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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
Honcker rebrands as Rodo with eyes on more leasing growth
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
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
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Mezu appoints Trujillo as chief compliance and risk officer
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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
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
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
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
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’
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
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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