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A Look Back at Last Two Decades of the Used-Car Industry in Canada
Thursday, Sep. 18, 2025, 02:32 PM
In the grand finale of our podcast episodes from Canada’s Used Car Week in June, conference chair and Cherokee Media Group president Bill Zadeits is joined by Brad Hart and Peter Snoyer on a panel celebrating 20th anniversary of the ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: AI & Big Data Deliver Significant Improvements to Inventory Management
Thursday, Sep. 11, 2025, 04:33 PM
In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Merritt Critcher, Director of Product Management with CDK speaks with Bill Zadeits about the newest trends and potential for AI and big data to meet and exceed the inventory management needs ... Listen Here
Experian on how much auto refinancing is gaining traction
Thursday, Sep. 11, 2025, 01:53 PM
Melinda Zabritski, Experian’s head of automotive financial insights, said consumers are looking for ways to secure more favorable vehicle financing terms, especially with interest rates leveling out and perhaps a cut coming next week from the Federal Reserve. The base ... Listen Here

Senators aim to create federal equivalent of CFPB to regulate consumer data

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Wednesday, Jul. 7, 2021, 03:21 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
A measure was recently introduced in the U.S. Senate that aims to create another agency on par with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau but for regulatory oversight of data. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand recently announced her renewed legislation — the Data ... [Read More]

J.D. Power creates dealership technologies division by acquiring Darwin Automotive

merger and acquisition pic on table
Wednesday, Jul. 7, 2021, 03:18 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
One of this year’s Emerging 8 honorees now has new ownership. On Wednesday, J.D. Power announced it has acquired Superior Integrated Solutions/Darwin Automotive, a leading provider of F&I software used by dealerships. The company highlighted in a news release that ... [Read More]

3 new features for vehicle shoppers using Driveway

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Tuesday, Jul. 6, 2021, 02:23 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Lithia Motors isn’t just buying franchised dealerships. The company also is investing in Driveway. On Tuesday, executives announced three new features powered by artificial intelligence now are live on driveway.com. Driveway’s upgraded shopping experience can enable customers to shop and ... [Read More]

Tekion gains integration with RouteOne

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Wednesday, Jun. 30, 2021, 03:20 PM
Auto Remarketing Staff
Tekion recently finalized an integration with Dealertrack F&I. Now the automotive retail cloud platform has an integration with RouteOne, too. The service providers recently announced the integration of their automotive retailing platforms to better serve dealers and improve the digital ... [Read More]

McGlinchey welcomes former captive corporate counsel to national compliance team

Jason Bichsel for web
Monday, Jun. 28, 2021, 04:16 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
McGlinchey Stafford recently added an experienced legal expert whose experience includes time with a luxury brand’s captive finance company. The firm recently welcomed Jason Bichsel to its national consumer financial services compliance practice group as a member (partner) associated with ... [Read More]

3 suggestions for handling cybercrime from 3 New York Fed economists

cloud computing
Monday, Jun. 28, 2021, 04:06 PM
Auto Remarketing Staff
Using what a trio of economists from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York considered to be the most damaging cyberattack in history, they recently updated an in-depth examination of cybercrime while offering three suggestions that could benefit finance companies ... [Read More]

Mercedes-Benz shares initial details of data breach impacting about 1,000 customers

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Friday, Jun. 25, 2021, 07:06 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
A potential pitfall of digital retailing recently impacted a luxury automaker. And it might have stemmed from activity long before the pandemic arrived and pushed automakers and dealerships deep into the digital domain. According to a news release, a vendor ... [Read More]

Tekion & Dealertrack F&I integrate to streamline digital contracting

dealertrack tekion for web
Tuesday, Jun. 22, 2021, 07:30 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Service providers are continuing to respond to the challenge of meeting dealership demand to improve digital retailing capabilities their customers want. On Tuesday, Dealertrack F&I and Tekion today announced the launch of a new digital contracting integration between the two ... [Read More]

CULA expands leasing footprint in fertile Northeast

car leasing
Monday, Jun. 21, 2021, 03:07 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Experian reported that 46.29% of all new vehicles financed during the first quarter were attached to a lease. And a new partnership could help to raise that level in future quarters. Credit Union Leasing of America (CULA) further expanded its ... [Read More]

TFS details $1.6B green bond for financing of efficient vehicles

2021_Camry_XSE_Hybrid for web
Monday, Jun. 21, 2021, 03:04 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Toyota Financial Services (TFS) is continuing to cultivate its portfolio of fuel-efficient vehicles. Last week, the captive issued its latest asset-backed green bond, reinforcing the company’s longstanding commitment to the sale of environmentally friendly vehicles. TFS said in a news ... [Read More]
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