Origence chief revenue officer Phil DuPree is in a festive mood like the rest of the company, which provides technology solutions for credit unions. The company that includes CUDL is celebrating its 30th year of operations in 2024, funding $551.2 billion in auto financing during those three decades. Origence also announced its network expansion to […] [Read More]

Educational webinars from the American Recovery Association (ARA) and Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co. are scheduled in the coming days, with both sessions focused on complex topics associated with vehicle repossessions. Coming first, ARA has a session titled, “License Plate Info or Body Armor: Why Should We Have to Choose?” It features ARA treasurer and […] [Read More]

Next up on our series of Auto Remarketing Podcast episodes from the NADA Show 2024 exhibit hall is a conversation with Wendy Engelhardt, strategic solutions manager at automotiveMastermind. Wendy and Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby discuss how fellow companies within the S&P Global Mobility umbrella work together, how automotiveMastermind has evolved since its […] [Read More]

The third event to highlight in this series evaluating automotive events is the Auto Intel Summit + National Remarketing Conference hosted by Cherokee Media Group. It will be held April 23-25 in Cary, N.C. This annual event focuses on financial and business trends and attracts about 300 automotive leaders each year. A combination of executives […] [Read More]

In two separate investor notes this week analyzing the respective earnings results of ACV and OPENLANE, John Healy of Northcoast Research describes the wholesale vehicle market as “thawing.” This melting “ice,” so to speak, should come as a warm welcome to the overall used-car ecosystem, which has dealt with an avalanche of up-and-down prices and is in dire need of liquid assets (i.e. pre-owned supply for dealer lots). “Q4 financial results from ACV were reflective of our view that wholesale industry pressures are ... [Read More]

Orbee, a provider automotive customer experience middleware, has completed an SOC 2 Type 2 audit, which assesses a company’s internal controls in handling sensitive information. The company said the audit ensures Orbee has business processes and security measures in place to protect customer data against unauthorized access, data breaches and leaks, aligning with privacy regulations […] [Read More]

It’s quite a balancing act nowadays for dealers who have some customers who want to do everything digitally and others who want nothing to do with those financing tools, preferring to do everything in person with paper documents. RouteOne’s Amanda George takes us through that scenario and more during this episode of the Auto Remarketing […] [Read More]

We get into the auto-finance numbers again during this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast recorded at NADA Show 2024 in Las Vegas. Experian’s Melinda Zabritski reviewed the latest quarterly trends as well as other metrics the industry is generating that now merit watching. Listen to the episode in the window below. [Read More]

This week, ComplyAuto launched Guardian, an artificial intelligence and machine learning engine designed to assist dealerships in adhering to sales, F&I and advertising regulations. ComplyAuto said Guardian offers a significant advantage for an industry frequently scrutinized by the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general for compliance issues in advertising, sales, and F&I practices. Company […] [Read More]

The newest partnership forged by DriveItAway Holdings arrived at a time when CEO John Possumato said the company’s exclusive “Pay as You Go” app-based subscription might be needed even more. Possumato pointed out that rejection rates for auto finance applications reached a record high in 2023, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s […] [Read More]