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Used Car Week Hall of Famer Jerry Kroshus of Location Services
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, 04:19 PM
Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees is a conversation with Jerry Kroshus, who is CEO of Location Services. Cherokee Media President Bill Zadeits talks with Kroshus about his career journey in ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Famer Kathy Ruble of Ally
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, 07:52 PM
Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees, we catch up with Kathy Ruble, who is executive director of marketing, dealer financial services and communications at Ally. Ruble has been the longtime moderator ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: From Acquisition to Sale — Winning Used Car Tactics from Autotrader and vAuto experts
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, 05:28 PM
In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, host Bill Zadeits joins with Elizabeth Stegall of Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book and ICO, and Bethany Johnson from vAuto to preview their Used Car Week workshop. Listen now and you’ll get ... Listen Here

Morgan Auto Group looks to reduce fraud-triggered buybacks using Point Predictive tools

Wednesday, Jul. 2, 2025, 10:35 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
With its fraud-fighting consortium already containing more than 650 members, Point Predictive is making inroads into the dealership space, too. On Tuesday, the provider of artificial intelligence solutions for consumer lending announced a strategic partnership with Morgan Auto Group, one ... [Read More]

SBS and AiM partner to offer digital & physical auditing for wholesale financing

Wednesday, Jul. 2, 2025, 10:34 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
SBS announced a new partnership with Alliance Inspection Management (AiM) on Wednesday designed to streamline a sometimes cumbersome part of wholesale financing. SBS and AiM now can offer wholesale finance lenders a comprehensive audit solution that can combine digital and ... [Read More]

Bain: Private equity upturn hit by tariff turmoil, but winning firms will lean into turbulence

Bain sees private equity activity germinating again
Monday, Jun. 30, 2025, 10:20 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
The global private equity upturn — which was taking shape last year and extended into a relatively upbeat first quarter of 2025 — is weakening as dealmaking and exits are hit by market and economic headwinds triggered by recent turmoil ... [Read More]

COMMENTARY: AI is coming to F&I, and here’s how dealers can win

Monday, Jun. 23, 2025, 09:37 AM
Todd Smith, QoreAI
For most dealerships, the F&I office is still the most profitable square footage in the building. But while sales departments are testing artificial intelligence tools, the box hasn’t changed much in 20 years. That’s about to change. Fast. Dealers are ... [Read More]

OttoMoto partners with Algebrik AI to provide dealers & lenders with beneficial insights

Wednesday, Jun. 18, 2025, 11:36 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
OttoMoto and Algebrik recently announced partnership to leverage the collective capabilities of their platforms fueled by artificial intelligence and other technologies and designed to help finance companies and dealerships. The partnership is geared so dealers and lenders can leverage real-time ... [Read More]

3 federal agencies seek public input to reduce check fraud

Wednesday, Jun. 18, 2025, 11:21 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Auto finance has become more digitized in recent years. It’s something Wolters Kluwer tracks quarterly. But there is still plenty of paper making the rounds, including checks. It’s part of the reason why three federal bank regulatory agencies this week ... [Read More]

Tropic survey shows 2026 as inflection point for AI investment

Monday, Jun. 16, 2025, 10:01 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Tropic published findings from a recent survey last week, showing that finance and procurement teams are preparing for a massive shift toward artificial intelligence adoption, with 86% planning to implement or scale AI initiatives by 2026. With 50% reporting they’re ... [Read More]

Independent study by Forrester highlights three primary gains by clients using Experian Ascend Platform

Wednesday, Jun. 11, 2025, 11:35 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
The top three findings from a recently commissioned total economic impact study of Experian’s global customers by Forrester illustrated what the company’s tools can do for clients. According to a news release from Experian, the study showed that the Experian ... [Read More]

Former Volvo exec now leads Chase Auto’s Subaru business

Wednesday, Jun. 11, 2025, 11:33 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
This week, Chase Auto welcomed a former high-level Volvo executive to oversee one of its captive finance businesses. Michael Cottone joined the company as general manager to lead Subaru Motors Finance. In his role, Chase Auto highlighted that Cottone will ... [Read More]

Origence & Alloy partner to help credit unions fight fraud

Wednesday, Jun. 11, 2025, 11:33 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Origence is intensifying its fight against fraud. The lending technology solutions provider for credit unions announced a strategic partnership with Alloy, an identity and fraud prevention platform provider. Origence said on Wednesday that this partnership can provide credit unions with ... [Read More]
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