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Arvest Bank sees early successes with FICO Auto Score 10
Arvest Bank — a regional, full-service lender with more than 200 locations throughout Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri — recently upgraded to FICO Auto Score 10 in a move to give the institution a more precise view of borrower risk ... Read More
dealership employee COMMENTARY: The secret to accelerating funding in indirect auto lending
In the early 2000s, I sat at a dealership finance desk with a calculator, a stack of pay stubs, and a phone that wouldn’t stop ringing. I gathered stips by hand, calculated income line by line, and verified insurance, hoping ... Read More
Mercedes-Benz USA approves NETSOL as a digital retail provider for its dealerships
NETSOL Technologies recently highlighted Mercedes-Benz USA has approved NETSOL as a digital retail provider for Mercedes-Benz dealerships. This move opens the brand’s dealer network to Transcend Retail, NETSOL’s digital retail platform. The platform gives buyers a single, continuous purchase experience, ... Read More
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

Upstart broadens AI-driven business into auto financing

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Artificial intelligence continues to work its way into auto financing. On Wednesday, Upstart, a leading AI lending platform, announced support for auto financing as part of its consumer lending platform. With Upstart’s new service, the firm highlighted banks can offer refinance ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Experian recaps new ways fraud is surfacing amid COVID-19

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Fraud is continuing to surface in many ways, especially nowadays since so much activity is happening online because of the coronavirus pandemic. Chris Ryan, senior fraud solutions business consultant at Experian, described the most noteworthy incident he’s seen during the ... [Read More]

Study pinpoints 179% ROI in cybersecurity during COVID-19

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
ESI ThoughtLab looked to put some tangible figures on what investing in cybersecurity can do, especially during the coronavirus pandemic. The firm recently released a comprehensive study that reveals increased investment in cybersecurity can generate a significant return on investment of ... [Read More]

Carleton celebrating 50 years of interest calculations, compliance

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Carleton is in celebration mode. In 2020, the company is marking its golden anniversary as a provider of compliant consumer lending origination computations and complimentary document generation solutions. Throughout the last half-century, Carleton’s products have enabled finance companies and lenders ... [Read More]

The Conference Board identifies key innovation cog during COVID-19

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
The Conference Board — a member-driven think tank founded in 1916 — acknowledged that rapid changes in customers’ attitudes and expectations are challenging marketers like never before because of the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, it also presents major ... [Read More]

BiigVault designed to help dealerships offer contactless test drives, more

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Oftentimes when realtors show a property, they know a combination to a lockbox that contains a key to enter the dwelling or office to show their clients the premise. Biig has developed technology for a similar scenario. But in this ... [Read More]

CDK Global pegs in-house exec to fill newly created COO post

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
On Monday, CDK Global announced its intention to create a chief operating officer role to better align functions and improve the overall effectiveness of the company’s North American business. The company then said executive vice president and chief financial officer Joe ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Carleton on importance of offering specific vehicle price and financing details

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Carleton president and chief operating officer Matt Ruszkowski still often sees it on dealership websites nowadays. The vehicle listing tells potential buyers to “call for price.” During this podcast, Ruszkowski spoke about how crucial it is for dealers to offer ... [Read More]

Powerband lands another $2.7M from D&P Holdings to rev up vehicle leasing platform

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
PowerBand Solutions continued its recent stretch of development activity on Monday by announcing it’s accepting an additional $2.7 million investment from Texas-based D&P Holdings as it prepares vehicle lease originations in the United States to begin this month. PowerBand chief ... [Read More]

Digital Matrix Systems unveils services to address CARES Act relief

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
On Tuesday, Digital Matrix Systems (DMS) enhanced its suite of solutions to assist finance companies to navigate through new mandates federal officials have put in place in response to COVID-19. The company announced the availability of a new subset of ... [Read More]

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