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Dissecting evolving credit scores with Shams Blanc of FICO
Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, 03:34 PM
As much as auto-finance underwriting has become sophisticated, a potential starting point to determine if the applicant will be offered an installment contract is the credit score. Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, described the ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Famer Jerry Kroshus of Location Services
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, 04:19 PM
Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees is a conversation with Jerry Kroshus, who is CEO of Location Services. Cherokee Media President Bill Zadeits talks with Kroshus about his career journey in ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Famer Kathy Ruble of Ally
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, 07:52 PM
Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees, we catch up with Kathy Ruble, who is executive director of marketing, dealer financial services and communications at Ally. Ruble has been the longtime moderator ... Listen Here

Hyundai Capital America now available for eContracting via RouteOne

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Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, 05:32 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Hyundai, Kia and Genesis dealers that use RouteOne now have more functionality when working with their captive finance company. RouteOne recently announced that Hyundai Capital America is now an available eContracting finance source for utilizing the RouteOne platform. Through RouteOne ... [Read More]

AutoFi debuts Lending as a Service capabilities

Jonathan Schenk at AIS 2018
Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, 05:30 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Just like a finance company might do with its portfolio, fintechs diversify, too. Look at what’s happening at AutoFi. Building on the strength of its digital retail platform, AutoFi has launched a new business division focused on the automotive industry’s largest ... [Read More]

Tresl & CreditSnap enhance relationship with investment & solution launch

banking amplified for web
Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, 05:26 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Tresl is making an investment in a fellow fintech stemming from a relationship that began nearly two years ago. And the firms are also rolling out a tool aimed to help banks and credit unions. On Tuesday, Tresl announced that ... [Read More]

Inovatec launches optical character recognition within JAVELIN

inovatec screen shot with border for web
Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, 05:21 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Inovatec Systems Corp. rebranded its cloud-based software solutions back in October. This week, the fintech firm launched a major enhancement designed to save time and manual labor. Inovatec announced its JAVELIN platform now offers optical character recognition (OCR) for automatic ... [Read More]

After 3 major accomplishments in 2020, MotoRefi announces $10M in new funding

fintech investment
Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021, 03:56 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Within a week, another Emerging 8 honoree received an injection of financial resources from the investment world. Soon after an announcement by Volta, fellow honoree MotoRefi — an auto refinancing startup on a mission to help people save on their ... [Read More]

COMMENTARY: How all components are in place for automotive digital retailing in 2021

digital retailing
Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, 05:03 PM
Rusty West, Market Scan
It is certainly an understatement to say the world has been turned on to online shopping and digital retailing. According to Adobe Analytics, during the 2020 Black Friday event, online sales increased 22% over the previous year. What’s more, the ... [Read More]

Volta lands $125M in Series D funding to accelerate EV charging station network

Volta_Charging for web
Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, 04:43 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Volta certainly recharged its finances to begin 2021. The Emerging 8 honoree previously highlighted in Auto Fin Journal and developer of commerce-centric electric vehicle charging networks announced an oversubscribed Series D financing of $125 million. Volta said this week that Goldman ... [Read More]

Walser involved in launch of AI-driven solution designed for 30-minute vehicle delivery

fuse autotech for web
Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, 09:13 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
On Tuesday, Walser Automotive Group, in partnership with PICO Venture Partners, announced the launch of a cloud-based predictive finance management system fueled by artificial intelligence that’s designed to cut the delivery process down from an average of three hours to ... [Read More]

Equifax enhances employment verification to accelerate auto financing in digital environment

equifax collage for web
Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, 05:33 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
While other segments of the economy are struggling, Equifax highlighted that vehicle sales showed strength at the end of 2020 in spite of the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. And Equifax is trying to help make sure the industry ... [Read More]

MUSA Auto Finance partners with defi SOLUTIONS to service lease portfolio

musa defi for web
Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, 05:30 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
MUSA Auto Finance now is fueled with technology provided by defi SOLUTIONS. This week, MUSA Auto Finance announced its partnership with defi SOLUTIONS to handle the day-to-day servicing of the company’s entire lease portfolio. MUSA said in a news release ... [Read More]
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