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
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
Wide-ranging car-business conversation with Lotlinx chairman and CEO Len Short
Lotlinx chairman and CEO Len Short firmly believes car dealers are the most resilient operators in any business. During this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Short explained why he is anticipating dealers showing that resilience again because it’s needed ... Listen Here
Path to delivering education in Spanish with Ignite Dealer Compliance Group
Steve Levine has dozens of dealer clients with Spanish as their native language. Those dealers also have hundreds of Hispanic customers who cannot speak or understand English. To fill compliance and training gaps created by language challenges, the owner of ... Listen Here
Record positive trade equity of certain models helping to overcome some car-business headwinds
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Perhaps your July auto financing and retailing activity rounded out with some deals coming together via a trade that included positive equity. Those deals might have included some of the models that Edmunds highlighted recently that created a new record ... [Read More]
Launcher & Zest AI to expand lending capabilities via new partnership
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Artificial intelligence brought Launcher and Zest AI together this week. Their new partnership enables lenders using Launcher’s appTRAKER Loan Origination System to incorporate and automate decisioning based on Zest’s AI’s credit and fraud risk models in their existing underwriting workflow. ... [Read More]
Wolters Kluwer notices simultaneous improvements in credit availability & digital adoption
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Credit availability and digital adoption are running in the same upward direction, which is creating positives for dealerships and finance companies booking loans and lenders eventually using them in securitizations. Wolters Kluwer Compliance Solutions on Wednesday released its Q2 Auto ... [Read More]
Dealer Pay now a preferred vendor within The Shop by FordDirect
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Blue Oval dealerships now have another option for tools they use to collect payments from customers. Dealer Pay, driven by Vehlo, has been named a preferred vendor in The Shop by FordDirect, which is a curated marketplace of trusted dealership ... [Read More]
FICO & NCC revisit old car-business saying when addressing affordability & credit approvals
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
As much as artificial intelligence and other technologies have boosted auto financing, sometimes the fundamentals of just making a good car deal remain most important. FICO recently hosted an online dialogue with its head of auto, Shams Blanc, and Jim ... [Read More]
Phoenix Center study: Workers who use AI are the most likely to see it coming for their own jobs
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Using artificial intelligence might trigger childhood memories of your parent telling you to “just try it” when a new dish landed on the supper table. Well, the Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies found that professional ... [Read More]
Euromoney names Huntington as best digital bank for consumers
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Huntington National Bank is adding to its list of accolades. Huntington announced Monday that it has been named the United States’ Best Digital Bank for Consumers as part of Euromoney’s 2026 Awards for Excellence, one of the global banking industry’s ... [Read More]
Military AutoSource taps AmeriTrust Financial as exclusive global lease partner for used & new vehicles
Auto Fin Journal Staff
AmeriTrust Financial is going global with its leasing activities. The independent automotive finance company on Tuesday announced a global lease partnership with Overseas Military Sales Corp., which operates as Military AutoSource. Under the agreement highlighted in a news release, AmeriTrust ... [Read More]
CULA brings Credit Union of Georgia into client portfolio
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Credit Union Leasing of America (CULA) just landed an award-winning client. The provider of indirect vehicle leasing solutions on Wednesday announced a new partnership with Credit Union of Georgia, which is among the 2025 Best of Georgia Award recipients. The ... [Read More]
Former Capital One exec to be Ally’s new chief information and data officer
Auto Fin Journal Staff
A professional whose career includes time with Capital One and Fannie Mae is set to become chief information and data officer of Ally Financial. On Monday, the company announced the appointment of Mark Mathewson as CIDO, effective July 20. In ... [Read More]
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