Melanie Hamilton says that even with the current COVID-19 situation, Americans still need cars. “And what better way is there to learn about the latest vehicles than on the biggest screen in their home,” said Hamilton, who is head of enterprise sales for Effectv. Effectv is the advertising sales division of Comcast Cable, and the […] [Read More]

Flick Fusion, which offers a video hosting, marketing and distribution platform to automotive and other inventory-based industries, has added 18 new customers to its network of value-added resellers, or VARs, in the past two and a half months of COVID-19 social distancing implementation. The company said it has done that as demand for video marketing […] [Read More]

RouteOne recognizes fewer deliveries are happening at dealerships, while paper is being used in less quantities, too. To enhance the eContracting process for dealers, finance sources and their customers, RouteOne on Tuesday announced the launch of eSign Anything. RouteOne’s eSign Anything can allow dealers to electronically send all eSignable deal documents through RouteOne’s secure signing portal […] [Read More]

Sopra Banking Software recently announced its Cassiopae leasing and financing software is now running live at Hyundai Capital America (HCA) in the United States. Cassiopae, part of the Sopra Financing Platform, is now the servicing engine for HCA’s financing lifecycle. A key milestone in Hyundai’s global next-generation system rollout, the U.S. launch follows Cassiopae implementations […] [Read More]

The repossession industry is taking swift action to position itself to survive the dire situation intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic. First, the American Recovery Association (ARA) started an initiative several weeks ago that’s resulted in the Repo Alliance, a fundraising organization to boost lobbying and other industry promotion efforts. Also, ARA compiled a seven-page whitepaper […] [Read More]

Perhaps you cannot go to your local public library, but Protective Asset Protection recently made its library of professional development training courses available to all dealership personnel and agents. The provider of F&I programs as well as services and dealer owned warranty company programs designed its educational curriculum to help industry professionals sharpen their skills […] [Read More]

For a moment, remember back to high school, where you may have had a science fair project to complete. It probably took some experimentation to find out a solution and learn what worked, and what didn’t. That’s not too different than the task that has faced auto auctions in recent weeks, says National Auto Auction […] [Read More]

Allied Solutions and Recovery Database Network (RDN) not only operate in the same Indianapolis suburb, but the companies now are partners since they both seek to help auto-finance companies in the same area of their operations. Allied Solutions, one of the largest providers of insurance, lending, and marketing products to financial institutions in the U.S. for […] [Read More]

Automotive CRM company Momentum CRM has partnered with automotiveMastermind, an automotive industry provider of predictive analytics and marketing automation services. Momentum CRM recently changed its user interface to include a dedicated section within its dashboard for Mastermind’s predictive analytics data through the company’s sales and marketing platform, Market EyeQ. The companies said they partnered “to […] [Read More]

Earlier this year, Beep, an autonomous vehicle mobility solutions company, made an executive with a history in journalism their chief marketing officer. Raquel Asa was appointed to the position for the Florida-based company on March 2. Beep’s autonomous mobility platform is designed to provide safe, efficient movement of passengers between defined locations. According to the […] [Read More]