TD Auto Finance shines in JD Power Dealer Financing Satisfaction Study for seventh straight year
Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, 12:41 PM
Edmunds & TransUnion with Q2 trade & financing trends connected to EVs & hybrids
Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, 11:46 AM
Jolt Credit Union partners with Credit Union Leasing of America
Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, 12:44 PM
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
Matt Babcock of Wolters Kluwer on how digital transformation continues to gain steam in auto financing
Matt Babcock, who heads up digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, returned for another visit on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Wolter Kluwer recently released its latest quarterly Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index. Babcock recapped the sustained upward trajectory the ... Listen Here
FICO auto-finance survey reinforces consumer demand for convenience
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Ken Kertz summed up FICO’s 2019 U.S. Consumer Survey of Vehicle Finance Perceptions with a point relevant whether a finance company only has a footprint in a couple of states or builds its portfolio from originations nationwide. “The takeaway for ... [Read More]
4 reasons for Moody’s bearish global auto outlook
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Looking at the automotive industry from a global perspective, Moody’s Investors Service didn’t paint the most upbeat scene this week, especially for the U.S. market and vehicle financing. Analysts said in a new report released this week that the outlook ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Alex Maritczak of Ernst & Young
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Alex Maritczak recently returned to North Carolina and joined Nick for a conversation about how auto finance companies and technology developers are collaborating on new solutions. The global auto finance leader at Ernst & Young who also led panel discussions ... [Read More]
Weighing benefits versus risks of blockchain within ABS market
Auto Fin Journal Staff
S&P Global Ratings has questions you might have, too. What is blockchain? And why does it elicit feelings of excitement and confusion simultaneously within the structured finance market? Analysts looked to answers those questions and more and arrived at more ... [Read More]
truPayments becomes part of CDK Global Partner Program
Auto Fin Journal Staff
In an effort to bring together vehicle shoppers, dealerships and finance companies, truPayments announced that it has become a participant in the CDK Global Partner Program. As a member of one of the largest third-party partner programs in the industry, ... [Read More]
Details about Advisor Blockchain and Cryptoasset Council
Auto Fin Journal Staff
For registered investment advisers (RIA) and other finance industry leaders who seek knowledge about blockchain and more, Ric Edelman is organizing a new organization. Edelman, who was named the nation’s No. 1 independent financial adviser three times by Barron’s, recently ... [Read More]
PODCAST: How credit unions embrace auto-finance technology
Auto Fin Journal Staff
With credit unions collectively having an immense piece of the auto finance market, institutions are looking to retain that share and even gather a bit more by leveraging technology. CU Direct chief revenue officer Phil DuPree joined Nick for this ... [Read More]
ACI Worldwide to buy Western Union’s Speedpay for $750M
Auto Fin Journal Staff
ACI Worldwide is making quite a payment to Western Union. The companies announced on Thursday they have entered into a definitive agreement for ACI to acquire Speedpay, Western Union’s United States bill pay business, for $750 million in an all-cash ... [Read More]
CalAmp rolls out Device-as-a-Service business model
Auto Fin Journal Staff
As the company announced its new Device-as-a-Service (DaaS) subscription business model, CalAmp chief executive officer Michael Burdiek explained the three main elements within the DaaS space that make it attractive and potentially profitable. In additional comments sent to Auto Fin ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Talking clean data and cybersecurity with FICO
Auto Fin Journal Staff
As the company gears up to host FICO Auto Mastermind 2019 this week, Nick shared his conversations with a pair of FICO experts who were in San Francisco earlier this year for the Vehicle Finance Conference hosted by the American ... [Read More]
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