Haig Partners has a new managing director with a resume that includes stints with luxury automakers and a fellow firm in the advisory space. The dealership buy-sell advisory firm announced the addition of Emily Bourne to lead its efforts in the Midwest and with Lexus and Porsche dealerships. Bourne has plenty of experience with those […] [Read More]

Equifax doesn’t want financial services firms and related industries to land in trouble for not meeting anti-money laundering (AML) mandates. So on Friday, Equifax introduced new AML compliance solutions designed to ease the burden of regulatory compliance by flagging potential associations between a prospect and activities that may indicate potential money laundering. The latest AML […] [Read More]

TransUnion is trying to help the financial services industry clean up the proliferation of credit washing that’s impacting auto finance and beyond. To combat credit washing — the practice of removing legitimate, accurate and non-obsolete credit data from credit profiles — TransUnion this week rolled out its Credit Washing Solution to help financial institutions detect […] [Read More]

The run of sagging sales at Canadian auto auctions continues. In its Market Insights report for the week ending Nov. 8, Canadian Black Book reported the sale rate for monitored auto auctions averaged 23.5%, with a range from 21% to 65.9%. It’s the fifth consecutive week with an average conversion rate of less than 30%, […] [Read More]

Fullpath has enlisted help in its quest for data security. The dealership customer data platform has launched its Single Sign-On integration with Okta and Microsoft Entra (previously the Microsoft Azure Active Directory), a new feature designed to provide dealerships with secure login capabilities to bolster dashboard security and improve user access management. In a news […] [Read More]

Cox Automotive’s logistics brand, Central Dispatch, has launched its carrier scorecard, a new feature designed to help shippers make smarter, safer shipping decisions by providing critical carrier data at the point of dispatch. While noting it independently verifies each carrier that joins the platform, Central Dispatch said the new scorecard gives shippers another tools to […] [Read More]

Impel announced on Wednesday that it has made a strategic investment in Automotive Ventures Mobility Fund II, the early stage auto-tech fund managed by Automotive Ventures. Impel said the investment underscores its role in supporting startup technologies that enhance productivity, improve the customer and employee experience, and accelerate transformation across the automotive retail ecosystem. With […] [Read More]

Uncertainty has become a fixture in today’s auto lending market, fueled by current trade tariffs and other macroeconomic disruptions. Amid these industry shifts, U.S. auto sales  rose nearly 6% as of Q3 2025, according to Reuters, as consumers continue to buy cars at a steady pace. As economic conditions remain unsettled, auto lenders must be […] [Read More]

Fraud is on the rise. In fact, the beginning of 2025 saw a sharp spike in stolen vehicle incidents across all major load boards. This surge exposed critical vulnerabilities in the industry’s ability to detect and prevent fraudulent carrier behavior before it led to financial and reputational damage. In the worst-case scenario, a fraudulent carrier […] [Read More]

While announcing that Cars.com’s Accu-Trade used-car appraisal tool surpassed 1 million quarterly appraisals, CEO Alex Vetter said Accu-Trade and the Cars.com digital wholesale auction platform, DealerClub, are increasing in number of users. That is happening as dealers move to “tech-first products that advance the industry’s long-term goal of improving profitability,” Vetter said in the company’s […] [Read More]