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
Next Ron Smith Lifetime Achievement Award recipient: Kyle Birch of GM Financial
For the first time since 2022, Auto Remarketing and Cherokee Media Group are giving their Ron Smith Lifetime Achievement Award; an honor reserved especially for executives who have made one of the most significant impacts on the used-car industry. During ... Listen Here
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
Scalability now available for Alfa Systems 6
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Last week, Alfa launched the fourth of six releases that make up Alfa Systems 6. The latest one is Scalability that’s designed to present functionality designed for providers looking to scale their business with flexibility and speed. The company highlighted ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Experian’s Brad Smith on blockchain’s robust potential in automotive & beyond
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Talking about blockchain gets Brad Smith excited about its significant potential in automotive and elsewhere in financial services. The vice president of product management at Experian explained his reasons during this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast recorded at this ... [Read More]
700Credit boosts prequalification process by integrating with SelectFI Lender Selector
Auto Fin Journal Staff
About two months after forming a relationship involving data storage, 700Credit on Tuesday announced an integration with SelectFI Lender Selector, a predictive financing platform. The companies said their alignment can allow dealerships to instantly generate multiple financing estimates for each ... [Read More]
Dominion DMS integrates with Gather for insurance verification & more
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Dominion DMS announced an integration with Gather on Wednesday. This collaboration integrates Gather’s identity and insurance verification technology with Dominion DMS’s flagship product, VUE, a cloud-core dealer management system. Gather said its technology can streamline the identity and insurance verification ... [Read More]
Deloitte: Generative AI gaining broader adoption in finance
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Deloitte is seeing momentum for accelerated adoption for generative artificial intelligence within finance and accounting this year. According to a Deloitte Center for Controllership poll, even though few executives (6.6%) say their organizations have already implemented generative AI solutions to ... [Read More]
Cox Automotive & Canopy Connect collaborate for insurance verification
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Finance companies want to know their collateral is insured properly. Cox Automotive and Canopy Connect are collaborating to help with that delivery element. On Tuesday, Cox Automotive announced a new collaboration with Canopy Connect to embed insurance verification and servicing ... [Read More]
S&P Global finalizes acquisition of Visible Alpha
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Last week, S&P Global announced the successful completion of its acquisition of Visible Alpha, a financial technology provider of deep industry and segment consensus data. Executives said the acquisition creates a premium offering of fundamental investment research capabilities on S&P ... [Read More]
Equifax welcomes 10th board member
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Equifax announced last week that former Workday chief financial officer Barbara Larson has been elected to its board of directors. Equifax said Larson will serve on the board’s audit committee. With this appointment, the Equifax board now consists of 10 ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Sneak peek of Point Predictive’s annual auto fraud report
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Point Predictive chief fraud strategist Frank McKenna returned to the Auto Remarketing Podcast to discuss one of company’s biggest annual projects. McKenna shared some highlights from Point Predictive’s auto fraud report, acknowledging the total impact on dealerships and finance companies ... [Read More]
Bain survey: Just 24% of companies say they are prepared to meet impending sustainability requirements
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Technology can be used to track just about every kind of metric imaginable. But new research from Bain & Company spotted one potential blind spot. That research indicated just 24% of companies say they are ready for upcoming sustainability reporting ... [Read More]
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