PODCAST: Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Satyan Merchant of TransUnion
Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, 03:19 PM
Records set in Edmunds Q1 data reinforce thought of ‘cliff’ connected to 84-month contracts
Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, 12:30 PM
Fruit of Agora-Figure partnership results in auto loans available as tokenized real-world assets
Monday, Mar. 30, 2026, 12:25 PM
Top Reasons Dealers can benefit by attending the Used Car Summit
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
Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, 03:27 PM
Industry Elite: Tony Rimas of XPEL
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
Tuesday, Mar. 31, 2026, 07:40 PM
Industry Elite honoree Mike Thomas of Resolvion on building his career — literally
Next up in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Mike Thomas, who is chief executive officer of Resolvion. Thomas shares memories with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Nick Zulovich about working in construction and ... Listen Here
Thursday, Mar. 26, 2026, 02:23 PM
Darwin enhances digital retailing tool with ActivEngage chat integration
Wednesday, May. 26, 2021, 03:28 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
One of this year’s Emerging 8 honorees updated one of its tools that generated some of the reasons why the firm earned the accolade. Darwin Automotive this week announced that the most recent update to its digital retailing application ensures ... [Read More]
Experian enters income & employment verification spaces with new solutions
Wednesday, May. 26, 2021, 03:25 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Complications created by the pandemic made the job of underwriting departments even more challenging since that segment of finance companies is tasked with confirming a myriad of details to ensure quality paper flows into portfolios. To support the collective recovery ... [Read More]
Seventh Knight rolls out ransomware prevention tool powered by IBM
Tuesday, May. 18, 2021, 08:58 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Perhaps what happened to the Colonial Pipeline has you thinking about if your finance company suddenly suffered a ransomware attack and how it might cripple your originations and collections. To help companies of all kinds, Seventh Knight recently developed an embedded ... [Read More]
ACH Network volume spikes 11.2% during record-setting Q1
Tuesday, May. 18, 2021, 08:17 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
It delights auto-finance companies when their customers set up an ACH path for monthly payments. And providers likely are excited about that stream potentially growing since Nacha, which governs the ACH Network, saw total volume soar during the first quarter ... [Read More]
Point Predictive: Auto-finance fraud tops $7B in 2020
Monday, May. 17, 2021, 02:21 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Point Predictive pinpointed a number in connection with one of the important topics being discussed this week during the Auto Intel Summit. According to the company’s Auto Fraud Report, Point Predictive said fraud reaching $7.3 billion of originations last year, ... [Read More]
DRIVRZ Financial & Roadster align to offer digital used-vehicle leasing experience
Friday, May. 14, 2021, 03:54 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Easterns Automotive operates eight locations in Maryland and Virginia near Baltimore and Washington, D.C., and the group is one of the first dealerships to enjoy success stemming from the used-vehicle leasing tool put in motion by DRIVRZ Financial and Roadster. ... [Read More]
RouteOne promotes 2 of its longest-tenured executives
Friday, May. 14, 2021, 03:44 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
This week, RouteOne announced two executive promotions; moves that are effective immediately. The company founded nearly two decades ago to improve the F&I process for dealers and their customers said Jeff Belanger now is RouteOne’s chief revenue officer and Amanda ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Leaders on formation & initial success of AFSA’s Diversity and Inclusion Working Group
Wednesday, May. 12, 2021, 01:40 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
In April, the American Financial Services Association announced the official formation of its Diversity and Inclusion Working Group to enhance its efforts to foster a culture of diversity and inclusion within the financial services industry. Prabir Chakrabarty, vice president ... [Read More]
NXCR welcomes new chief technology officer
Tuesday, May. 11, 2021, 02:21 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Last week, NXCR formed a strategic alliance J.D. Power. On Tuesday, the fintech and insurtech vehicle subscription platform named a new chief technology officer to leverage that relationship, as well as to be responsible for all platform technology and innovation, ... [Read More]
Budco Financial integrates into RouteOne to boost dealership sales of VSCs
Monday, May. 10, 2021, 03:09 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Budco Financial last week announced the integration of its 0% payment plan services into RouteOne’s menu powered by MaximTrak. Budco Financial highlighted that its addition to RouteOne’s F&I platform can provide dealerships the ability to seamlessly present, rate and remit ... [Read More]
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