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Arvest Bank sees early successes with FICO Auto Score 10
Arvest Bank — a regional, full-service lender with more than 200 locations throughout Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri — recently upgraded to FICO Auto Score 10 in a move to give the institution a more precise view of borrower risk ... Read More
dealership employee COMMENTARY: The secret to accelerating funding in indirect auto lending
In the early 2000s, I sat at a dealership finance desk with a calculator, a stack of pay stubs, and a phone that wouldn’t stop ringing. I gathered stips by hand, calculated income line by line, and verified insurance, hoping ... Read More
Mercedes-Benz USA approves NETSOL as a digital retail provider for its dealerships
NETSOL Technologies recently highlighted Mercedes-Benz USA has approved NETSOL as a digital retail provider for Mercedes-Benz dealerships. This move opens the brand’s dealer network to Transcend Retail, NETSOL’s digital retail platform. The platform gives buyers a single, continuous purchase experience, ... Read More
SPONSORED EPISODE: Prospects for more auto refinancing with Gravity Lending
In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast brought to you by Allied Solutions, we turn our attention to auto refinancing. Brad Paxman oversees 90 lender relationships for Gravity Lending, which is an auto refinance and fintech company ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Fame: Bob McConkey of McConkey Auction Group
Next up on our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees is a conversation with Bob McConkey, president and CEO of the McConkey Auction Group. McConkey, along with MAG chief operating officer David Pendergraft and DAA ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: What independent dealers need to be successful with Chris Vangellow of Frazer
In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Chris Vangellow, who is the Director of Product Management at Frazer, described what’s changed most about running an independent dealership over the past few years, especially from a technology perspective. ... Listen Here

COMMENTARY: Winning insights for electric-vehicle financing

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Rohan de Souza and Amaresh Tripathy, Genpact
Formula E has lessons for auto-finance companies as they transform. In Formula E, the world’s first fully electric, international racing championship, data is helping drivers win races. For our partner, Envision Virgin Racing, a founding Formula E team, it’s crucial ... [Read More]

OCC hands USAA $85M penalty involving compliance risk management

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Earlier this week, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency assessed a $85 million civil money penalty against USAA Federal Savings Bank. According to a news release, the OCC took this action based on the bank’s failure to implement ... [Read More]

BBVA USA rolls out secured term loan discounts on fuel-efficient commercial vehicles

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Companies that build commercial fleets with the most efficient vehicles available and financed by BBVA USA now can save in another way. The Sunbelt-based financial institution on Thursday unveiled its second product geared toward environmental sustainability, announcing a rate discount ... [Read More]

Ally honors Johnson with special ‘signature’ paint scheme

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Ally Financial certainly is familiar with getting signatures for retail installment contracts. The company used its knowledge of that process to honor one of the best race car drivers ever. As seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson concludes his final full-time ... [Read More]

5 industry leaders join advisory board of startup Carsfast

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Tech startup Carsfast is positioning itself as a contactless and digital service to help consumers buy and finance their next vehicle. To provide strategic guidance and a progressive growth strategy, Carsfast on Tuesday announced the formation of its advisory board; ... [Read More]

Affordability & online tools top 8 key findings in latest TrueCar shopper survey

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
With a dealership offering tools for online payments, trade-in and financing still being greatly wanted by consumers, TrueCar’s latest shopper study also growing concern about individuals being able to afford their purchase. On Monday, TrueCar released the fifth wave of ... [Read More]

Equifax names new head of corporate development

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
With an eye on growth in the cloud and beyond, Equifax on Friday named Sunil Bindal as senior vice president of corporate development, effective immediately. In this critical role, the company said Bindal will report to Equifax chief executive officer ... [Read More]

Point Predictive lands Series B growth financing, modifies executive team

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Point Predictive recently bolstered both its human and financial resources. The San Diego-based company, which  provides machine learning solutions to the financing industry to curb fraud and streamline operations, announced that it has completed its Series B growth financing. Napier ... [Read More]

Vroom gets extension of floorplan commitment from Ally

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Within a week of expanding its financial commitment to Carvana, Ally Financial made a move with another company in the digital-retailing space: Vroom. On Tuesday, the ecommerce platform for buying and selling used vehicles announced an extension of its $450 ... [Read More]

COMMENTARY: Drive to digital forces more focus on synthetic identity fraud solutions

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Byron McDuffee, Equifax
Synthetic identity fraud is an issue that has grown in complexity over the years and continues to be problematic with auto dealers and lenders alike. Because of its complex nature, The Federal Reserve reported recently that experts suggest a “comprehensive ... [Read More]

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