Alfa, provider of Alfa Systems, recently rolled out a new thought leadership series to discuss how asset finance organizations can work in an agile fashion to deliver quick and often on their software implementations. The series, titled “Innovation in Implementation,” draws ... [Read More]

Point Predictive highlighted this week that another finance company has successfully completed its Auto Fraud Manager implementation. Not long after Lobel Financial finished the journey, CIG Financial now has, too, leveraging real-time consortium fraud alerts and sophisticated artificial and natural ... [Read More]

Another vehicle subscription start-up launched this week with an eye on being a simple and affordable alternative to traditional auto leases and financing GO announced its subscription service is available to customers throughout the Philadelphia metro area. GO said through ... [Read More]

A former Visa executive is taking an important role at TransUnion. On Tuesday, TransUnion announced the appointment of industry veteran Bill Shields as the company’s new chief information security officer (CISO). Shields comes to TransUnion from Visa and has more ... [Read More]

Upstart ventured into auto financing last summer and then acquired Prodigy in April to enhance its platform fueled by artificial intelligence. Then last week, the company announced the availability of Upstart Auto Retail software, which includes AI-enabled financing. Upstart explained ... [Read More]

Moody’s Investors Service said accelerating sales of alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) — include battery electric vehicles (BEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), hybrid electric vehicles and alternatively-powered electric vehicles — will shift portfolio compositions and credit fundamentals across auto-related sectors ... [Read More]

AutoAPR recently named a new vice president of sales. Taking on the role for the payment engagement company that aims to reduce friction points by matching virtual payment calculations to a dealer’s inventory is Rob Hubbell. In this role, the ... [Read More]

Point Predictive announced this week that Lobel Financial has successfully completed its Auto Fraud Manager implementation. With Auto Fraud Manager now in place, Lobel Financial will use Point Predictive’s fraud alerts and scores in real-time within the finance company’s native ... [Read More]

Another round of funding that included an Asian automaker and several dealer groups across the United States drove Tekion’s valuation to $3.5 billion, according to a news release distributed on Tuesday. The valuation arrived as Tekion — innovator of the ... [Read More]

On Tuesday, Digital Matrix Systems and New Orleans-based Crescent Bank highlighted how they’re now working together. The risk management solution provider announced that Crescent Bank has selected the company’s trended attributes in support of a new and sophisticated modeling approach.  ... [Read More]