Frank McKenna was one of the most sought-after experts at this year’s Vehicle Finance Conference, which was hosted by the American Financial Services Association. Many attendees are impacted by fraud nowadays, so the Point Predictive executive recapped some of the ... [Read More]

Mitsubishi Motors North America, AutoFi and Santander Consumer USA are now working together to deliver “an unparalleled and seamless shopping experience.” This week, the industry trio launched ClickShop 2.0, which connects the vehicle-buying journey from Mitsubishi’s Tier-1 and dealer partners’ ... [Read More]

In a nod to the old cliché of “knowledge is power,” CUDL published a new digital book this week that explains how credit union financing can help dealerships sell more vehicles during challenging economic times. Officials from CUDL — the ... [Read More]

Point Predictive is building a robust dealership client portfolio, too. The fraud prevention operation that leverages artificial intelligence for its solutions has many clients throughout financial services and now has partnerships with several dealership groups, including Napleton Automotive Group, Carriage ... [Read More]

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]