PODCAST: Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Satyan Merchant of TransUnion
Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, 03:19 PM
Records set in Edmunds Q1 data reinforce thought of ‘cliff’ connected to 84-month contracts
Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, 12:30 PM
Fruit of Agora-Figure partnership results in auto loans available as tokenized real-world assets
Monday, Mar. 30, 2026, 12:25 PM
Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Satyan Merchant of TransUnion
Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners wrap up with Satyan Merchant, who is senior vice president, automotive and mortgage business leader at TransUnion. Merchant recollected how his interest in data started when studying statistics on the back ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, 07:01 PM
Top Reasons Dealers can benefit by attending the Used Car Summit
On this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits has a conversation with Vanessa Rocha, VP, All-American Bonds and Insurance and a Board member with the Florida Independent Auto Dealers Association. Vanessa speaks to some of the big issues ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, 03:27 PM
Industry Elite: Tony Rimas of XPEL
Concluding our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Tony Rimas, who is vice president of global revenue at XPEL Inc. Rimas — an avid biker who swam and ran track & field and cross country ... Listen Here
Tuesday, Mar. 31, 2026, 07:40 PM
Honcker rebrands as Rodo with eyes on more leasing growth
Monday, Sep. 16, 2019, 03:10 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
One of the honorees among this year’s Emerging 8 appearing at this summer's Automotive Intelligence Summit now is operating under a new brand name. On-demand auto leasing startup Rodo, previously known as Honcker, recently exited beta with a major update ... [Read More]
3 investors push $19M into data science platform aimed at functioning like search engines
Wednesday, Sep. 11, 2019, 03:42 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Explorium is taking advantage of the investment community seeing “data as the new oil” in an effort to sharpen a tool that can scan data sets and function like a web search engine. On Wednesday, the data science platform fueled ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Examining developing players and bright future of auto fintech
Wednesday, Sep. 11, 2019, 03:41 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
In a few special editions of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, we’re sharing some of the panel discussions and keynote presentations from the recent Automotive Intelligence Summit in Raleigh, N.C. Next up is a pair of presentations from Marguerite Watanabe, president ... [Read More]
Mezu appoints Trujillo as chief compliance and risk officer
Monday, Sep. 9, 2019, 03:17 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Mezu, a mobile payments app that can enable users to pay and get paid by anyone anywhere for anything without sharing any personal information, recently announced that it has promoted Luis Trujillo to the role of chief compliance and risk ... [Read More]
FICO sharpens vehicle-monitoring technology to predict future collisions
Monday, Sep. 9, 2019, 03:15 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
FICO is showing that its technology and analytics repertoire includes more than just the score that’s often so valuable in auto-finance underwriting. FICO, in partnership with risk management firm eDriving, recently launched the latest version of the FICO Safe Driving ... [Read More]
How blockchain is computing residual values in China
Wednesday, Sep. 4, 2019, 03:54 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Using blockchain to compute residual values appears to be unfolding in China with a high-line brand that often heavily depends on the metric. According to a recent news release, PlatON has developed a bespoke blockchain-based vehicle residual value management platform for the ... [Read More]
3 findings from Synopsys and Ponemon study on security practices and challenges
Wednesday, Sep. 4, 2019, 03:52 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
A recent survey by Synopsys further reinforced the challenge the financial services industry is having with maintaining its cybersecurity and other matters related to fraud and the compromising on consumer data. Based on a survey of global financial services organizations ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Smart Strategies for Auto Fintech Success
Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, 07:05 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
In a few special editions of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, we’re sharing some of the panel discussions and keynote presentations from the recent Automotive Intelligence Summit in Raleigh, N.C. Next up is panel discussion on "Necessity is the Mother of ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Examining ‘credit first versus credit last’
Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, 05:41 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Following his workshops during the Automotive Intelligence Summit this summer in Raleigh, N.C., truPayments chief executive officer Tarry Shebesta joined Nick for this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Shebesta revisited his presentation and elaborated about the concept of “credit ... [Read More]
Fair, Ally expand partnership with $100M debt facility & equity investment
Monday, Aug. 26, 2019, 08:43 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Fair has landed a $100 million debt facility and an equity investment from Ally Financial as part of an expansion to a partnership that began last year. Ally Bank is providing the debt facility to a subsidiary of Fair. That ... [Read More]
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