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Deeper dive into rising LTVs with TransUnion’s Satyan Merchant
One of the notable findings from TransUnion’s Q2 2026 Credit Industry Insights Report (CIIR) was how much loan-to-value ratios have changed in the past five years. Satyan Merchant, one of this year’s Automotive Intelligence Award recipients and senior vice president ... Listen Here
PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor on intersection of payments & technology
PayNearMe recently shared new search, explaining that hidden costs sustained by auto lenders can show up as failed payments, borrower support calls, late payments, collections follow-up, reconciliation work and manual recovery effort. PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor elaborated about ... Listen Here
Matt Babcock of Wolters Kluwer on how digital transformation continues to gain steam in auto financing
Matt Babcock, who heads up digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, returned for another visit on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Wolter Kluwer recently released its latest quarterly Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index. Babcock recapped the sustained upward trajectory the ... Listen Here

FICO receives honor for decisioning solution, update on DOJ investigation

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
FICO learned of two upbeat developments this week. First, FICO was named a leader by Forrester Research because the firm “leaves no decisioning stone unturned.” Then, FICO said it received official notification from the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, ... [Read More]

Volta names news chief revenue officer

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Volta, one of this year’s Emerging 8 honorees, welcomed a new chief revenue officer to its executive leadership team on Monday. Joining the company focused on commerce-centric electric vehicle charging networks is Brandt Hastings, who brings nearly two decades of ... [Read More]

Carsfast taps former Hertz regional manager as GM

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Back in October, tech startup Carsfast formed its advisory board that includes Women in Auto Finance honoree Marguerite Watanabe, who is the president of Connections Insights, as well as Hudson Cook partner Michael Benoit. On Monday, the dealership driven by ... [Read More]

New CEOs at DriveTime and Bridgecrest effective at year-end

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
One of this year’s Women in Auto Finance honorees is about to become a chief executive officer. Last week, DriveTime Automotive Group and Bridgecrest Acceptance Corp. announced a succession plan that involves honoree Mary Leigh Phillips, current chief financial officer ... [Read More]

Swapalease looks to collaborate with dealers, OEMs & contract holders through new program

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
If 2020 has proven anything, it’s that drastic changes can arrive that no one anticipated. With that thought in mind, Swapalease.com wants to bring automakers and dealerships together with vehicle-lease holders who want out of their contract or to switch ... [Read More]

CULA posts record month for vehicle leasing at credit unions

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Credit Union Leasing of America (CULA) recently recorded its best month ever, generating the highest single month of originations in its more than 30-year history. The company that processes indirect vehicle leasing for credit unions booked more than $150 million ... [Read More]

Lightico offers contract buyout as part of eSign solution promotion

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Earlier this month, Capital One and Oxx were among the investors to inject $13 million in funding into Lightico. Now the provider of the platform built so customers can interact digitally with auto-finance companies and other financial services firms is ... [Read More]

S&P Global and IHS Markit announce merger

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
S&P Global and IHS Markit highlighted nine reasons why the definitive merger agreement they announced on Monday is going to be beneficial for stockholders and the clients that use their automotive and finance data. According to a news release, S&P ... [Read More]

J.D. Power: Digital financing ending ‘old way of doing things’

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
When it comes to digital financing through dealerships and finance companies, the genie is out of the bottle. The toothpaste is out of the tube. Pick whatever analogy you want to use, as J.D. Power put it: customers “won’t go ... [Read More]

CU Direct and DealerSocket complete new integration

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
CU Direct recently integrated with DealerSocket’s CRM in an effort to boost performance for both credit unions and dealerships. As a result of the collaboration, CU Direct has expanded its CUDL auto financing platform’s DMS/CRM integration solution to include DealerSocket. ... [Read More]

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