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Industry Elite: Sean Morgan of Westlake Financial
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 03:07 PM
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Sean Morgan, who is executive vice president of finance and operations at Westlake Financial. Morgan talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby ... Listen Here
Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Tom Kontos of Auto Auction Holdings
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 01:56 PM
Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners continue with Tom Kontos, who now is analytics advisor for Auto Auction Holdings. Convinced to come out of retirement and get back in the business last fall with the growing wholesale ... Listen Here
Industry Elite: Mike Clark Jr. of C&C Cars
Friday, Mar. 20, 2026, 03:50 PM
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Mike Clark Jr., operations manager of C& C Cars in Pinellas Park, Fla. Clark is a third-generation dealer and helps run the family business ... Listen Here

GuardKnox taps former Ford & Bosch exec to oversee new Detroit subsidiary

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Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, 05:54 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Fueled in part by resources from operations like Fraser McCombs Capital, an investment firm in the auto technology and mobility space, GuardKnox is in growth mode. Asserting itself as the automotive industry’s first global cybertech tier supplier of secure, service-oriented, ... [Read More]

Digital Motors adds Autotech Ventures as a lead investor

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Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, 05:23 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Digital Motors, which provides dealers a digital retail and fintech platform to enable online transactions, now has Autotech Ventures as a lead investor, as the comapny announced its first external funding round.  Autotech Ventures, based in Silicon Valley, is one ... [Read More]

Market Scan and Tekion partner to boost automotive retail desking

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Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, 07:40 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Market Scan Information Systems recently expanded its collection of industry partnerships. The automotive solutions and data provider announced it has teamed up with Tekion, a cloud-native dealer management system. Through the partnership, Tekion’s Sales module will be powered with Market ... [Read More]

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]

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