TD Auto Finance shines in JD Power Dealer Financing Satisfaction Study for seventh straight year
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Jolt Credit Union partners with Credit Union Leasing of America
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Additional insight into FTC’s move involving disparate impact from Hudson Cook
The Federal Trade Commission recently announced it will not pursue claims based on disparate-impact or “unfair discrimination” theories. In this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Hudson Cook partners Erica Kramer and Rob Tilley offered some historical perspectives and a ... Listen Here
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
DigniFi lands Volkswagen endorsement as a preferred vendor
Auto Fin Journal Staff
This summer, DigniFi gained nearly $300 million in resources to boost its vehicle-repair financing platform and landed a relationship Cox Automotive to launch FlexPay, an easy-to-use payment option offered directly through the Xtime platform. On Thursday, DigniFi’s momentum continued with ... [Read More]
Fair now offering 2- and 3-year leases on used cars
Joe Overby, Staff Writer
Fair has expanded its used-car leasing platform with longer-term options. The company said Thursday that in addition to its current month-to-month pre-owned lease option, it is now allowing consumers to get into 2- and 3-year used-car leases. Fair said the 2-year ... [Read More]
defi SOLUTIONS, Experian collaborate for more robust underwriting
Auto Fin Journal Staff
To borrow a term from one of its promotional campaigns, auto-finance underwriting is getting a boost via a new collaboration involving Experian and defi SOLUTIONS. The firms recently announced that defi SOLUTIONS has teamed with Experian to bring Experian’s Premier ... [Read More]
Alfa compiles second whitepaper highlighting AI capabilities
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Alfa acknowledged that some auto-finance companies still have questions about what artificial intelligence can do for their operation. To offer some potential answers, the provider of Alfa Systems, a technology platform for equipment and auto-finance companies, recently released its second ... [Read More]
COMMENTARY: Amber light for AI and how finance companies should proceed with caution
Enrico Dallavecchia and Niraj Juneja, Genpact
Artificial intelligence (AI). In recent years, it has been touted as the future of nearly every industry. It is certainly the future of auto finance. In fact, it has already begun to transform several of the sector's key processes, such ... [Read More]
CRIF Select lands partnerships with AFG & PenFed
Auto Fin Journal Staff
CRIF Select recently finalized relationships with Pentagon Federal Credit Union (PenFed) and Auto Financial Group (AFG). CRIF Select reached an agreement for an exclusive indirect financing partnership with PenFed Credit Union, which is headquartered in Tysons, Va., with more than $26 ... [Read More]
Darwin, Safeguard preferred provider partnership to benefit Audi & VW dealers
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Volkswagen and Audi dealers that use Darwin Automotive’s digital F&I offerings potentially have some extra incentives to leverage. This week, the F&I software provider announced that through its preferred provider relationship with Safe-Guard Products International, Volkswagen and Audi dealers offering ... [Read More]
2020 Women in Auto Finance honorees
Auto Fin Journal Staff
After receiving a significant volume of nominations this summer, Cherokee Media Group on Wednesday announced the third collection of honorees included in Women in Auto Finance, presented by American Recovery Service. This industry award program is part of the initiatives ... [Read More]
Westlake Financial broadens leasing segment
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Westlake Financial is deepening its presence in vehicle leasing, expanding upon that market segment it entered via an acquisition three years ago. This week, Westlake rolled out its own lease program with franchised dealers in California and Arizona while looking ... [Read More]
PODCAST: What dealers & finance companies need from one another in COVID-19 world
Auto Fin Journal Staff
The interaction with dealerships and finance companies is likely intense as ever, especially considering how much happens online nowadays because of the coronavirus pandemic. How have dealership needs of finance companies adjusted? How have what finance companies need from dealers ... [Read More]
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