TD Auto Finance shines in JD Power Dealer Financing Satisfaction Study for seventh straight year
Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, 12:41 PM
Edmunds & TransUnion with Q2 trade & financing trends connected to EVs & hybrids
Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, 11:46 AM
Jolt Credit Union partners with Credit Union Leasing of America
Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, 12:44 PM
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
Matt Babcock of Wolters Kluwer on how digital transformation continues to gain steam in auto financing
Matt Babcock, who heads up digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, returned for another visit on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Wolter Kluwer recently released its latest quarterly Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index. Babcock recapped the sustained upward trajectory the ... Listen Here
Blockchain + Legal Industry Group launches whitepaper series to highlight technology & law
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Attorneys, not just technology developers, are trying to wrap their collective arms around what blockchain is and what it can do, too. The recently formed Blockchain + Legal Industry Group announced that its collaborative working groups have created the first ... [Read More]
AutoVitals & Facepay partner to give repair shops multiple customer payment options
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Here’s a development where new technology is helping payments to be processed at time of service and potentially stretched over time in another part of the automotive space. AutoVitals, a digital vehicle inspection and shop workflow solution, recently formed a ... [Read More]
Credit union originations on Origence set record in Q1
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Credit unions using Origence to help build its auto-finance portfolios enjoyed a record quarter. The CU Direct brand announced on Monday that it had delivered a record amount in credit union paper through its platforms during Q1, as the company ... [Read More]
PREMIUM PODCAST: Comparing the direct & indirect financing models
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Continuing our series of special episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcasts featuring general sessions from this year’s Auto Intel Summit — an added benefit for Cherokee Media Group Premium Members — a trio of industry leaders compare and contrast the ... [Read More]
PREMIUM PODCAST: Steve Greenfield with 2022 Emerging 8 honorees
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Continuing our series of special episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcasts featuring general sessions from this year’s Auto Intel Summit — an added benefit for Cherokee Media Group Premium Members — we bring you a conversation led by Steve Greenfield ... [Read More]
COMMENTARY: Chronicling impact working moms have in credit unions & beyond
Deshaun Sheppard, PDP Group
As we celebrate Mother’s Day this year, I’ve been feeling an itch to highlight what it truly means to be a working mom in this industry. It’s a very important topic that is finally starting to be recognized. A perfect ... [Read More]
PODCAST: LenderAuto CRO on opportunities banks have in auto financing
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Francis Gojcaj spent nearly eight years with Cox Automotive after being with RouteOne for almost six years. Now he’s one of the founders and chief revenue officer at LenderAuto, a new service provider that’s out to help banks gain more ... [Read More]
11 enhancements to Inovatec’s LMS 2.0 platform
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Inovatec Systems co-founder and chief executive officer Vlad Kovacevic alluded to new products being in the pipeline when Cherokee Media Group reconnected with him in March during the American Financial Services Association’s Vehicle Finance Conference. Backing up those mentions, the ... [Read More]
iLending names chief digital officer
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Refinancing company iLending — which rebranded itself about a month ago — welcomed a new chief digital officer Chosen to be responsible for technology-related, digital, and innovation services including infrastructure, security, communication services, and software development, iLending hired Christian Marcussen. ... [Read More]
SCUSA & Stellantis extend financing & leasing agreement
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Franchised dealers for Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, RAM and Fiat will continue to have a familiar option when helping their customers in the finance office. Last week, Santander Consumer USA Holdings, which does business as Chrysler Capital with these dealers, announced ... [Read More]
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