COMMENTARY: The LLM compliance paradox & separating conversational AI from quantitative underwriting
Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, 03:20 PM
Latest two moves by US Bank have dealers & OEMs in mind
Monday, Oct. 19, 2026, 10:51 AM
COMMENTARY: Calibrating AI risk models for shifting macroeconomic cycles
Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, 03:11 PM
Used Car Week Hall of Fame honoree Jared Kalfus of Black Book
We finish our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees with a conversation featuring Black Book president Jared Kalfus. Kalfus describes what it takes to be successful in sales and why face-to-face conversations are still vitally ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: Prospects for more auto refinancing with Gravity Lending
In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast brought to you by Allied Solutions, we turn our attention to auto refinancing. Brad Paxman oversees 90 lender relationships for Gravity Lending, which is an auto refinance and fintech company ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Fame: Bob McConkey of McConkey Auction Group
Next up on our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees is a conversation with Bob McConkey, president and CEO of the McConkey Auction Group. McConkey, along with MAG chief operating officer David Pendergraft and DAA ... Listen Here
Timmerman’s distinguished career at Ally now includes Auto Finance Executive of the Year Award
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Doug Timmerman has always been good with numbers. It’s part of the reason why Timmerman graduated with his undergraduate and master’s degrees in business administration from the University of Nebraska. When it came time to depart from the land of ... [Read More]
Truist unveils ramped up tool for digital billing & payments
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Truist Financial Corp. rolled out a new solution last week designed to empower its wholesale payments clients with greater control and efficiency over their billing and payment operations. The bank said its electronic bill presentment and payment platform will provide ... [Read More]
TrustCloud unveils Quantum Vault in DocuSign’s App Center
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Here’s another way you can keep your client and customer information secure. TrustCloud has launched the TrustCloud Quantum Vault, a state-of-the-art custody solution incorporating post-quantum encryption technology. Now available in the DocuSign App Center, TrustCloud highlighted this innovative offering “sets ... [Read More]
Nordis Technologies names vice president of product
Auto Fin Journal Staff
On Tuesday, Nordis Technologies appointed Jennifer Friday as vice president of product. In this role, Friday will manage Nordis’ product development roadmap and expanding suite of innovative solutions that increase clients’ revenues and market competitiveness by improving customer experience, repeat ... [Read More]
Bain expands partnership with OpenAI to accelerate delivery of AI solutions
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Bain & Co. is reinforcing its commitment to artificial intelligence. The global consultancy recently announced an expanded partnership with OpenAI — the maker of ChatGPT and frontier AI models such as GPT 4o and the new OpenAI o1 — to ... [Read More]
JM Family reveals succession plan with Chait to replace Burns as CEO
Auto Fin Journal Staff
JM Family Enterprises will begin the new year with new leadership. On Monday, the company announced current president and chief operating officer Dan Chait has been named president and CEO, effective Jan. 1. Chait is succeeding Brent Burns as CEO. ... [Read More]
DataScan reinforces commercial lending operation with new banking account manager
Auto Fin Journal Staff
After strengthening its presence in this sector earlier this year by joining the American Bankers Association (ABA), DataScan on Monday introduced Chelsey Snyder as its new banking account manager. The provider of dealer commercial lending solutions said the appointment is ... [Read More]
Reynolds & Worldpay extend partnership to fuel tools for dealers to accept customer payments
Auto Fin Journal Staff
On Monday, Reynolds and Reynolds announced it has extended an agreement with Worldpay as its exclusive payments provider. According to a news release, this long-term extension positions Worldpay as the sole provider of all payment processing activities for the integrated ... [Read More]
700Credit: Motorcycle dealers hit by fraud significantly, too
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Car dealers aren’t the only ones experiencing significant fraud incidents nowadays. Experts at 700Credit found that motorcycle retailers are getting hit by fraud, too. The provider of credit reports, compliance solutions, soft pull and identity verification products recently announced results ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Mining CFPB complaint database for useful information
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Tom Oscherwitz was one of the first employees hired by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Oscherwitz now is general counsel and regulatory advisor at Informed.IQ, an AI software company with a specialty in auto financing. In this episode of the ... [Read More]
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