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Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Satyan Merchant of TransUnion
Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, 07:01 PM
Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners wrap up with Satyan Merchant, who is senior vice president, automotive and mortgage business leader at TransUnion. Merchant recollected how his interest in data started when studying statistics on the back ... Listen Here
Top Reasons Dealers can benefit by attending the Used Car Summit
Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, 03:27 PM
On this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits has a conversation with Vanessa Rocha, VP, All-American Bonds and Insurance and a Board member with the Florida Independent Auto Dealers Association. Vanessa speaks to some of the big issues ... Listen Here
Industry Elite: Tony Rimas of XPEL
Tuesday, Mar. 31, 2026, 07:40 PM
Concluding our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Tony Rimas, who is vice president of global revenue at XPEL Inc. Rimas — an avid biker who swam and ran track & field and cross country ... Listen Here

Vehicle subscription startup lands $41M in funding

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Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, 02:46 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
After launching its vehicle subscription service in four states, a Philadelphia-based startup now has more resources to grow. This week, GO announced that it has secured a $41 million round of financing led by Synterra Capital Management. According to a ... [Read More]

FS-ISAC: Intelligence sharing by financial services companies rises 60%

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Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, 02:44 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Industry collaboration is continuing to strengthen to combat online malfeasance. The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) — a global cyber intelligence sharing community solely focused on financial services — recently announced that global cyber intelligence sharing among ... [Read More]

Alfa opens thought leadership series on agile implementations

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Monday, Oct. 18, 2021, 03:10 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
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]

CIG Financial completes implementation of Point Predictive tools

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Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, 03:45 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
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]

Vehicle subscription startup rolls out service in Pennsylvania

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Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, 03:42 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
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]

TransUnion appoints new chief information security officer

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Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, 03:40 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
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 continues solution development to leverage AI for auto financing

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Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, 04:03 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
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 examines greater risk when financing AFVs

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Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, 03:57 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
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]

Former Edmunds, DealerSocket exec joins AutoAPR as VP of sales

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Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, 04:03 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
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]

Lobel Financial leverages Point Predictive tools to curb fraud

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Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, 04:01 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
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]

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