PODCAST: Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Satyan Merchant of TransUnion
Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, 03:19 PM
Records set in Edmunds Q1 data reinforce thought of ‘cliff’ connected to 84-month contracts
Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, 12:30 PM
Fruit of Agora-Figure partnership results in auto loans available as tokenized real-world assets
Monday, Mar. 30, 2026, 12:25 PM
SPONSORED EPISODE: Path to stable inventory & price transparency as potential car buyers see uncertain world
James Virgoe, senior vice president and managing director of GWC Warranty, appeared on another special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast at a time when domestic and foreign turbulences have added even more complexities to the car business. Virgoe ... Listen Here
Monday, Apr. 6, 2026, 01:13 PM
Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Satyan Merchant of TransUnion
Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners wrap up with Satyan Merchant, who is senior vice president, automotive and mortgage business leader at TransUnion. Merchant recollected how his interest in data started when studying statistics on the back ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, 07:01 PM
Top Reasons Dealers can benefit by attending the Used Car Summit
On this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits has a conversation with Vanessa Rocha, VP, All-American Bonds and Insurance and a Board member with the Florida Independent Auto Dealers Association. Vanessa speaks to some of the big issues ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, 03:27 PM
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]
Former PwC Canada exec joins Inovatec as head of solution delivery
Monday, Apr. 24, 2023, 11:03 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Inovatec Systems reinforced its leadership team last week for the second time in less than a month. The provider cloud-based software solutions for finance companies announced that it has appointed Veljko Velickovic as Inovatec’s new head of solution delivery. In ... [Read More]
Fed policymaker cautious about fintechs involved in ‘shadow banks’
Monday, Apr. 17, 2023, 11:45 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
A member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors took a cautious approach on two fronts during a public appearance last week. Michelle Bowman was guarded about the possibility of few banks in the marketplace. Bowman also was apprehensive about ... [Read More]
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