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Additional insight into FTC’s move involving disparate impact from Hudson Cook
The Federal Trade Commission recently announced it will not pursue claims based on disparate-impact or “unfair discrimination” theories. In this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Hudson Cook partners Erica Kramer and Rob Tilley offered some historical perspectives and a ... Listen Here
Deeper dive into rising LTVs with TransUnion’s Satyan Merchant
One of the notable findings from TransUnion’s Q2 2026 Credit Industry Insights Report (CIIR) was how much loan-to-value ratios have changed in the past five years. Satyan Merchant, one of this year’s Automotive Intelligence Award recipients and senior vice president ... Listen Here
PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor on intersection of payments & technology
PayNearMe recently shared new search, explaining that hidden costs sustained by auto lenders can show up as failed payments, borrower support calls, late payments, collections follow-up, reconciliation work and manual recovery effort. PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor elaborated about ... Listen Here
Market Scan and Experian collaborate on insight tool
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Market Scan Information Systems and Experian recently released a solution for finance companies that want to know what underwriting strategy their competitors might be using to add to their portfolio. Through a collaboration, Experian and Market Scan will offer mGauge, ... [Read More]
Blend expands from mortgages and consumer loans into auto financing
Auto Fin Journal Staff
A fintech company that says it regularly processes more than $2 billion in mortgages and consumer loans daily in connection with providers such as Wells Fargo and U.S. Bank now is getting into the auto-finance business. This week, Blend launched ... [Read More]
daVinci Payments study examines what as little as $15 could do for dealers
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Instead of dealers walking around with wads of cash in their pockets to give to potential car buyers and service drive customers, findings from a recent study conducted by daVinci Payments described different approaches dealerships could be using. The study ... [Read More]
TransUnion and IHS Markit collaborate on data-driven decision tool
Auto Fin Journal Staff
In the competitive and evolving world of auto finance, TransUnion and IHS Markit acknowledged that finance companies require the ability to conduct powerful statistical queries to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the market. On Monday, TransUnion and IHS Markit ... [Read More]
MINI describes what it means by Flipped Financing
Auto Fin Journal Staff
The image associated with this report provides a vivid glimpse of what a luxury automaker and its captive finance company are trying to do. Last week, MINI USA and MINI Financial Services announced the introduction of Flipped Financing, a vehicle financing ... [Read More]
Hyundai Capital America claims 2019 AFP Pinnacle Award for excellence in treasury and finance
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Hyundai Capital America (HCA) captured an honor this week, because as award organizers put it: “HCA saw the writing on the wall — a world with increased ride share, autonomous driving, electrification — and knew innovation was necessary or they ... [Read More]
Former Volkswagen Group of America exec joins dealer digital retailing startup
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Former Mercedes-Benz Financial Services and AutoGravity executives Andy Hinrichs and Nick Stellman founded Digital Motors last year, striving to become an innovation leader in automotive retail and financial technology. Now Digital Motors is leveraging the expertise of Hinrich Woebcken, who ... [Read More]
PointPredictive launches Outsourced Fraud Mitigation Service
Auto Fin Journal Staff
A member of the inaugural Emerging 8 is continuing to roll out new solutions. PointPredictive recently launched what it called Outsourced Fraud Mitigation, a service that can help finance companies bolster their fraud defenses by leveraging PointPredictive’s fraud experts and ... [Read More]
ZestFinance & MeridianLink integrate, leveraging artificial intelligence & machine learning
Auto Fin Journal Staff
ZestFinance, a provider of credit software fueled by artificial intelligence (AI), announced its integration with MeridianLink, a multichannel loan and new account origination platform. According to a news release distributed last week, MeridianLink will be integrating Zest Automated Machine Learning ... [Read More]
AutoGravity offers flexible usage service of off-lease vehicles
Auto Fin Journal Staff
AutoGravity is leveraging its relationship with a trio of German automakers to deliver a consumer option for individuals near Los Angeles who do not want a lease or retail installment sales contract. On Tuesday, AutoGravity launched a flexible car usage ... [Read More]
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