Wednesday, November 20, 2019 - 11:56am

Auto Fin Journal Staff

  According to data released back in June by the Pew Research Center, 81% of Americans now own smartphones. That’s up from just 35% Pew analysts discovered during their first survey of smartphone ownership conducted in 2011. Trends like that are having a significant impact on auto financing, as the recent findings... Read More

Monday, November 18, 2019 - 11:53am

Auto Fin Journal Staff

Two familiar names in the F&I technology world — Dealertrack and CDK Global — announced an expanded integration on Monday. The companies explained their latest development brings together the CDK Drive DMS and Dealertrack uniFI platforms to enable faster funding for more dealers. Through the integration,... Read More

Monday, November 11, 2019 - 4:11pm

Auto Fin Journal Staff

Autodata Solutions president Craig Jennings says obtaining timely and accurate rates, residuals, rebates and incentives “continues to be a challenge for partners across the industry. “Dealers need to be able to accurately market, price and desk their vehicles both in-store and online,” Jennings said in... Read More

Wednesday, November 6, 2019 - 4:16pm

Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor

Bill Jones approaches every segment of his life with enthusiasm and zeal. Professionally, Jones serves in multiple roles as the chief executive officer and president of Regional Acceptance Corp., as well as executive vice president and manager of BB&T Dealer Retail Services. Personally, Jones treasures the time he... Read More

Wednesday, November 6, 2019 - 12:19pm

Auto Fin Journal Staff

On Wednesday, defi SOLUTIONS announced a partnership with Zest AI, a leader in AI software. Zest AI will provide defi clients direct access to Zest Automated Machine Learning (ZAML) software for loan decisioning. Officials explained the partnership between defi SOLUTIONS and Zest AI can make machine learning credit... Read More

Wednesday, November 6, 2019 - 12:16pm

Auto Fin Journal Staff

  Along with three other separate solution launches, FICO also highlighted during its largest annual event this week a jointly developed data decisions cloud suite that’s been completed with the team at Equifax, a member of the Automotive Intelligence Council. The full suite demonstrated at FICO World 2019 included... Read More

Wednesday, November 6, 2019 - 10:09am

Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor

This summer, Experian and Credit Bureau Connection (CBC) had the chance to celebrate for a few moments about how their collaboration helped to stop a southern California fraud ring. After a few handshakes, leaders of both companies told Auto Fin Journal during a recent phone conversation that their work is far from... Read More

Monday, November 4, 2019 - 11:52am

Auto Fin Journal Staff

Market Scan Information Systems and Experian recently released a solution for finance companies that want to know what underwriting strategy their competitors might be using to add to their portfolio. Through a collaboration, Experian and Market Scan will offer mGauge, what they described as a state-of-the-art analysis... Read More