izmocars recently announced that former CDK Global sales director Dan Crowley has joined the company as a senior field sales consultant. He will oversee all sales and the business development partnerships for FrogData, the company’s data analytics platform. In his new role, Crowley will specifically focus on growing and launching new offerings for FrogData, according to […] [Read More]

Mobile wholesale marketplace ACV Auctions on Monday announced an expansion into eight new markets. Building on the half dozen ACV already occupied, the company now has a presence in: —Southern New Jersey —Roanoke, Va. —Hartford, Conn. —Boston —Cincinnati —Louisville, Ky. —Nashville, Tenn. —Charlotte, N.C. The push builds on ACV’s existing operations in other U.S. markets, […] [Read More]

GWC Warranty is now offering Elite Dealers a free 30-day trial to access video email marketing platform Covideo, which allows dealers to create and track video email marketing messages for customers. Dealers can use the marketing service tool for internet inquiry responses, vehicle walk-arounds, sales follow-ups and service reminders. “Use of Covideo in dealerships has […] [Read More]

Jumpstart Automotive Media’s newly released share of shopper interest data from last month shows strong gains among domestic OEMs such as Chevorlet and Dodge. Chevrolet has passed Ford as the brand with the most shopper interest. The brand’s overall share of shopper interest increased to 8.9 percent in April, up from 8.7 percent the previous […] [Read More]

While the latest U.S. House proposal to modify the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau keeps the agency overseen by a single director, it appears the sentiment of more than just industry supporters within the Capital Beltway is strong for the bureau to be supervised by a multiple-member panel. According to a news release delivered on Monday, […] [Read More]

Not long after launching its lending and leasing as a service (LLaaS) product powered by Oracle, technology services and consulting company DecisivEdge articulated what the firm believes are the six “must haves” when auto finance providers are considering loan origination software (LOS). DecisivEdge senior vice president of business optimization Andrew MacDowell used automotive imagery when explaining […] [Read More]

Auto Financial Group (AFG), one of the nation’s leading sources of residual based financing and vehicle remarketing for financial institutions, recently announced first-quarter growth figures, revealing increasing momentum in new customer signings. Since January, AFG reported that it has signed four new credit unions to the AFG Balloon Lending Program. That group includes: —Torrington Municipal […] [Read More]

Automotive Personnel chief executive officer Don Jasensky acknowledged one of the most difficult challenges during the candidate-evaluation process is to determine whether the individual seeking the position at your firm actually can handle all of the demands and responsibilities asked of the post. Harkening back on nearly three decades of experience, Jasensky arrived at five […] [Read More]

Since retiring for the second time from Exeter Finance, Mark Floyd certainly doesn’t appear to be reducing his industry involvement much. DIMONT, one of the largest providers of insurance claims adjusting and collateral loss mitigation services to the residential mortgage and auto lending industries, on Monday announced that Floyd has joined the firm as a […] [Read More]

TransUnion discovered that maintaining payments on that vehicle installment contract no longer is the top priority when the holder hits a rough financial patch and has to adjust to being short on monthly income. When faced with the choice of which debts to pay and which to miss, the latest TransUnion study found that consumers […] [Read More]