Solifi acquires Inovatec to create unified platform for auto & specialty finance
Wednesday, Sep. 2, 2026, 11:28 AM
Informed appoints new CEO as AI platform eyes major growth beyond auto lending
Wednesday, Sep. 2, 2026, 11:25 AM
Nissan and INFINITI dealers now can use DigniFi to expand flexible payment options for service, parts & accessories
Wednesday, Sep. 2, 2026, 11:30 AM
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
FlexPath’s VeriQual secures generative AI personas to enhance communication, security & more
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’
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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