With Presidio Group as exclusive financial advisor, Carputty closes Series B financing to push total capital raise past $40M
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SPONSORED EPISODE: Rethinking vehicle-protection plans for today’s wide inventory mix with GWC Warranty
Used-car inventory on dealer lots nowadays can range from older, higher-mileage vehicles to EVs, lifted trucks, and modified vehicles. The result is dealers are also having to change the vehicle-protection conversations with customers. In this special sponsored episode of the ... Listen Here
Recapping credit scores & other trends in auto finance with Shams Blanc of FICO
Shams Blanc, head of auto scores at FICO, made another appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast to elaborate more about the fall edition of the FICO Score Credit Insights report. Along with recapping what’s going on in auto finance, Blanc ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: Greenville Auto Auction Celebrates 16 Years—A look back and a look ahead
On this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits visits with Billy Willis and Kevin Stallings of Greenville Auto Auction. The auction celebrates 16 years in early September, and the guys talk about the history of the sale, ... Listen Here
ATC unveils version 4.0 of its fee and tax API
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Automotive Titling Corp. (ATC) recently revamped its finance-office tool to help facilitate digital retailing. The provider of title and registration information for all 50 states (including the District of Columbia) and every taxing jurisdiction in the U.S. announced the release ... [Read More]
5 capabilities of Dealertrack’s revamped remote financing & contract solution
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Driveways and parking lots often are the location for auto financing documents to be completed nowadays, not necessarily an F&I office at the dealership. To help finance companies and dealers transact with less face-to-face interaction and fewer employees on site ... [Read More]
COMMENTARY: Will new finance models thrive in a post-COVID-19 world?
Brendan Gleeson, White Clarke Group
The COVID-19 pandemic has halted two decades of global growth and raised several questions about how economies will function in the future. Experts are assessing whether the international upheaval caused by the pandemic will have a long-lasting impact on trade ... [Read More]
REPAY, TurnKey Lender integrate to serve US and Canadian clients
Auto Fin Journal Staff
With more business happening in the “cloud” nowadays, Repay Holdings Corp. and TurnKey Lender recently finalized a partnership as a result. REPAY, a provider of vertically-integrated payment solutions, announced its partnership with TurnKey Lender, a cloud-based lending software for evaluating ... [Read More]
Digital Motors waiving fees to turn dealer websites into online stores
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Fueled in part by the financial resources the fintech firm landed back in February, Digital Motors is now offering waived fees for its product that can turn any dealership website into an online store, empowering salespeople to sell remotely, while ... [Read More]
Crisis doesn’t slow SoFi in bid to acquire Galileo Financial Technologies
Auto Fin Journal Staff
The coronavirus pandemic might be paralyzing many segments of the economy, but a fintech industry acquisition still surfaced this week worth more than $1 billion. On Tuesday, online personal finance company SoFi announced it has signed a definitive agreement to ... [Read More]
Santander Consumer USA, Vroom form multi-year strategic financing relationship
Auto Fin Journal Staff
About a week after reinforcing its floor-plan capabilities, Vroom also bolstered its ability to originate financing for its online retailing operation. On Wednesday, Vroom announced a multi-year strategic preferred financing relationship with Santander Consumer USA. The company highlighted the partnership ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Swapalease.com exec retains ‘glass half-full’ view during COVID-19
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Scot Hall, executive vice president of Swapalease.com and Wantalease.com, acknowledged he’s always been a “glass half-full” person. And the coronavirus pandemic hasn’t changed his mindset. Hall joined senior editor Nick Zulovich for another episode of the podcast to discuss how ... [Read More]
Carvana celebrates $600M from investors, schedules online shareholder meeting
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Along with announcing its annual meeting of stockholders will be held in a virtual format only, Carvana this week welcomed the influx of funding it gathered from investors. Through its previously announced initiative, Carvana said it has raised $600 million ... [Read More]
Lightico survey gauges how customers stand with their auto-finance commitments and preferences
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Lightico conducted a customer survey this past weekend and found an overwhelming majority of its auto-finance users — 90.1%, to be exact — currently prefer digital or remote interaction with their provider stemming from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, Lightico also ... [Read More]
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