PODCAST: Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Satyan Merchant of TransUnion
Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, 03:19 PM
Records set in Edmunds Q1 data reinforce thought of ‘cliff’ connected to 84-month contracts
Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, 12:30 PM
Fruit of Agora-Figure partnership results in auto loans available as tokenized real-world assets
Monday, Mar. 30, 2026, 12:25 PM
Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Satyan Merchant of TransUnion
Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners wrap up with Satyan Merchant, who is senior vice president, automotive and mortgage business leader at TransUnion. Merchant recollected how his interest in data started when studying statistics on the back ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, 07:01 PM
Top Reasons Dealers can benefit by attending the Used Car Summit
On this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits has a conversation with Vanessa Rocha, VP, All-American Bonds and Insurance and a Board member with the Florida Independent Auto Dealers Association. Vanessa speaks to some of the big issues ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, 03:27 PM
Industry Elite: Tony Rimas of XPEL
Concluding our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Tony Rimas, who is vice president of global revenue at XPEL Inc. Rimas — an avid biker who swam and ran track & field and cross country ... Listen Here
Tuesday, Mar. 31, 2026, 07:40 PM
Former Toyota EVP joins board of Cyber Security Cloud
Monday, Jun. 29, 2020, 03:40 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
A former executive vice president of Toyota recently was invited to join the board of Cyber Security Cloud (CSC), which provides web application security services worldwide using leading cyber threat intelligence and artificial intelligence. CSC highlighted that it brought Yoshio ... [Read More]
Upstart broadens AI-driven business into auto financing
Wednesday, Jun. 24, 2020, 04:22 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Artificial intelligence continues to work its way into auto financing. On Wednesday, Upstart, a leading AI lending platform, announced support for auto financing as part of its consumer lending platform. With Upstart’s new service, the firm highlighted banks can offer refinance ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Experian recaps new ways fraud is surfacing amid COVID-19
Wednesday, Jun. 24, 2020, 04:19 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Fraud is continuing to surface in many ways, especially nowadays since so much activity is happening online because of the coronavirus pandemic. Chris Ryan, senior fraud solutions business consultant at Experian, described the most noteworthy incident he’s seen during the ... [Read More]
Study pinpoints 179% ROI in cybersecurity during COVID-19
Monday, Jun. 22, 2020, 03:18 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
ESI ThoughtLab looked to put some tangible figures on what investing in cybersecurity can do, especially during the coronavirus pandemic. The firm recently released a comprehensive study that reveals increased investment in cybersecurity can generate a significant return on investment of ... [Read More]
Carleton celebrating 50 years of interest calculations, compliance
Monday, Jun. 22, 2020, 03:11 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Carleton is in celebration mode. In 2020, the company is marking its golden anniversary as a provider of compliant consumer lending origination computations and complimentary document generation solutions. Throughout the last half-century, Carleton’s products have enabled finance companies and lenders ... [Read More]
The Conference Board identifies key innovation cog during COVID-19
Tuesday, Jun. 16, 2020, 03:12 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
The Conference Board — a member-driven think tank founded in 1916 — acknowledged that rapid changes in customers’ attitudes and expectations are challenging marketers like never before because of the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, it also presents major ... [Read More]
BiigVault designed to help dealerships offer contactless test drives, more
Monday, Jun. 15, 2020, 03:29 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Oftentimes when realtors show a property, they know a combination to a lockbox that contains a key to enter the dwelling or office to show their clients the premise. Biig has developed technology for a similar scenario. But in this ... [Read More]
CDK Global pegs in-house exec to fill newly created COO post
Monday, Jun. 15, 2020, 03:27 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
On Monday, CDK Global announced its intention to create a chief operating officer role to better align functions and improve the overall effectiveness of the company’s North American business. The company then said executive vice president and chief financial officer Joe ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Carleton on importance of offering specific vehicle price and financing details
Wednesday, Jun. 10, 2020, 04:08 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Carleton president and chief operating officer Matt Ruszkowski still often sees it on dealership websites nowadays. The vehicle listing tells potential buyers to “call for price.” During this podcast, Ruszkowski spoke about how crucial it is for dealers to offer ... [Read More]
Powerband lands another $2.7M from D&P Holdings to rev up vehicle leasing platform
Tuesday, Jun. 9, 2020, 02:53 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
PowerBand Solutions continued its recent stretch of development activity on Monday by announcing it’s accepting an additional $2.7 million investment from Texas-based D&P Holdings as it prepares vehicle lease originations in the United States to begin this month. PowerBand chief ... [Read More]
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