PODCAST: Talking titles with Dave Spencer of Vitu
Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, 11:38 AM
Informed.IQ secures $63M in funding from Invictus Growth Partners with eyes on expansion in auto & other markets
Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, 12:21 PM
CHAMP Titles lands $55M in largest funding round to date
Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, 12:22 PM
A breakdown of real-world auto transportation fraud with Preowned Auto Logistics
Jeremy Louisos recapped three real-world examples of how fraud recently surfaced in the transportation space. The senior vice president of Preowned Auto Logistics also shared suggestions with Cherokee Media Group’s Joe Overby on how firms can avoid similar situations. The ... Listen Here
Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, 01:00 PM
How to GROW your leadership skills with Jane Morgan and Sheila Tedesco
Two leaders from the Global Remarketing Opportunities for Women — Jane Morgan and Sheila Tedesco — appeared on the Live Stage presented by SYCN Auto Logistics during Used Car Week 2025. Morgan and Tedesco joined Cherokee Media Group’s Joe Overby ... Listen Here
Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, 01:00 PM
Cars Commerce’s Grant Goering on the convergence of retail and wholesale
A year ago, Cars Commerce, best known for its Cars.com retail platform, took a big step into the wholesale sector by acquiring dealer-to-dealer digital auction Dealer Club, a deal CEO Alex Vetter said “closes the loop” between the retail and ... Listen Here
Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, 04:17 PM
FlexPath’s VeriQual secures generative AI personas to enhance communication, security & more
Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, 12:19 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
FlexPath’s VeriQual product recently integrated with platforms that can enable the creation of generative AI personas to boost identity verification and credit prequalification. FlexPath explained generative AI personas differ from traditional artificial intelligence avatars by using sophisticated generative AI technology ... [Read More]
MSUFCU partners with Origence as part of ‘expansion phase’
Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, 12:08 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Michigan State University Federal Credit Union (MSUFCU) is continuing in its “expansion phase” by partnering with Origence in a strategic collaboration to leverage Origence’s arc OS and arc DX platforms for both loans and account opening. Origence said the platform ... [Read More]
NCA & CISA begin 21st annual Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, 12:07 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
On Tuesday, the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) launched the 21st annual Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Organizers said this year’s theme, “Secure Our World,” builds on the momentum from last year’s theme, highlighting basic ... [Read More]
Treasury & IRS give more than $2B toward 300K ‘clean’ vehicles so far in 2024
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
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]
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