The American International Automobile Dealers Association (AIADA) is seeking nominations for one of the highest honors the organization gives. AIADA asked for nominees to be considered for the David F. Mungenast Sr. Lifetime Achievement Award, which is presented each year during AIADA’s annual meeting and luncheon to a member of the international nameplate auto retail […] [Read More]

For Mazda dealerships in need of qualified technicians for their service drive or reconditioning center, help appears to be on the way. On Wednesday, Lincoln Educational Services Corp. introduced Mazda Automotive Student Training (MAST) at its Union, N.J., campus. School officials said through a news release that students who are enrolled in automotive technology training […] [Read More]

This episode is the first in a series of Auto Remarketing Podcasts featuring Dasceq founder and chief executive officer Abhishek Goel and focusing on the potential digital technology has to revamp collections. During the opening episode, Goel describes how technology can be used by a “new-age collector.” To listen to the episode, click on the link […] [Read More]

Point Predictive highlighted this week that another finance company has successfully completed its Auto Fraud Manager implementation. Not long after Lobel Financial finished the journey, CIG Financial now has, too, leveraging real-time consortium fraud alerts and sophisticated artificial and natural intelligence-powered fraud scores to substantially enhance its own predictive models to help determine the most […] [Read More]

Another vehicle subscription start-up launched this week with an eye on being a simple and affordable alternative to traditional auto leases and financing GO announced its subscription service is available to customers throughout the Philadelphia metro area. GO said through a news release that it is now live in four states, including Pennsylvania, Florida, New […] [Read More]

A former Visa executive is taking an important role at TransUnion. On Tuesday, TransUnion announced the appointment of industry veteran Bill Shields as the company’s new chief information security officer (CISO). Shields comes to TransUnion from Visa and has more than 22 years of experience including senior leadership roles within information security for the last […] [Read More]

On Tuesday, Nova Credit and Westlake Financial launched a joint venture designed to make auto financing available to the more than 1 million immigrants, or “newcomers,” who arrive in the U.S. every year. More than 1 million immigrants arrive in the U.S. every year, according to the Pew Research Center, which also predicted that immigration […] [Read More]

VantageScore Solutions — which develops consumer credit scoring models that combine the need for both financial inclusivity and dependable predictiveness across all scoring ranges — appointed a new president and chief executive officer on Tuesday. Taking on this role is financial services industry and fintech veteran Silvio Tavares, who formerly was a senior executive at […] [Read More]

Black Widow, an automated imaging company in the automotive industry, announced a new chief operating officer Tuesday. Hired for the position is Darren Kemper, who was most recently the director of business analytics at ADESA. Kemper has more than 20 years of IT software engineering and organizational experience. He will take on the day-to-day operations […] [Read More]

Your family might be all about pumpkin spice to give your home that fall feel, but the wholesale landscape currently conveys a springtime vibe. [Read More]