New eLEND Solutions report highlights $4.7B financing opportunity for dealers
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, 12:19 PM
Allied Solutions stays in investment mode with commitment to TecAssured
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, 12:19 PM
2025 Auto Finance Executive of the Year: Mary Leigh Phillips of Bridgecrest
Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, 12:06 PM
Used Car Week Hall of Famer Kathy Ruble of Ally
Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees, we catch up with Kathy Ruble, who is executive director of marketing, dealer financial services and communications at Ally. Ruble has been the longtime moderator ... Listen Here
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, 07:52 PM
SPONSORED EPISODE: From Acquisition to Sale — Winning Used Car Tactics from Autotrader and vAuto experts
In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, host Bill Zadeits joins with Elizabeth Stegall of Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book and ICO, and Bethany Johnson from vAuto to preview their Used Car Week workshop. Listen now and you’ll get ... Listen Here
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, 05:28 PM
Used Car Week Hall of Famer Becky Igo of Allied Solutions
Becky Igo remembers the first few business trips she made going to industry conferences at a time when things like pay phones and fax machines were critical business-development tools. Now more than four decades later, the regional vice president for ... Listen Here
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, 03:28 PM
Origence reveals new board officers & members
Monday, May. 8, 2023, 11:29 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Origence announced results of its board of directors election conducted during the company’s annual shareholders meeting. The new board members for the provider of technology solutions for credit unions are: —Bob McKay, president & CEO of Together Credit Union of ... [Read More]
PODCAST: What AI could do for the car-buying experience
Wednesday, May. 3, 2023, 11:26 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Justin Davis of Point Predictive reappeared on Auto Remarketing Podcast for a conversation recorded during the recent Auto Intel Summit in Raleigh, N.C. Davis recapped his presentation about how artificial intelligence can improve the car-buying process for consumers along with ... [Read More]
Octane launches extension of soft-pull credit tool for RV & powersports dealers
Wednesday, May. 3, 2023, 11:23 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Octane announced an extension of its suite of soft-pull ecommerce tools for RV and powersports dealerships, smoothing a path to its in-house finance company. The fintech launched Octane Prequal to boost Prequal Flex, which is a dedicated webpage that is ... [Read More]
CFPB, FTC, DOJ & EEOC address AI with latest regulatory statement
Monday, May. 1, 2023, 11:18 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Artificial intelligence has the attention of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau along with three other federal regulatory agencies. Last week, the CFPB, together with the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, and the U.S. ... [Read More]
Upstart gains digital retail approval from ninth OEM
Wednesday, Apr. 26, 2023, 03:38 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Upstart, which offers an auto financing marketplace fueled by artificial intelligence, announced on Wednesday that Upstart Auto Retail was selected by Mercedes-Benz as an approved digital retail provider for its franchised dealerships. Upstart’s vehicle-buying software is now available to Mercedes-Benz ... [Read More]
Wolters Kluwer shares Q1 Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index
Wednesday, Apr. 26, 2023, 11:55 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
This week, Wolters Kluwer announced first quarter results and analysis from its Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index, a key resource that tracks the rate at which dealers, service providers and auto finance companies are seeing growth in the evolution from ... [Read More]
CULA grows leasing base again with Dort Financial CU
Wednesday, Apr. 26, 2023, 11:55 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Credit Union Leasing of America (CULA) said this week that it has been selected by Dort Financial Credit Union to launch its indirect vehicle leasing program, further extending CULA’s reach into Michigan, which is historically one of the highest vehicle-leasing ... [Read More]
Auto Link adds 7 more credit unions leveraging search & marketing solution
Wednesday, Apr. 26, 2023, 11:53 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Auto Link, a leading fintech and marketing company serving more than 175 financial institutions, announced some performance results for the first quarter. Among the highlights, Auto Link said it signed seven credit unions to its auto search and marketing solution. ... [Read More]
STAR releases sales process standards API & updated STAR6 XML
Tuesday, Apr. 25, 2023, 04:14 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
On Tuesday, the Standards for Technology in Automotive Retail (STAR) announced the publication of what the organization believes is the first sales process standards API and multiple updates to the STAR6 XML standards for retail automotive. STAR said these standards ... [Read More]
TransUnion, Spring Labs and Quadrata partner to deliver credit scoring to blockchain
Monday, Apr. 24, 2023, 11:05 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Last Wednesday, the Auto Intel Summit featured a panel discussion about how blockchain could help the automotive industry. A day later, just such a development surfaced involving the financing component. In a move that experts said should help finance companies ... [Read More]
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