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
PODCAST: New resource to improve income verification
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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]
3 enhancements to FICO Platform designed for improved decisioning speed
Auto Fin Journal Staff
FICO recently introduced new innovations to the FICO Platform that can improve real-time decision-making at both speed and scale. FICO highlighted the new enhancements can help teams break down silos and more efficiently reuse models and decision assets to drive ... [Read More]
CFPB makes 5 points so innovation & competition ‘truly benefits consumers’
Auto Fin Journal Staff
In a letter generated as a request for comment by the Treasury Department, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau last week outlined how it’s watching artificial intelligence and other technology developments. Acknowledging a previous initiative did not generate the results the ... [Read More]
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