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SPONSORED EPISODE: Allied Solutions explains why origination is episodic, but servicing is continuous
John Elias, sales specialist in auto finance business development for Allied Solutions, is back as the guest for another sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Elias explains why current market conditions, affordability pressures and changing vehicle values are combining ... Listen Here
Additional insight into FTC’s move involving disparate impact from Hudson Cook
The Federal Trade Commission recently announced it will not pursue claims based on disparate-impact or “unfair discrimination” theories. In this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Hudson Cook partners Erica Kramer and Rob Tilley offered some historical perspectives and a ... Listen Here
Deeper dive into rising LTVs with TransUnion’s Satyan Merchant
One of the notable findings from TransUnion’s Q2 2026 Credit Industry Insights Report (CIIR) was how much loan-to-value ratios have changed in the past five years. Satyan Merchant, one of this year’s Automotive Intelligence Award recipients and senior vice president ... Listen Here

Inovatec hires former Equifax executive as head of business development

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Inovatec Systems Corp. has significant interests in both the United States and Canada. On Tuesday, the provider of cloud-based loan origination and management solutions named its new head of business development who is familiar with how auto financing works in ... [Read More]

PODCAST: National Cyber Security Alliance on trends in automotive

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Lisa Plaggemier, interim executive director of the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), has an affinity for the automotive industry since her professional career includes time at Ford and CDK Global. Plaggemier appeared on this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast ... [Read More]

PureCars reinforces dealer marketing suite by acquiring truPayments

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
In a separate email message, truPayments chief executive officer Tarry Shebesta said: “Today starts the next chapter of my 32-year career in the online marketing, shopping and digital retailing space.” The reason for Shebesta’s declaration arrived through a news release ... [Read More]

GM Financial launches program to foster talent from HBCUs

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
GM Financial is reinforcing its commitment to help students who attend Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). This summer, the captive launched its first Sophomore Leadership Program to provide HBCU students with an in-depth, first-person look at the auto finance ... [Read More]

Alfa rolls out 3rd whitepaper to complete series on AI & ML

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Alfa, provider of the asset finance software platform Alfa Systems, recently published the third and final paper in its thought leadership series, “AI in Equipment and Auto Finance.” The whitepaper titled, “Part 3: Moving Forward with Machine Learning” was produced ... [Read More]

Senators aim to create federal equivalent of CFPB to regulate consumer data

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
A measure was recently introduced in the U.S. Senate that aims to create another agency on par with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau but for regulatory oversight of data. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand recently announced her renewed legislation — the Data ... [Read More]

J.D. Power creates dealership technologies division by acquiring Darwin Automotive

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
One of this year’s Emerging 8 honorees now has new ownership. On Wednesday, J.D. Power announced it has acquired Superior Integrated Solutions/Darwin Automotive, a leading provider of F&I software used by dealerships. The company highlighted in a news release that ... [Read More]

3 new features for vehicle shoppers using Driveway

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Lithia Motors isn’t just buying franchised dealerships. The company also is investing in Driveway. On Tuesday, executives announced three new features powered by artificial intelligence now are live on driveway.com. Driveway’s upgraded shopping experience can enable customers to shop and ... [Read More]

Tekion gains integration with RouteOne

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Auto Remarketing Staff
Tekion recently finalized an integration with Dealertrack F&I. Now the automotive retail cloud platform has an integration with RouteOne, too. The service providers recently announced the integration of their automotive retailing platforms to better serve dealers and improve the digital ... [Read More]

McGlinchey welcomes former captive corporate counsel to national compliance team

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
McGlinchey Stafford recently added an experienced legal expert whose experience includes time with a luxury brand’s captive finance company. The firm recently welcomed Jason Bichsel to its national consumer financial services compliance practice group as a member (partner) associated with ... [Read More]

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