dealertrack’s tools for dealerships and finance companies — F&I solutions and DMS — are each being upgraded to adapt to consumers’ accelerated shift toward digital purchasing as well as achieve higher efficiency and productivity in ... [Read More]

Point Predictive adds M&T Bank to client portfolio using fraud-prevention tools

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Point Predictive recently landed another working relationship with a commercial bank that is looking to weed out fraud from its operations and portfolio. The Emerging 8 honoree that provides machine learning solutions to the lending industry, announced that M&T Bank ... [Read More]

Ally funding several initiatives in connection with Black History Month

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Ally Financial again is organizing support for a variety of initiatives now that Black History Month is underway, saying that access to careers with long-term growth potential is still not equal for everyone. To address this inequity, the company announced ... [Read More]

Hyundai Capital America now available for eContracting via RouteOne

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Hyundai, Kia and Genesis dealers that use RouteOne now have more functionality when working with their captive finance company. RouteOne recently announced that Hyundai Capital America is now an available eContracting finance source for utilizing the RouteOne platform. Through RouteOne ... [Read More]

AutoFi debuts Lending as a Service capabilities

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Just like a finance company might do with its portfolio, fintechs diversify, too. Look at what’s happening at AutoFi. Building on the strength of its digital retail platform, AutoFi has launched a new business division focused on the automotive industry’s largest ... [Read More]

Tresl & CreditSnap enhance relationship with investment & solution launch

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Tresl is making an investment in a fellow fintech stemming from a relationship that began nearly two years ago. And the firms are also rolling out a tool aimed to help banks and credit unions. On Tuesday, Tresl announced that ... [Read More]

Inovatec launches optical character recognition within JAVELIN

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Inovatec Systems Corp. rebranded its cloud-based software solutions back in October. This week, the fintech firm launched a major enhancement designed to save time and manual labor. Inovatec announced its JAVELIN platform now offers optical character recognition (OCR) for automatic ... [Read More]

After 3 major accomplishments in 2020, MotoRefi announces $10M in new funding

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Within a week, another Emerging 8 honoree received an injection of financial resources from the investment world. Soon after an announcement by Volta, fellow honoree MotoRefi — an auto refinancing startup on a mission to help people save on their ... [Read More]

COMMENTARY: How all components are in place for automotive digital retailing in 2021

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Rusty West, Market Scan
It is certainly an understatement to say the world has been turned on to online shopping and digital retailing. According to Adobe Analytics, during the 2020 Black Friday event, online sales increased 22% over the previous year. What’s more, the ... [Read More]

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