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What might be next for Amazon Autos
Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, 03:52 PM
Cherokee Media Group’s Bill Zadeits hosted a fireside chat with Fan Jin, global leader of Amazon Autos, during Used Car Week 2025. Their wide-ranging conversation about the past, present and future of the online platform and its involvement with automakers ... Listen Here
Auto-finance leaders on growth, risk & recovery
Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, 03:07 PM
It’s a question any business must answer, but it’s especially important in auto finance. How do you balance growth and risk? A trio of industry executives — Mike Goins of TD Bank, Jeff Marsh of Millennium Capital and Recovery and ... Listen Here
Expectations for repossessions in the US & Canada with Purr’s Chris Schellenberger
Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, 07:48 PM
Purr founder and CEO Chris Schellenberger opened Used Car Week 2025 on the Live Stage presented by SYCN Auto Logistics. Schellenberger, whose unique business model offers a retail consignment platform for repossessed vehicles, discussed what the repo industry could be ... Listen Here

Toyota Financial Services issues fifth Green Bond

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Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, 07:36 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Green certainly can have multiple meanings at Toyota Financial Services (TFS). The captive recently issued its latest unsecured Green Bond, reinforcing the finance company’s commitment to the sale of environmentally friendly vehicles. Officials highlighted proceeds from the $750 million bond ... [Read More]

CalAmp’s LoJack highlights additional subscription services for dealers and drivers

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Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, 07:30 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
More stolen vehicle recovery (SVR) and innovative automotive services that dealers can offer are arriving nationwide this spring. LoJack, part of the fintech portfolio at CalAmp, recently announced the launch of the LoJack Connect family of subscription services. The company ... [Read More]

MotoRefi generates $8.6M Series A Funding from more than 5 sources

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Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, 07:28 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
MotoRefi, which strives to save vehicle owners money with a refinanced installment contract, now has quite a bit of funding to expand its business. Last week, the fintech company that says it can save contract holders an average of $100 ... [Read More]

AutoFi receives investment from BMW i Ventures

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Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, 07:24 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Another one of the inaugural Emerging 8 honorees is continuing to gain industry traction. Last week, BMW i Ventures announced an investment in AutoFi, a technology company honored during last year’s Automotive Intelligence Summit. The exact funding figure wasn’t revealed ... [Read More]

Reynolds acquires GoMoto & launches new CRM tool

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Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, 04:45 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Along with introducing a new customer relationship management system (CRM) for dealers, Reynolds and Reynolds recently announced the acquisition of GoMoto, a provider in kiosk technology for the service lane that can offer streamlined, self-led customer check-in and check-out. Robert ... [Read More]

Equifax unveils 3 more solutions within automotive portfolio

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Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, 04:43 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
The recent events hosted by the American Financial Services Association and the National Automobile Dealers Association marked Equifax unveiling a trio of new solutions aimed at help dealerships retail more vehicles and finance companies build their portfolios. The series of ... [Read More]

DealerSocket CRM now integrated with captives for Audi & VW

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Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, 04:33 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
DealerSocket, Audi and Volkswagen are collaborating to make deliveries more efficient for their chain of franchised dealerships. On Monday, DealerSocket announced that VW Credit selected its customer relationship management (CRM) suite to help drive connections between vehicle buyers and its ... [Read More]

Applications being taken for 2020 FIS Fintech Accelerator

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Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, 05:08 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
About a month still remains for startups to submit their applications to be a part of the 2020 FIS Fintech Accelerator, which is conducted in collaboration with the state of Arkansas and Little Rock-based The Venture Center. Now in its ... [Read More]

FICO preps for summertime release of revamped score suite

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Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, 05:06 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
FICO will be trying to heat up your underwriting capabilities and portfolio performance in the coming months. This summer, finance companies can take advantage of the new capabilities offered by FICO that will come through its flagship FICO Score and ... [Read More]

Consumers, dealers and OEMs seek clarity on protection, access to driver data

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Monday, Feb. 3, 2020, 05:28 PM
Jack Ferry, Correspondent
Today’s connected vehicles are generating infinitely more real-time data than drivers, manufacturers or dealers could have imagined five to 10 years ago. This information monitors the performance of the vehicle for maintenance, dependability and research purposes, as well as providing ... [Read More]
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