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Used Car Week Hall of Famer Jerry Kroshus of Location Services
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, 04:19 PM
Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees is a conversation with Jerry Kroshus, who is CEO of Location Services. Cherokee Media President Bill Zadeits talks with Kroshus about his career journey in ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Famer Kathy Ruble of Ally
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, 07:52 PM
Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees, we catch up with Kathy Ruble, who is executive director of marketing, dealer financial services and communications at Ally. Ruble has been the longtime moderator ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: From Acquisition to Sale — Winning Used Car Tactics from Autotrader and vAuto experts
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, 05:28 PM
In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, host Bill Zadeits joins with Elizabeth Stegall of Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book and ICO, and Bethany Johnson from vAuto to preview their Used Car Week workshop. Listen now and you’ll get ... Listen Here

Moody’s Analytics acquires RiskFirst

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Monday, Jul. 29, 2019, 02:39 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Moody’s Corp. boosted its analytical horsepower last week with an outside acquisition. Moody’s announced that it has acquired RiskFirst, a leading fintech company providing risk analytics solutions for the asset management and pension fund communities. A news release indicated the acquisition ... [Read More]

Equifax data breach settlement approaches $700M

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Monday, Jul. 22, 2019, 03:20 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Perhaps now Equifax, along with federal and state regulators, can close the chapter of the company’s history that included the 2017 data breach. On Monday, the credit bureau announced a comprehensive $671 million resolution that includes settlement agreements that would ... [Read More]

Equifax lifts Auto Intel Council to 7 members

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Wednesday, Jul. 17, 2019, 04:14 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
The Auto Intel Council (AIC) now has seven members. Joining the collection of leading companies and experts in the auto fintech space is Equifax.   The AIC also includes Digital Recognition Network (DRN), IBM, KAR Auction Services, Maryann Keller & ... [Read More]

Survey reiterates disconnect between data trust and data quality

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Wednesday, Jul. 17, 2019, 04:11 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Syncsort recently conducted a survey to explore data quality and organizations’ confidence in data across their enterprise. Though most respondents rated their organization’s data quality either as good (38%) or very good (27%), the software company’s survey revealed a disconnect ... [Read More]

Former J.D. Power and Affinitiv tech experts join CarLabs.ai

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Tuesday, Jul. 9, 2019, 09:33 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
CarLabs.ai, which counts three automakers and one of its captives among clients, recently added former J.D. Power and Affinitive leaders to meet rapid user growth. CarLabs.ai, best known for creating Kia's AI-powered digital assistant Kian, recently added three new automakers ... [Read More]

CULA upgrades lease management system

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Tuesday, Jul. 9, 2019, 09:32 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
This week, Credit Union Leasing of America (CULA), launched a redesign to its proprietary lease management system, Seamless Lease Connection. In an effort to leverage the U.S. vehicle leasing market that totals $64.6 billion according to Experian, CULA highlighted the upgraded ... [Read More]

Telenav appoints new chief financial officer

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Monday, Jul. 8, 2019, 03:06 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Telenav announced its new chief financial officer on Monday. The provider of connected-car and location-based services selected Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) executive Adeel Manzoor to become the company’s CFO. Manzoor comes to Telenav after serving in a variety of roles ... [Read More]

Audi certifies Darwin Automotive for digital retail

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Monday, Jul. 1, 2019, 03:28 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
On Monday, Darwin Automotive announced that it has been certified by Audi of America for its digital retail and omnichannel solutions. Audi dealers now can apply for co-op funding for Darwin’s toolset.  Audi joins a growing list of manufacturers that ... [Read More]

SCUSA sending $60M to FCA as part of amended agreement

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Monday, Jul. 1, 2019, 03:22 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Santander Consumer USA is cutting quite a significant check to FCA US as part of a development involving Chrysler Capital. According to a news release distributed on Monday morning, SCUSA announced it has reached an agreement with FCA to amend ... [Read More]

Equifax offers data to FinTech Sandbox startups

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Tuesday, Jun. 25, 2019, 08:25 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Equifax is sharing in hopes of cultivating technological innovation. The global data, analytics and technology company recently announced a joint collaboration with FinTech Sandbox to help drive global fintech innovation. Equifax highlighted that startups can now leverage various forms of ... [Read More]
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