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Additional insight into FTC’s move involving disparate impact from Hudson Cook
The Federal Trade Commission recently announced it will not pursue claims based on disparate-impact or “unfair discrimination” theories. In this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Hudson Cook partners Erica Kramer and Rob Tilley offered some historical perspectives and a ... Listen Here
Deeper dive into rising LTVs with TransUnion’s Satyan Merchant
One of the notable findings from TransUnion’s Q2 2026 Credit Industry Insights Report (CIIR) was how much loan-to-value ratios have changed in the past five years. Satyan Merchant, one of this year’s Automotive Intelligence Award recipients and senior vice president ... Listen Here
PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor on intersection of payments & technology
PayNearMe recently shared new search, explaining that hidden costs sustained by auto lenders can show up as failed payments, borrower support calls, late payments, collections follow-up, reconciliation work and manual recovery effort. PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor elaborated about ... Listen Here
SCUSA chooses Jotanovic to be president of Chrysler Capital and Auto Relationships
Auto Fin Journal Staff
More executive changes at Santander Consumer USA became public last week, as the finance company announced that Betty Jotanovic will assume the role of president of Chrysler Capital and Auto Relationships According to a news release, Jotanovic will be reporting ... [Read More]
Dealer Pay broadens solutions for convenience & compliance
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Dealer Pay understands that funds are taken from customers at multiple locations with a single dealership. For more than two decades, Dealer Pay has provided payment acceptance and point-of-sale (POS) solutions, exclusively to dealerships, and now the company has additional ... [Read More]
Parry makes moves with TruDecision & Leasly
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Last week was another notable one for industry veteran Daniel Parry. His company, TruDecision, announced the launch of its credit attribute engine TruDec AE that can integrate application, contract structure, credit bureau and alternative data to provide finance the “next ... [Read More]
5 capabilities of RouteOne’s newest tool
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
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
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
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
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
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
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]
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