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SPONSORED EPISODE: Five questions to ask before choosing a transportation partner
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, 09:15 PM
This sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast features two experts from Central Dispatch who offer valuable guidance for choosing a transportation partner. Shanna Wise, who oversees business strategy execution, and Blake Bentley, who leads enterprise client account success, take ... Listen Here
Inside Auto Auction M&A with Mach10 CEO George Pero
Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, 02:01 PM
The auto auction industry has seen a spike in M&A over the last three years, similar to the consolidation in auto retail that has been going on much longer. And our guest today has experience with both. George Pero is ... Listen Here
Insight into Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index
Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, 04:17 PM
While the year-over-year figure reflects broader market volatility, Matthew Babcock, who oversees digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, explained the strong quarter-over-quarter increase of the Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index signals market re-engagement. Babcock elaborated about ... Listen Here

5 capabilities of Dealertrack’s revamped remote financing & contract solution

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Thursday, Apr. 16, 2020, 03:50 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Driveways and parking lots often are the location for auto financing documents to be completed nowadays, not necessarily an F&I office at the dealership. To help finance companies and dealers transact with less face-to-face interaction and fewer employees on site ... [Read More]

COMMENTARY: Will new finance models thrive in a post-COVID-19 world?

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Wednesday, Apr. 15, 2020, 04:04 PM
Brendan Gleeson, White Clarke Group
The COVID-19 pandemic has halted two decades of global growth and raised several questions about how economies will function in the future. Experts are assessing whether the international upheaval caused by the pandemic will have a long-lasting impact on trade ... [Read More]

REPAY, TurnKey Lender integrate to serve US and Canadian clients

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Monday, Apr. 13, 2020, 02:13 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
With more business happening in the “cloud” nowadays, Repay Holdings Corp. and TurnKey Lender recently finalized a partnership as a result. REPAY, a provider of vertically-integrated payment solutions, announced its partnership with TurnKey Lender, a cloud-based lending software for evaluating ... [Read More]

Digital Motors waiving fees to turn dealer websites into online stores

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Monday, Apr. 13, 2020, 02:11 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Fueled in part by the financial resources the fintech firm landed back in February, Digital Motors is now offering waived fees for its product that can turn any dealership website into an online store, empowering salespeople to sell remotely, while ... [Read More]

Crisis doesn’t slow SoFi in bid to acquire Galileo Financial Technologies

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Wednesday, Apr. 8, 2020, 03:08 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
The coronavirus pandemic might be paralyzing many segments of the economy, but a fintech industry acquisition still surfaced this week worth more than $1 billion. On Tuesday, online personal finance company SoFi announced it has signed a definitive agreement to ... [Read More]

Santander Consumer USA, Vroom form multi-year strategic financing relationship

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Wednesday, Apr. 8, 2020, 03:00 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
About a week after reinforcing its floor-plan capabilities, Vroom also bolstered its ability to originate financing for its online retailing operation. On Wednesday, Vroom announced a multi-year strategic preferred financing relationship with Santander Consumer USA. The company highlighted the partnership ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Swapalease.com exec retains ‘glass half-full’ view during COVID-19

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Monday, Apr. 6, 2020, 01:40 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Scot Hall, executive vice president of Swapalease.com and Wantalease.com, acknowledged he’s always been a “glass half-full” person. And the coronavirus pandemic hasn’t changed his mindset. Hall joined senior editor Nick Zulovich for another episode of the podcast to discuss how ... [Read More]

Carvana celebrates $600M from investors, schedules online shareholder meeting

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Friday, Apr. 3, 2020, 04:10 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Along with announcing its annual meeting of stockholders will be held in a virtual format only, Carvana this week welcomed the influx of funding it gathered from investors. Through its previously announced initiative, Carvana said it has raised $600 million ... [Read More]

Lightico survey gauges how customers stand with their auto-finance commitments and preferences

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Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2020, 02:04 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Lightico conducted a customer survey this past weekend and found an overwhelming majority of its auto-finance users — 90.1%, to be exact — currently prefer digital or remote interaction with their provider stemming from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, Lightico also ... [Read More]

Carvana looks to generate $600M in latest stock offering

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Monday, Mar. 30, 2020, 05:29 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Just about a week after landing a funding commitment of up to $2.0 billion from Ally Financial, Carvana is turning back to the investment community to generate more financial resources. On Monday morning, Carvana announced the pricing of a registered ... [Read More]
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