Two of the larger industry service providers — Cox Automotive and Equifax — now are working together to tackle what might be the most difficult challenge — eradicating fraud. News about an enhancement of the Dealertrack compliance solution through the ... [Read More]

Automobile Consumer Services’ Tarry Shebesta coined the concept of “credit first versus credit last” years ago. It was meant to illustrate how building marketing and shopping tools using credit early in the process can ensure more accurate monthly payments and ... [Read More]

Last week, Solutions by Text (SBT) and Lightico announced a strategic partnership to deliver real-time messaging capabilities to finance companies. The relationship blends SBT’s real-time conversational platform with Lightico’s solution to help auto-finance providers grow their business. Clients can leverage ... [Read More]

Chase, Capital One, Global Lending Services and Westlake Financial all now have more in common than just providing auto financing. On Monday, Chase joined the trio already working with CarGurus to expand options for consumers looking to pre-qualify for auto ... [Read More]

Auto Link, a fintech and marketing company serving more than 200 financial institutions, signed eight new credit unions during the fourth quarter to use its auto search and marketing solution. The credit unions now using the white-labeled tool to compete ... [Read More]

Solutions by Text (SBT), an enterprise messaging and payments platform for consumer finance businesses, recently finalized a partnership with Prodigal, which offers artificial intelligence-powered consumer finance intelligence. At a time when businesses are increasingly recognizing the importance of leveraging data ... [Read More]

On Tuesday, OfferLogix announced a strategic partnership with Fullpath to upgrade the vehicle search process for consumers with an eye toward what many shoppers consider to be most important — their potential monthly payment. This collaboration aims to elevate Fullpath’s ... [Read More]

Service Credit Union and Mountain America Credit Union both recently highlighted philanthropic efforts to push benefiting organizations toward fund-raising goals surpassing $500,000. Beginning first in Portsmouth, N.H., Service Credit Union has teamed up with Charlie McAvoy, a star defenseman who ... [Read More]

Last week, Wolters Kluwer announced results from an industry survey it commissioned to better understand where automotive, dealer and auto finance professionals are finding operational improvements in adopting digital back office workflows. Wolters Kluwer also wanted to gauge existing barriers ... [Read More]

On Tuesday, RouteOne introduced what it called RouteOne On-Demand, a suite of application programming interface (API) services that are designed to power enterprise-level digital retailing solutions. The company highlighted RouteOne On-Demand can enable the digital future of automotive retail with ... [Read More]