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Cutting keys & cutting costs during repossessions and recoveries
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:42 PM
Drawing standing-room-only attendance in the second-largest setting at Used Car Week 2025, Ryan Miller led a six-executive panel session that focused on one of the most complex challenges in all of repossessions and recoveries. Now available through this episode of ... Listen Here
Four experts on automotive & the economy
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:39 PM
Used Car Week 2025 again brought together experts who can explain which parts of the economy impact automotive most. This year’s event included views from Laura Wehunt of Black Book, Tim Gill of the American Financial Services Association, T.J. Cox ... Listen Here
Sponsored Episode: Winning Trade-Ins and Trust – Navigating Today’s Affordability Challenges
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, 03:15 PM
Affordability challenges are reshaping the automotive landscape—vehicle prices and payments are at all-time highs and negative equity is on the rise. In this episode, Micah Tindor offers a data-driven conversation with real-world strategies around acquisition tactics and long-term profitability to ... Listen Here

Vehicle Passport uses blockchain to organize complete history

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Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, 03:27 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
SHIFTMobility is looking to leverage blockchain technology to bring together everything that’s happened to a vehicle into a single solution. With that goal in mind, the provider of blockchain powered connected shop solutions recently released a tool called Vehicle Passport. ... [Read More]

3 findings from Capital One Auto Finance survey

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Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, 05:25 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Mingled within rounds of Thanksgiving feasts, consumers likely will be purchasing an array of items, confidently leveraging discounts from a variety of retailers. But when it comes to buying a vehicle during the holiday weekend, Capital One Auto Finance found ... [Read More]

J.D. Power study reinforces mobile app is vital to auto finance satisfaction

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Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, 05:22 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
When finance companies had an app for that, they scored better on the J.D. Power 2018 U.S. Consumer Financing Satisfaction Study. According to J.D. Power, a well-designed mobile app has become one of the most critical drivers of customer satisfaction ... [Read More]

Survey: 80% of consumers want access to and control of their vehicle data

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Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, 05:06 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Modern vehicles generate literally thousands of data points that can be valuable to dealerships, finance companies and other service providers. It appears gaining access to that information is a growing concern for vehicle owners. More than 8 in 10 U.S. ... [Read More]

Dates set for Automotive Intelligence Summit 2019

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Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, 04:59 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Used Car Week 2018 is straight ahead. Along with finalizing plans for the industry-leading gathering in Scottsdale, Ariz., Cherokee Media Group also is preparing to build off of the sterling foundation established during the inaugural Automotive Intelligence Summit. Experts and ... [Read More]

New Dealertrack platform designed to streamline buying and financing

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Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, 04:53 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Technologically forward consumers often order their coffee ahead of time and pick it up at the counter, spending less time in the shop than it took you to read this sentence. Well, Dealertrack wants to help dealerships and finance companies ... [Read More]

Carvana’s latest moves involve Ally for funds and Disney for laughs

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Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, 02:33 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Two developments surfaced on Friday involving Carvana; one involving a serious amount of financing capacity and the other much more light-hearted as an effort to drum up interest in the online used-vehicle retailer. First the funds as Ally Financial announced ... [Read More]

Darwin launches pilot of Amazon-like F&I platform

online auto financing
Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018, 03:30 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Platforms like Amazon give consumers the pathway to purchase everything from mechanical pencils to a drone in the middle of the afternoon or night with just a few swipes on a smart device. Now Darwin Automotive is putting F&I software ... [Read More]

Former CDK Global exec to lead Equifax auto segment

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Monday, Oct. 29, 2018, 02:06 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Equifax has a new leader for its automotive endeavors. On Monday, Equifax named Byron McDuffee as automotive general manager to be responsible for leading the company’s automotive business, focusing on expanding enterprise solutions sales opportunities within the automotive market, as ... [Read More]

AFSA reveals new board and executive staff succession plan

Chris Stinebert at UCW
Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018, 03:59 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Significant changes are in motion within the American Financial Services Association (AFSA). On Wednesday, AFSA announced that its board of directors has elected a new chairman, chair-elect and vice chairman-treasurer for the next 12 months. Additionally, the board approved a ... [Read More]
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