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SPONSORED EPISODE: Five questions to ask before choosing a transportation partner
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, 09:15 PM
This sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast features two experts from Central Dispatch who offer valuable guidance for choosing a transportation partner. Shanna Wise, who oversees business strategy execution, and Blake Bentley, who leads enterprise client account success, take ... Listen Here
Inside Auto Auction M&A with Mach10 CEO George Pero
Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, 02:01 PM
The auto auction industry has seen a spike in M&A over the last three years, similar to the consolidation in auto retail that has been going on much longer. And our guest today has experience with both. George Pero is ... Listen Here
Insight into Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index
Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, 04:17 PM
While the year-over-year figure reflects broader market volatility, Matthew Babcock, who oversees digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, explained the strong quarter-over-quarter increase of the Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index signals market re-engagement. Babcock elaborated about ... Listen Here

Treasury & IRS give more than $2B toward 300K ‘clean’ vehicles so far in 2024

Tenet partners with Point Predictive to weed fraud out of EV financing
Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, 12:04 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Officials from the U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS on Tuesday highlighted they have given more than $2 billion in incentives toward the delivery of more than 300,000 “clean” vehicles so far this year. The agencies said they gave ... [Read More]

BNY survey highlights community banks & digital transformations

Wednesday, Sep. 25, 2024, 11:52 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
This week, the Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (BNY) released results of a survey of community banks that it conducted with the Harris Poll, a global market research firm. The global financial services company found that more than 90% ... [Read More]

50 questions about privacy & AI from FTC’s Bedoya

Monday, Sep. 23, 2024, 11:34 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Alvaro Bedoya of the Federal Trade Commission played his own version of 20 questions last week. Bedoya actually posed 50 questions during a speech at ForumGlobal’s sixth annual Data Privacy Conference USA in Washington, D.C., pondering queries connected with privacy, ... [Read More]

Point Predictive & Sync1 Systems partner to bring more fraud-fighting tools to credit unions

fraud magnifying glass
Wednesday, Sep. 18, 2024, 11:00 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Point Predictive landed relationships with individual credit unions recently with Affinity Federal Credit Union and Valley Strong Credit Union each tapping the service provider that leverages artificial intelligence to fight against fraud. Last week, Point Predictive waded deeper into the ... [Read More]

JM&A Group promotes Hull to be NTP president

Wednesday, Sep. 18, 2024, 10:59 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
On Tuesday, JM&A Group announced the promotion of Kevin Hull to president of National Truck Protection Co. (NTP). Wade Bontrager, whose career spans nearly 30 years in the insurance industry, will continue to support NTP as a key advisor while ... [Read More]

Alfa deploys final pillar of Alfa Systems 6

Wednesday, Sep. 18, 2024, 10:58 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
The sixth of six pillars in Alfa Systems 6 is now available for Alfa’s auto-finance clients. The newest piece —  Collaborative Ecosystem — can allow customers to tap into Alfa’s expertise and best practices to source and integrate with new ... [Read More]

Wells Fargo to become preferred purchase financing provider for VW, Audi, Ducati dealers in US

Monday, Sep. 16, 2024, 04:29 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Volkswagen Financial Services, the captive finance arm of VW Group of America, has reached a multi-year co-branded agreement with Wells Fargo for the latter to be the preferred purchase financing provider for VW, Audi and Ducati brands in the U.S. ... [Read More]

PODCAST: New resource to improve income verification

Wednesday, Sep. 11, 2024, 11:47 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Perhaps it’s the most crucial part of the entire underwriting process: Does the applicant for auto financing have the reliable income to maintain monthly payments? With the prevalence of fraud happening now, income verification is an ongoing challenge for finance ... [Read More]

VicOne & Block Harbor spearheading automotive capture the flag competition for cybersecurity

Wednesday, Sep. 11, 2024, 11:47 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Capture the flag (CTF) apparently isn’t just a game for recess. VicOne, an automotive cybersecurity solutions provider, and Block Harbor, an automotive cybersecurity engineering company, are spearheading the Automotive Capture the Flag 2024 competition. This year’s global CTF challenge, with ... [Read More]

DataScan rolls out comprehensive commercial lending solution

Monday, Sep. 9, 2024, 12:05 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Last week, DataScan announced the debut of DataScan360, an innovative, end-to-end commercial lending solution suite specifically designed for dealer-based commercial lenders. The company highlighted its comprehensive suite is designed to fill critical gaps in the commercial lending lifecycle by integrating ... [Read More]
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