This Month's Focus
Artificial Intelligence
CARS Protection Plus taps Circuitry.ai Warranty Decision Intelligence to help adjusters resolve claims faster
Wednesday, May. 6, 2026, 10:38 AM
DealerOn’s dual launch includes AI search visibility platform, ‘intelligent layer’ touching full dealership
Tuesday, May. 5, 2026, 03:28 PM
Newest Experian tool designed to reduce risk within AI-driven commerce
Monday, May. 4, 2026, 11:19 AM
FICO’s Shams Blanc on lenders sharpening underwriting & more
Fresh off being in Miami as part of the Used Car Industry Summit that Cherokee Media Group hosted this spring, Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, appeared again on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Blanc discussed ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Apr. 29, 2026, 03:54 PM
Byron Oldham of Honest Autos & FIADA
Byron Oldham is president of the family-owned Honest Autos dealership and is president of the board at the Florida Independent Automobile Dealers Association. In this episode, Oldham talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about the upcoming Southeast ... Listen Here
Monday, Apr. 27, 2026, 07:47 PM
Automotive CFO-To-Go Kathi Kruse talks dealership finance, accounting in ‘lightning round’
Kathi Kruse, the Automotive CFO-To-Go who brings her financial expertise — born through years of experience as a dealership chief financial officer — to dealers needing help in that area, is back on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. In this episode, ... Listen Here
Sunday, Apr. 19, 2026, 04:27 AM
5 capabilities of RouteOne’s newest tool
Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, 04:31 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
RouteOne highlighted five capabilities of the new dealership F&I tool it rolled out last week. The company explained RouteOne Insights can provide users instant access to web-based data analytics that are fully customizable to a dealer’s unique processes and requirements. ... [Read More]
National Cybersecurity Alliance outlines activities for Data Privacy Week
Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, 04:30 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Along with all of the auto festivities this week in Dallas, it’s also Data Privacy Week, which is orchestrated by the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA). After expanding Data Privacy Day into a week-long initiative for the first time last year, ... [Read More]
AutoFi & SCUSA extend partnership with ‘transaction ready’ tool set to deploy
Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, 04:41 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
AutoFi announced on Wednesday that it has extended its partnership with Santander Consumer USA, bringing to market digital products that are geared to “meaningfully improve” the ability for consumers and dealers to interact with the finance company and simplify the ... [Read More]
With growth in mind, TurboPass picks Kassem to be CTO
Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, 04:38 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
In an effort to handle “explosive growth,” TurboPass announced the hiring of Zahid Kassem as chief product/technology officer on Tuesday TurboPass, an Emerging 8 honoree that offers an electronic multi-verification solution for credit, fraud and compliance, has increased its user ... [Read More]
CarMax unveils online pre-qualification path to financing
Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, 04:12 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Experian determined that 40.45% of used vehicles retailed during the third quarter of last year included financing. To make sure that potential buyers who might fall into that category have plenty of options, CarMax on Tuesday nationally launched pre-qualification capability ... [Read More]
EchoPark partners with Matic to offer car insurance options to online vehicle shoppers
Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, 04:09 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Perhaps reflecting what Polly discovered about car insurance availability at dealerships, EchoPark made a move in that space on Tuesday. The Sonic Automotive division focused on retailing used vehicles announced a long-term partnership with Matic, a leading digital insurtech platform, to ... [Read More]
Securrency shifts Chakar from board member to CEO
Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, 03:54 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Securrency, a developer of institutional-grade, blockchain-based financial and regulatory technology, recently announced Nadine Chakar joind the company and assumed the role of chief executive officer. The company highlighted Chakar’s leadership will combine her deep financial services, technology and market experience ... [Read More]
Mendoza Ventures closes $100M early growth fund led by Bank of America
Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, 03:52 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Ahead of Martin Luther King Day, Mendoza Ventures said it has closed its third fund. The female- and Latinx-founded fintech, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity venture capital firm landed a $100 million fund that Mendoza Ventures said it will invest in ... [Read More]
Polly study: 72% of recent buyers would like to get car insurance at dealership
Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, 06:55 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Here’s more evidence of why the “I” in your dealership F&I department could be more important than ever. Polly released an in-depth study Thursday focused on shopper expectations about insurance. The embedded insurance marketplace for automotive retail found 72% of ... [Read More]
PREMIUM PODCAST: 4 top executives discuss future of auto financing
Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023, 03:30 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
As an added benefit for Cherokee Media Group Premium Members, we are offering special episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcasts featuring general sessions from Used Car Week in November. Our next special episode features a panel discussion from Auto Fin ... [Read More]
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