15 executives among 2026 Women in Auto Finance honorees
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Fueled by more than $100M in strategic financing, MCO names new president
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RCS messaging now available through Nordis Technologies’ Expresso platform
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This Month's Focus
Turbocharged Finance
3 primary capabilities of PayNearMe’s AI Servicing and Collections Agent
Fueled by more than $100M in strategic financing, MCO names new president
ITOCHU invests in MOTER again to leverage connected-car technology
Jeremy Louisos of Preowned Auto Logistics Returns to Show
Our “PAL” Jeremy Louisos of Preowned Auto Logistics is back on the show for a wide-ranging conversation about his work on remarketing industry committees and conferences, top issues and hot topics in auto transport and much more. The interview is ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: Rethinking vehicle-protection plans for today’s wide inventory mix with GWC Warranty
Used-car inventory on dealer lots nowadays can range from older, higher-mileage vehicles to EVs, lifted trucks, and modified vehicles. The result is dealers are also having to change the vehicle-protection conversations with customers. In this special sponsored episode of the ... Listen Here
Recapping credit scores & other trends in auto finance with Shams Blanc of FICO
Shams Blanc, head of auto scores at FICO, made another appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast to elaborate more about the fall edition of the FICO Score Credit Insights report. Along with recapping what’s going on in auto finance, Blanc ... Listen Here
6 factors that vault risk assessment from S&P Global Ratings monitors
Auto Fin Journal Staff
On Monday, S&P Global Ratings launched its vault risk assessment (VRA), a new analytical approach that can deliver independent, forward-looking insights into the risks associated with digital asset lending vaults. The company highlighted the initiative brings institutional-grade transparency to the ... [Read More]
Porsche revs into US securitization market with $911M prime auto ABS transaction
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Porsche recently hit the accelerator into the securitization market via its captive. Last week, Porsche Financial Services announced the successful closing of its first asset-backed securities transaction in the United States registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. According to ... [Read More]
With $5.5M in funding, Fearn builds AI platform to expedite patent applications for startups
Auto Fin Journal Staff
A California startup is pairing patent law experts with an in-house artificial intelligence and engineering team to expedite the process while also reducing costs significantly. Fearn is looking to accelerate patent prosecution, which is the legal and administrative process of ... [Read More]
ACI Worldwide can now support tokenized deposit payments through Swift’s ledger
Auto Fin Journal Staff
ACI Worldwide on Tuesday announced it is bringing intelligent routing for Swift ledger transactions to ACI Connetic, its cloud-native payments hub. The company said this capability will allow banks to process tokenized deposit payments alongside traditional payment types using the ... [Read More]
Informed bolsters AI expertise with new SVP
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Informed continued to modify its executive team this week by naming its senior vice president of AI. Joining the company with an artificial intelligence-powered platform that can help lenders verify applications, detect fraud, and accelerate loan funding across auto, consumer ... [Read More]
Former COO becomes Odessa’s next CEO
Auto Fin Journal Staff
You can go home again, at least at Odessa when it means becoming the company leader. The asset and auto finance software company on Monday announced the appointment of Mathew Abraham as chief executive officer to succeed Joe Juliano in ... [Read More]
Southeast Toyota Finance sees immediate benefits of Alfa’s rebooted AI assistant
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Southeast Toyota Finance is among the clients already seeing measurable benefits from the relaunch of Alfa’s artificial intelligence assistant. The platform provider for asset finance redeployed AskThea as Thea Chat, which is designed to put Alfa Systems’ expertise directly in ... [Read More]
S&P Global to acquire OpenZeppelin, reinforcing security in onchain finance
Auto Fin Journal Staff
As automotive gradually enters the space, S&P Global announced last week that it has entered into an agreement to acquire OpenZeppelin, which provides security for onchain finance. Executives highlighted the transaction complements S&P Global’s risk assessment and ecosystem development capabilities ... [Read More]
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