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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
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Lenders, forwarders & agents discuss repo bottlenecks
In another of the Used Car Week 2025 panel discussions focused on repossessions and recoveries, AutoSquared.ai co-founder Bahador Rahimi led a conversation that included lenders, forwarders and agents. The group exchanged ideas about how industry firms can smooth the bottlenecks ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, 07:16 PM
Napleton’s customer experience success story
In 2023, Ed Napleton Automotive Group’s national CX director Eduardo Rodriguez launched a new customer experience program based around tools and technology from Reputation that quickly produced eye-opening results, a success story that can be found in the January issue ... Listen Here
Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, 09:20 PM
Fact or fiction — The truth behind EVs
Auto Hauler Exchange chief operating officer Dana Randazzo spent part of Used Car Week 2025 on the Live Stage presented by SYCN Auto Logistics. Randazzo and Cherokee Media Group’s Joe Overby shared a conversation titled, “Fact or fiction — The ... Listen Here
Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, 07:58 PM
Examining how executives are grappling with challenges of more data
Monday, Nov. 4, 2019, 04:24 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Does more data mean more problems? You might arrive at that conclusion based on information from a new Aite Group study commissioned by TransUnion. Across the globe, companies are amassing volumes of data with the intent of optimizing performance, identifying ... [Read More]
Market Scan and Experian collaborate on insight tool
Monday, Nov. 4, 2019, 04:22 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Market Scan Information Systems and Experian recently released a solution for finance companies that want to know what underwriting strategy their competitors might be using to add to their portfolio. Through a collaboration, Experian and Market Scan will offer mGauge, ... [Read More]
Blend expands from mortgages and consumer loans into auto financing
Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, 09:18 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
A fintech company that says it regularly processes more than $2 billion in mortgages and consumer loans daily in connection with providers such as Wells Fargo and U.S. Bank now is getting into the auto-finance business. This week, Blend launched ... [Read More]
daVinci Payments study examines what as little as $15 could do for dealers
Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, 09:12 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Instead of dealers walking around with wads of cash in their pockets to give to potential car buyers and service drive customers, findings from a recent study conducted by daVinci Payments described different approaches dealerships could be using. The study ... [Read More]
TransUnion and IHS Markit collaborate on data-driven decision tool
Monday, Oct. 28, 2019, 03:19 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
In the competitive and evolving world of auto finance, TransUnion and IHS Markit acknowledged that finance companies require the ability to conduct powerful statistical queries to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the market. On Monday, TransUnion and IHS Markit ... [Read More]
MINI describes what it means by Flipped Financing
Monday, Oct. 28, 2019, 03:17 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
The image associated with this report provides a vivid glimpse of what a luxury automaker and its captive finance company are trying to do. Last week, MINI USA and MINI Financial Services announced the introduction of Flipped Financing, a vehicle financing ... [Read More]
Hyundai Capital America claims 2019 AFP Pinnacle Award for excellence in treasury and finance
Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, 03:59 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Hyundai Capital America (HCA) captured an honor this week, because as award organizers put it: “HCA saw the writing on the wall — a world with increased ride share, autonomous driving, electrification — and knew innovation was necessary or they ... [Read More]
Former Volkswagen Group of America exec joins dealer digital retailing startup
Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, 03:57 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Former Mercedes-Benz Financial Services and AutoGravity executives Andy Hinrichs and Nick Stellman founded Digital Motors last year, striving to become an innovation leader in automotive retail and financial technology. Now Digital Motors is leveraging the expertise of Hinrich Woebcken, who ... [Read More]
PointPredictive launches Outsourced Fraud Mitigation Service
Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, 03:11 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
A member of the inaugural Emerging 8 is continuing to roll out new solutions. PointPredictive recently launched what it called Outsourced Fraud Mitigation, a service that can help finance companies bolster their fraud defenses by leveraging PointPredictive’s fraud experts and ... [Read More]
ZestFinance & MeridianLink integrate, leveraging artificial intelligence & machine learning
Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, 03:07 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
ZestFinance, a provider of credit software fueled by artificial intelligence (AI), announced its integration with MeridianLink, a multichannel loan and new account origination platform. According to a news release distributed last week, MeridianLink will be integrating Zest Automated Machine Learning ... [Read More]
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