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CARS Protection Plus taps Circuitry.ai Warranty Decision Intelligence to help adjusters resolve claims faster
Wednesday, May. 6, 2026, 10:38 AM
Here’s an example from the car-warranty industry where companies are leveraging artificial intelligence to help people, not replace them. On Tuesday, CARS Protection Plus, a provider of vehicle service contracts, announced it has gone live with Circuitry.ai’s Warranty Decision Intelligence ... Read More
DealerOn’s dual launch includes AI search visibility platform, ‘intelligent layer’ touching full dealership
Tuesday, May. 5, 2026, 03:28 PM
DealerOn has done NASA one better. While the space agency recently launched the first astronauts to visit the moon in more than 50 years, the provider of auto dealership websites and digital sales and marketing technology boasted two launches on ... Read More
Newest Experian tool designed to reduce risk within AI-driven commerce
Monday, May. 4, 2026, 11:19 AM
Experian found another way to connect people and technology. And the newest tool emphasizes the component of a transaction including a real person. Last week, the company launched Experian Agent Trust, a framework that designed to establish a secure, verifiable ... Read More
FICO’s Shams Blanc on lenders sharpening underwriting & more
Wednesday, Apr. 29, 2026, 03:54 PM
Fresh off being in Miami as part of the Used Car Industry Summit that Cherokee Media Group hosted this spring, Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, appeared again on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Blanc discussed ... Listen Here
Byron Oldham of Honest Autos & FIADA
Monday, Apr. 27, 2026, 07:47 PM
Byron Oldham is president of the family-owned Honest Autos dealership and is president of the board at the Florida Independent Automobile Dealers Association. In this episode, Oldham talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about the upcoming Southeast ... Listen Here
Automotive CFO-To-Go Kathi Kruse talks dealership finance, accounting in ‘lightning round’
Sunday, Apr. 19, 2026, 04:27 AM
Kathi Kruse, the Automotive CFO-To-Go who brings her financial expertise — born through years of experience as a dealership chief financial officer — to dealers needing help in that area, is back on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. In this episode, ... Listen Here

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]

Valley Strong Credit Union bolsters fraud prevention with Point Predictive

defi SOLUTIONS calls out ‘bluff’ of recent hacker threats
Monday, Sep. 9, 2024, 12:05 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Valley Strong Credit Union wants to generate more auto-finance originations and protect its members from fraud in the process. So, the institution — which operates 31 branches in the California counties of Kern, Kings, San Joaquin, Solano, and Tulare, serving ... [Read More]

Top 3 trends highlighted in Experian’s annual Identity and Fraud Report

Wednesday, Sep. 4, 2024, 12:11 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
If any trends are on a steady, upward trajectory nowadays, it seems like fraud complexity and frequency are two of them. Experian recently released its 2024 U.S. Identity and Fraud Report revealing that generative AI (Gen AI), deepfakes and cybercrime ... [Read More]

Deloitte, AuditBoard announce integration with SAP

Wednesday, Sep. 4, 2024, 12:10 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Deloitte, a provider of audit and assurance, consulting, tax and risk advisory services, and AuditBoard, a cloud-based platform transforming audit, risk, compliance and ESG management, expanded their working relationship on Wednesday. The companies announced the launch of a custom integration ... [Read More]

Sunbit on track for more BNPL financing growth at dealerships with myKaarma integration

Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, 12:41 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Sunbit highlighted in late May that its buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) financing technology is available at more than 50% of dealership service centers in the U.S. The company might be able to build on that footprint courtesy of an integration with ... [Read More]

Survey: Americans want more transparency about AI usage

Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, 12:39 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Auto finance companies and other business segments continue to use artificial intelligence for more tasks. Their consumer customers appear to be getting more cautious about this approach. Results released on Wednesday from the latest survey from Bentley University and Gallup ... [Read More]

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