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Industry Elite: Sean Morgan of Westlake Financial
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 03:07 PM
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Sean Morgan, who is executive vice president of finance and operations at Westlake Financial. Morgan talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby ... Listen Here
Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Tom Kontos of Auto Auction Holdings
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 01:56 PM
Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners continue with Tom Kontos, who now is analytics advisor for Auto Auction Holdings. Convinced to come out of retirement and get back in the business last fall with the growing wholesale ... Listen Here
Industry Elite: Mike Clark Jr. of C&C Cars
Friday, Mar. 20, 2026, 03:50 PM
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Mike Clark Jr., operations manager of C& C Cars in Pinellas Park, Fla. Clark is a third-generation dealer and helps run the family business ... Listen Here

COMMENTARY: What 2026 economic signals mean for auto-finance leaders

Thursday, Mar. 12, 2026, 03:31 PM
Will Holleman and Barrett Teague, Equifax
While it may be a new year, the market’s affordability challenge is nothing new for auto-finance lenders. However, the forces driving it have become more complex, more persistent and more interconnected than in recent years. Owning a car is more ... [Read More]

PODCAST: InformedIQ auto-lender survey illuminates concern over ‘data hallucinations’ and more

Wednesday, Mar. 11, 2026, 12:26 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
InformedIQ explained another term you can add to your auto-finance vocabulary if you haven’t already: data hallucinations. These are plausible but incorrect data generated by “off-the-shelf” large language models (LLMs). According to findings from an industry wide survey about AI ... [Read More]

Bank of America watches digital engagement hit new record

Wednesday, Mar. 11, 2026, 12:24 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Bank of America pointed to three paths — artificial intelligence-driven solutions, global payments, and personalized financial planning tools — that propelled clients’ digital engagement with the institution to record levels last year. This week, Bank of America announced its clients ... [Read More]

Forum establishes $10M revolving auto loan warehouse facility to enable settlement via blockchain infrastructure

Monday, Mar. 9, 2026, 12:39 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Wolters Kluwer recently discussed the ongoing digital transformation of auto financing, focusing much on eContracting and securitizations. Well, that transformation is happening in other ways, too, like Forum Markets, which landed a $10 million revolving warehouse facility to support its ... [Read More]

Deloitte survey highlights growing impact of chief data and analytics officer

Monday, Mar. 9, 2026, 12:38 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Deloitte recently released its 2026 chief data and analytics officer (CDAO) survey, which explores the evolving role, responsibilities, and value of CDAOs amid rapid artificial intelligence innovation. Deloitte said the survey found that CDAOs are quickly emerging as mission-critical leaders ... [Read More]

Point Predictive gives 10 recommendations as projected fraud exposure surpasses $10B

Monday, Mar. 2, 2026, 11:59 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
A portion of Point Predictive’s latest Fraud Intelligence Brief examined how much fraud is happening at dealerships and why lenders are watching the issue even more. Point Predictive said its consortium data — which comes from 307 million applications, $5 ... [Read More]

Cherry Bekaert report: Private equity positioned for ‘breakout 2026’

Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, 11:42 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
At least one expert sees private equity in position for “a breakout 2026.” That’s one of the findings shared on Wednesday by Cherry Bekaert, which published its fifth annual year-end Private Equity (PE) Industry Report, detailing the market forces and ... [Read More]

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