Urban Science aims to give automotive advertisers a way to zero in on their target audiences. The automotive consultancy and technology firm announced the launch of its enhanced In-Market Audiences, designed to help marketers target and engage customers and prospects through the company’s updated-daily first-party industry sales data combined with household demographics and machine learning […] [Read More]

Scott Wood’s automotive career includes time with Carvana, OPENLANE and TrueCar as well as a franchised dealership owner. On Wednesday, digital wholesale platform CarOffer, part of the CarGurus network, announced the addition of Wood as senior vice president of operations. In his new role, Wood will lead day-to-day operations, strategic planning and implementation of operational […] [Read More]

This week, the Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (BNY) released results of a survey of community banks that it conducted with the Harris Poll, a global market research firm. The global financial services company found that more than 90% of community banks surveyed said they are looking to initiate digital transformations. However, less than […] [Read More]

Arranging ACH payments for contract holders to stay current on their auto financing used to be as sure a thing as finance companies could have to keep their portfolios healthy. But like many circumstances, it appears things aren’t quite what they used to be. ValidiFI, a provider of predictive bank account and payment intelligence, generated […] [Read More]

With dealership profitability down over the past two years, EFG Companies wants to give auto dealers a way to boost their personal wealth creation strategies. To that end, the F&I and reinsurance provider has introduced its Wealth Builder Profit Participation Suite, which it said delivers a guaranteed profit-per-retail-unit increase along with training that “empirically delivers […] [Read More]

Tropical Storm Helene formed on Tuesday, with the National Hurricane Center predicting a “major hurricane” to strike the Gulf Coast of Florida by Thursday with “life-threatening storm surge and damaging hurricane-force winds.” Also arriving on Tuesday were the latest estimates from CARFAX about how many water-damaged cars already are on the road. After a series […] [Read More]

Dealer Services Network has added two senior executives to its leadership team. Daryl Ludvik is joining the technology-enabled provider of title and registration services for mobility customers in the newly created role of chief technology officer, and Melissa Spiller has come on board as vice president of human resources. “As we continue to scale and […] [Read More]

Autosled has rewarded one of its top sales leaders with another promotion. The provider of digital technology for vehicle transport logistics has elevated Sam Goldenberg to vice president of dealer sales a year after he was promoted to director of enterprise sales. Goldenberg, who has been with Autosled since its launch in 2019, was selected as […] [Read More]

America’s Car-Mart will have a new chief operating officer coming aboard on Oct. 7. According to an announcement made on Tuesday, Car-Mart has appointed Jamie Fischer as COO. Fischer will join the company that operates 149 dealerships and more than 15 reconditioning centers after being with DriveTime since 2012. With more than 20 years of […] [Read More]

Empire Indemnity Insurance Company Risk Retention Group appointed Justin Stokes as its new regional vice president of sales. Based in Frisco, Texas, Empire said on Tuesday that Stokes brings two decades of experience in automotive finance and management with a proven track record in driving revenue growth and exceeding sales targets. Stokes joins Empire after […] [Read More]