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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

RockED chosen as official industry certification partner for the National Loan Payoff Clearinghouse

Auto Fin Journal Staff
Automotive professionals seeking specific training connected with the modernization of loan payoffs, lien releases and title transparency workflows now have another option. Last week, the National Loan Payoff Clearinghouse (NLPC), powered by EPIC, announced that RockED has been named the ... [Read More]

Record positive trade equity of certain models helping to overcome some car-business headwinds

Auto Fin Journal Staff
Perhaps your July auto financing and retailing activity rounded out with some deals coming together via a trade that included positive equity. Those deals might have included some of the models that Edmunds highlighted recently that created a new record ... [Read More]

Launcher & Zest AI to expand lending capabilities via new partnership

Auto Fin Journal Staff
Artificial intelligence brought Launcher and Zest AI together this week. Their new partnership enables lenders using Launcher’s appTRAKER Loan Origination System to incorporate and automate decisioning based on Zest’s AI’s credit and fraud risk models in their existing underwriting workflow. ... [Read More]

Wolters Kluwer notices simultaneous improvements in credit availability & digital adoption

Auto Fin Journal Staff
Credit availability and digital adoption are running in the same upward direction, which is creating positives for dealerships and finance companies booking loans and lenders eventually using them in securitizations. Wolters Kluwer Compliance Solutions on Wednesday released its Q2 Auto ... [Read More]

Dealer Pay now a preferred vendor within The Shop by FordDirect

Auto Fin Journal Staff
Blue Oval dealerships now have another option for tools they use to collect payments from customers. Dealer Pay, driven by Vehlo, has been named a preferred vendor in The Shop by FordDirect, which is a curated marketplace of trusted dealership ... [Read More]

FICO & NCC revisit old car-business saying when addressing affordability & credit approvals

Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
As much as artificial intelligence and other technologies have boosted auto financing, sometimes the fundamentals of just making a good car deal remain most important. FICO recently hosted an online dialogue with its head of auto, Shams Blanc, and Jim ... [Read More]

Phoenix Center study: Workers who use AI are the most likely to see it coming for their own jobs

Auto Fin Journal Staff
Using artificial intelligence might trigger childhood memories of your parent telling you to “just try it” when a new dish landed on the supper table. Well, the Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies found that professional ... [Read More]

Euromoney names Huntington as best digital bank for consumers

Auto Fin Journal Staff
Huntington National Bank is adding to its list of accolades. Huntington announced Monday that it has been named the United States’ Best Digital Bank for Consumers as part of Euromoney’s 2026 Awards for Excellence, one of the global banking industry’s ... [Read More]

Military AutoSource taps AmeriTrust Financial as exclusive global lease partner for used & new vehicles

Auto Fin Journal Staff
AmeriTrust Financial is going global with its leasing activities. The independent automotive finance company on Tuesday announced a global lease partnership with Overseas Military Sales Corp., which operates as Military AutoSource. Under the agreement highlighted in a news release, AmeriTrust ... [Read More]

CULA brings Credit Union of Georgia into client portfolio

Auto Fin Journal Staff
Credit Union Leasing of America (CULA) just landed an award-winning client. The provider of indirect vehicle leasing solutions on Wednesday announced a new partnership with Credit Union of Georgia, which is among the 2025 Best of Georgia Award recipients. The ... [Read More]

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