Former Market Scan chief data officer launches own VIN-level intelligence company
Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, 11:26 AM
COMMENTARY: Blockchain in automotive — the quiet shift from experiment to infrastructure
Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, 11:39 AM
5 predictions in Experian’s 2026 Future of Fraud Forecast
Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, 12:19 PM
Repo Roundtable gives agents opportunity to educate lenders
In another session during Used Car Week 2025 that filled a room to near capacity, the Repo Roundtable is now available through this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Led by Lauren Kimbrell of Advanced Collateral Recovery, five other repossession ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, 05:44 PM
4 experts on dealer M&A, retail buy-sell landscape
Dealership acquisitions and ownership changes seem to surface multiple times per week nowadays. How those deals come to fruition was the focus of a Used Car Week 2025 panel discussion led by Cherokee Media Group’s Joe Overby. Sharing their insights ... Listen Here
Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, 05:32 PM
3 lender executives on affordability & more in auto finance
Used Car Week 2025 featured a panel focused on the state of auto finance. Led by Jennifer Martin of the NAF Association, Christopher Mitcham of Santander Consumer USA, Mary Leigh Phillips of Bridgecrest Acceptance and Amy Brooks of Chase Auto ... Listen Here
Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, 05:09 PM
GM Financial modifies executive team to serve dealers better
Monday, Jan. 20, 2020, 04:26 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
The series of executive promotions GM Financial made this month all point to making the experience better for the captive’s customers; from consumers who enter into a lease or retail installment contract to dealerships that are completing tasks in the ... [Read More]
New York Fed considers ramifications of significant cyberattack on payment system
Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, 02:13 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
A trio of experts at the New York Federal Reserve constructed a variety of scenarios connected with how banks and payment networks would be impacted if a widespread cyberattack happened. Thomas Eisenbach, Anna Kovner and Michael Junho Lee released their ... [Read More]
NICB and FRISS form strategic partnership to curb fraud
Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, 04:46 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
FRISS, a company dedicated to combating insurance fraud using innovative IT software, and the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), a not-for-profit organization dedicated exclusively to fight insurance fraud and theft, recently announced the two organizations entered a strategic partnership. NICB ... [Read More]
Ally Financial selects new chief information, data and digital officer
Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, 04:31 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Ally Financial is asking Sathish Muthukrishnan to complete an array of tasks as the company’s new chief information, data and digital officer. According to a news release distributed on Monday morning announcing he joined the company, Ally said Muthukrishnan will ... [Read More]
FunnelAI now part of CDK Global Partner Program
Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, 07:02 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
FunnelAI, a real-time, purchase-ready customer acquisition platform that uses artificial intelligence to turn social intent and web activity into prospects for businesses, recently announced that it has become a participant in the CDK Global Partner Program. The company highlighted that ... [Read More]
Report projects global automotive blockchain market growth through 2030
Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, 07:00 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
At least one firm sees the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for the global automotive blockchain market to be quite robust in 2020 and into the next decade. Allied Market Research said in its recently published report the global automotive ... [Read More]
3 enhanced dealer capabilities of myautoIQ’s real-time AI platform
Monday, Jan. 6, 2020, 04:19 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Before 2019 closed, another Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company targeting buyers in the automotive retail industry released its proprietary search engine fueled by artificial intelligence (AI). And it’s a solution that’s designed to function similar to how music might flow through your ... [Read More]
NAFCU white paper outlines 6 principles for privacy reform
Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, 04:14 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
The National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions (NAFCU) recently developed a new white paper that outlines six essential principles for implementing a national data privacy standard as lawmakers – at both the federal and state level – consider new legislation regarding ... [Read More]
ACS, truPayments share update on development of GRAIL technology platform
Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, 04:09 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Automobile Consumer Services (ACS) established truPayments to create a suite of technology products and web API services on the platform to support the 500 dealers using DriveItNow. In 2017, ACS engineers began building a new platform called GRAIL in an ... [Read More]
ActivEngage partners with CreditIQ on advanced financial tool
Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, 04:06 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
ActivEngage turned to an honoree among this year’s Emerging 8 to form its latest partnership to help dealerships work with online vehicle shoppers. The provider of managed automotive solutions and communications services has partnered with CreditIQ, a provider of integrated ... [Read More]
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