Element to acquire Car IQ, bringing vehicle-initiated payments into fleet management
Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, 12:09 PM
Sumsub report on global fraud explains ‘sophistication shift’
Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, 11:52 AM
FICO & Plaid to leverage cash data for enhanced UltraFICO Score
Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, 11:50 AM
Sponsored Episode: Winning Talent Strategies for Car Dealerships – with CDK & Industry Leaders
In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, host Bruce Johnson from CDK sits down with Tyler Jones, President of EV Auto, and Joe Brown, CMO at Frank Leta, to explore proven strategies for attracting and retaining top talent ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, 10:00 AM
Dissecting evolving credit scores with Shams Blanc of FICO
As much as auto-finance underwriting has become sophisticated, a potential starting point to determine if the applicant will be offered an installment contract is the credit score. Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, described the ... Listen Here
Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, 03:34 PM
Used Car Week Hall of Famer Jerry Kroshus of Location Services
Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees is a conversation with Jerry Kroshus, who is CEO of Location Services. Cherokee Media President Bill Zadeits talks with Kroshus about his career journey in ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, 04:19 PM
Brothers & former Fusion Auto Finance execs launch leasing platform for credit unions
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, 11:49 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Brothers Chuck and Danny Meagher, who previously served as executives at Fusion Auto Finance, on Wednesday brought their tech-driven, 100% residual value-guaranteed leasing platform to market, specifically targeting credit unions. The siblings said Heritage Auto Leasing combines deep automotive leasing ... [Read More]
2025 Auto Finance Executive of the Year: Mary Leigh Phillips of Bridgecrest
Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, 12:06 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Mary Leigh Phillips is in a nearly constant state of learning. From colleagues. From customers. From family. And as a result, the chief executive officer of Bridgecrest has built a successful career for which she is being honored as Cherokee ... [Read More]
Allied Solutions stays in investment mode with commitment to TecAssured
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, 12:19 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Allied Solutions is certainly in investment mode. Less than three weeks after committing a “major” investment in PortX, a leading AI-powered integration and data platform, one of the presenting sponsors of Used Car Week and provider of insurance, financial services, ... [Read More]
New eLEND Solutions report highlights $4.7B financing opportunity for dealers
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, 12:19 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Imagine you’re this close to getting a car deal completed. Then, the potential buyer rears back and exclaims, “Wait! My monthly payment is going to be HOW much?” The scene is why findings from a new report by eLEND Solutions ... [Read More]
IDScan.net & GOLDPoint Systems partner to reinforce ID verification
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, 12:17 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
IDScan.net and GOLDPoint Systems are now working together. The provider of adaptive artificial intelligence-based identity verification and document authentication on Tuesday announced a new partnership with the provider of loan origination, loan servicing, and loan securitization software. The integration leverages ... [Read More]
FM Capital, Automotive Ventures among investors fueling EPIC’s Series A funding
Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, 11:57 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
EPIC gained an amount of funding that might prompt someone to say that’s “epic.” The financial technology company wanting to transform how the automotive industry manages the loan payoff and title release process announced on Tuesday it has raised $10 ... [Read More]
Car IQ Pay broadens merchant network through partnership with EG America
Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, 11:57 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Car IQ, a provider of vehicle-based payment technology, announced on Wednesday that Car IQ Pay is now accepted at more than 1,400 EG America fueling locations nationwide, including Cumberland Farms and nine other convenience store brands. This partnership expands Car ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Insight into Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index
Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, 12:21 PM
Nick Zulovich
Onward and upward. Those two words could summarize analysis by Wolters Kluwer Compliance Solutions for its Q3 Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index. Wolters Kluwer said adoption of digital workflows in auto finance continued to track closely with broader market activity ... [Read More]
One & Copart collaborate to expedite lienholder payments for total-loss vehicle claims
Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, 11:33 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Collaboration is developing again in connection with payments where auto finance and car insurance intersect. Last week, One Inc., a leading digital payments network for the insurance industry, today announced a collaboration with Copart to integrate One’s ClaimsPay platform with ... [Read More]
Allied Solutions commits ‘major’ investment in PortX, which also gains resources from ABA
Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, 11:31 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Allied Solutions is trying to financially support technology like artificial intelligence that can make the work life better for its clients, taking a similar path as large banking organizations. This week, one of the presenting sponsors of Used Car Week ... [Read More]
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