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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

Market Scan promotes company veteran to be head of data partnerships

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Monday, Apr. 5, 2021, 03:23 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Market Scan Information Systems promoted one of its executives on Friday, as the enterprise solutions and data provider continues to expand its offerings to OEMs, finance companies and credit unions. Promoted to be head of data partnerships is Jose Galvan, ... [Read More]

J.D. Power: Communication remains key to retaining lessees

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Monday, Apr. 5, 2021, 03:20 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Now with the pandemic showing a few signs of abating, perhaps normal activities involving the leasing of vehicles can resume, if they haven’t already in some locations and dealerships. As new-vehicle lease opportunities compete against aggressive financing incentives for new-model ... [Read More]

With dealers at center, Capital One survey reinforces value of in-person actions with digital tools

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Wednesday, Mar. 31, 2021, 03:47 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Capital One discovered that perhaps not everything about the financing and retailing of vehicles changed because of the pandemic. While buyers are increasingly using digital tools to shop for a vehicle, Capital One compiled data that shows U.S. consumers say ... [Read More]

5 federal regulators taking greater interest in artificial intelligence

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Wednesday, Mar. 31, 2021, 03:45 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Artificial intelligence is certainly on the collective radar of the largest federal regulators. Five federal financial regulatory agencies announced this week that they are gathering insight on financial institutions’ use of AI.. According to a news release, the agencies seek ... [Read More]

inSearchX partners with Strategic Vision to enhance AskOtto

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Wednesday, Mar. 31, 2021, 03:40 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Emerging 8 honoree inSearchX is continuing to gain momentum for its tool that looks to connect consumers with the exact vehicle they want. This week, the startup and advisory services firm Strategic Vision announced they have partnered to deliver vehicle-matching ... [Read More]

Lightico and TruDecision partner to foster more streamlining of auto finance

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Sunday, Mar. 28, 2021, 02:09 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Two previous Emerging 8 honorees now are working together. Last week, Lightico, a leader of next-generation digital customer interactions, announced a partnership with TruDecision, a provider of sophisticated finance company tools through an analytic platform as a service. The companies ... [Read More]

TransUnion examines fraud trends one year into pandemic

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Sunday, Mar. 28, 2021, 02:07 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
If your shop wasn’t already the target, it might be now based on TransUnion’s latest quarterly analysis of global online fraud trends found that since the COVID-19 pandemic began. TransUnion said fraudsters are increasing their rate of digital schemes against ... [Read More]

PODCAST: How badly is auto finance now infected with fraud?

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Wednesday, Mar. 24, 2021, 03:48 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Point Predictive chief fraud strategist Frank McKenna returned for another episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast to diagnose how badly auto financing is infected with fraud. McKenna also shared an update on how the firm’s auto-finance consortium is working toward ... [Read More]

AFSA installs SCUSA’s Broderick to lead vehicle finance division

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Wednesday, Mar. 24, 2021, 03:40 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
One of the previous Women in Auto Finance honorees highlighted in Auto Fin Journal now also holds a leading position for the American Financial Services Association (AFSA). This week, AFSA announced the installation of Sandra Broderick, who is head of ... [Read More]

PODCAST: GM Financial’s Kyle Birch on navigating through the pandemic & more

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Monday, Mar. 22, 2021, 02:35 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
The last in-person interview before the pandemic conducted by Kyle Birch, who is president of North America operations at GM Financial, was for the Auto Remarketing Podcast at last year’s Vehicle Finance Conference hosted by the American Financial Services Association. ... [Read More]
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