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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

PODCAST: Revisiting risk calculations as COVID-19 continues

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Back in May, Michael Sogomonian, the director of decision science at Digital Matrix Systems, suggested a series of actions finance companies could take to protect their portfolios during the coronavirus pandemic. For this installment of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Sogomonian revisited ... [Read More]

Market Scan welcomes Reid as vice president of strategic partnerships

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
One of Cherokee Media Group’s first Women in Auto Finance honorees is taking on a new professional challenge. Market Scan Information Systems announced on Monday that its new vice president of strategic partnerships is Jennifer Reid, whose resume includes time with ... [Read More]

ANALYSIS: Is coronavirus a crisis for asset-finance operations or a catalyst for technological change?

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Brendan Gleeson, White Clarke Group
Business leaders have largely embraced the rapid introduction of home working and digital processes as an inevitable necessity. Though the global lockdown has rapidly accelerated trends in digitalization, seeing many asset finance businesses moving their operations entirely online in a ... [Read More]

COMMENTARY: Auto-loan fraud is pervasive yet preventable

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Gilad Komorov, Lightico
Auto-loan fraud is a significant challenge to the auto-finance industry — one that actually grew during the pandemic. Auto-finance fraud reportedly cost the industry $7 billion in 2018 alone and resulted in damage to business reputation and compliance issues. Better ... [Read More]

FunnelAI hires former Gulf States Toyota VP as COO

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
An executive who spent nearly two decades with Gulf States Toyota now is the chief operating officer FunnelAI, a real-time B2B artificial intelligence-based semantic search platform. Taking on this role for FunnelAI is Laura Ryan, who will be responsible for ... [Read More]

Pandemic pushes ACH activity 7.9% higher in Q2

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Last week, Nacha highlighted how much electronic financial transactions jumped year-over-year during the second quarter, triggered in part by the coronavirus pandemic. The steward of the ACH Network, a payment system that universally connects all U.S. bank accounts and facilitates ... [Read More]

CarLabs.ai names Ruble as VP of business development

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
An executive who began his professional career in the trenches at a dealership now is the vice president of business development of CarLabs.ai, an artificial intelligence-powered, conversational engagement platform designed to successfully implement and personalize sales and customer service via ... [Read More]

6 potential benefits of CU Direct integration with VinSolutions

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
This past week, CU Direct announced a new integration with VinSolutions automotive CRM, creating what the tech firms believe are six benefits for dealership F&I offices. As a result of the collaboration, CU Direct has expanded its CUDL auto financing ... [Read More]

PODCAST: DRN discusses location-data trends since pandemic arrived

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
In a preview of what he will discuss in more detail during the all-digital Automotive Intelligence Summit, DRN executive vice president and general manager of fintech Jeremiah Wheeler offered some insight into the company’s location data gathered since the coronavirus ... [Read More]

Shop.com partners with CarSaver to bring consumers digital shopping and delivery

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
The online marketplace for consumers to find and finance their next vehicle digitally gained another participant this week, highlighting access to an inventory of more than 100,000 used vehicles for sale nationwide. Shop.com, Market America's primary global e-commerce website, introduced ... [Read More]

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