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
Dealers leverage Solera Auto Finance’s rewards to trim DMS costs
Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, 04:51 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
According to a news release a pair of independent dealerships in the Southeast are among the stores already seeing the advantages of using Solera Auto Finance (SAF) after receiving rebate checks as part of the finance company’s rewards program. Drive ... [Read More]
Blinker lands capital raise & licensing agreement from Flagship Credit Acceptance
Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, 04:49 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Blinker and Flagship Credit Acceptance now are collaborating to leverage their collective resources to gain more share within auto financing. The automotive e-commerce technology and services company and auto-finance provider managed by funds controlled by Perella Weinberg Partners Capital Management ... [Read More]
Executive with roots in SC to lead iLending’s growing office
Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, 02:56 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Refinancing firm iLending recently announced that Jason Oswald has been named director of sales at the company’s office in Columbia, S.C. In this role, Oswald will be responsible for all sales functions for the company’s growing office in South Carolina’s ... [Read More]
Origence & Informed.IQ partner to speed funding for credit unions and dealers
Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, 02:54 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Origence is amid a string of records associated with auto financing and credit unions, and it appears the company wants to remain on that path through leveraging a partnership with Informed.IQ, a provider of artificial intelligence-based software to financial institutions ... [Read More]
Wolters Kluwer industry survey gauges availability & usage of digital back-office resources
Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, 02:51 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Arriving soon after the second quarter reading of its Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index, Wolters Kluwer announced results from an industry survey it commissioned to better understand how many automotive professionals are leveraging digital back-office resources and processes. Wolters Kluwer ... [Read More]
Automotive Market Data sees Upstart as fastest-growing software provider in Q2
Wednesday, Jul. 27, 2022, 03:57 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Upstart is making great strides in growing its client base, according to data released by Automotive Market Data. The company has been named the fastest growing auto retail software in the U.S. for Q2 2022, From April to June, nearly ... [Read More]
Origence continues record-setting pace with credit unions & auto financing
Wednesday, Jul. 27, 2022, 03:55 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Origence is on quite a record-setting streak. After establishing new marks in 2021 and during the first quarter of this year, the CU Direct brand announced last week that it had delivered a record amount in credit union auto financing ... [Read More]
Equifax reinforces fraud tools with definitive agreement to acquire Midigator
Wednesday, Jul. 27, 2022, 03:51 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
The impact fraud is having on auto finance and other segments of financial services isn’t diminishing, so Equifax is reinforcing its resources to combat it. Equifax said this week it is expanding its global footprint in digital identity and fraud ... [Read More]
ACI Worldwide & IR enrich 20-year partnership to monitor transactions
Monday, Jul. 25, 2022, 03:36 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Last week, ACI Worldwide and IR extended their partnership to include enriched end-to-end enterprise transaction monitoring Part of the ACI Enterprise Payments Platform, ACI Payments Monitoring powered by IR Transact can give banks and financial institutions visibility into the health ... [Read More]
New Wolters Kluwer index tracks ongoing digitization
Friday, Jul. 22, 2022, 02:30 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Perhaps the digitization of vehicle financing and retailing really is gaining significant momentum. This week, Wolters Kluwer, a global leader in professional information, software solutions and services, announced second quarter results and analysis from its Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index, ... [Read More]
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