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Used Car Week Hall of Fame honoree Jared Kalfus of Black Book
We finish our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees with a conversation featuring Black Book president Jared Kalfus. Kalfus describes what it takes to be successful in sales and why face-to-face conversations are still vitally ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: Prospects for more auto refinancing with Gravity Lending
In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast brought to you by Allied Solutions, we turn our attention to auto refinancing. Brad Paxman oversees 90 lender relationships for Gravity Lending, which is an auto refinance and fintech company ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Fame: Bob McConkey of McConkey Auction Group
Next up on our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees is a conversation with Bob McConkey, president and CEO of the McConkey Auction Group. McConkey, along with MAG chief operating officer David Pendergraft and DAA ... Listen Here

Former Conga, Deloitte executive joins Odessa as SVP of delivery management

Another former Manheim Canada exec joins Otolane
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Last week, Odessa announced the appointment Vince Latchford as senior vice president of delivery management. With deep expertise in enterprise software delivery and client success, the asset finance software provider highlighted that Latchford will oversee delivery, customer success, implementation, and ... [Read More]

RouteOne unveils Insights Premium, partners with Alfa

Auto Fin Journal Staff
RouteOne launched a new product as well as a collaboration with another technology service provider involved with auto financing. First, the company announced details of RouteOne Insights Premium, a robust data extraction and intelligence solution designed to deliver greater insight ... [Read More]

Volvo Financial Services extends partnership with Bank of America

Auto Fin Journal Staff
One of the country’s largest banks and a luxury OEM’s captive are going to keep working together. Volvo Car Financial Services and Bank of America on Tuesday announced the extension of their long-standing relationship to provide auto loan and lease ... [Read More]

Two dealers already impressed with Octane’s Captive-as-a-Service

Auto Fin Journal Staff
Octane is accelerating its presence in automotive. The fintech company founded in 2014 that already has more than 60 OEM partner brands, 4,000 dealer partners, and a team of more than 600 professionals is now offering what’s positioned as Octane’s ... [Read More]

Informativ to launch new tools for dealers & software vendors to offer credit-qualified payments

Auto Fin Journal Staff
Dealers have been using pencils for decades; sometimes the ones with actual wood and lead. Well, Informativ is rolling out a new kind. The provider of fraud prevention, compliance, payments, and credit technology for the automotive and consumer finance industries ... [Read More]

Initial details of National Loan Payoff Clearinghouse powered by EPIC

Auto Fin Journal Staff
Led by a quartet of industry stalwarts, the National Loan Payoff Clearinghouse (NLPC), powered by EPIC, last week introduced secure financial infrastructure that can facilitate the standardized exchange, processing, and settlement of loan payoff and lien release transactions among network ... [Read More]

Former Cox Automotive exec joins CRIF Select as senior vice president of sales

Auto Fin Journal Staff
CRIF Select, a provider of credit risk, decisioning, and indirect lending solutions for financial institutions, last week announced that Robert Christini has joined the organization as senior vice president of sales. The company highlighted Christini brings extensive leadership experience and ... [Read More]

EFG Companies promotes Hartmann to COO

Auto Fin Journal Staff
Last week, EFG Companies announced that Jay Hartmann has been promoted to chief operating officer, focusing on corporate scalability and cross-functional alignment as the company positions itself for future growth. As a 21-year EFG employee, the company highlighted Hartmann has ... [Read More]

Dealertrack: 86% of auto finance contracts now eligible for digital submission

Dealertrack logo for web
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Sometimes, even some of the most sophisticated technologies in auto finance need a tuneup. That’s what Cox Automotive has done with Dealertrack with a suite of new APIs, product enhancements, and integrations designed to help maximize contracting and funding efficiency ... [Read More]

Lease End addresses ‘dark patterns’ with newest AI tool

Auto Fin Journal Staff
On the heels of reaching profitability, Lease End launched its newest tool to help consumers avoid what experts call “dark patterns.” Lease End highlighted that Payoff Intelligence is an artificial intelligence agent designed to overcome one of the most persistent ... [Read More]

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