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This Month's Focus
Turbocharged Finance
Mercedes-Benz USA approves NETSOL as a digital retail provider for its dealerships
Point Predictive deploys Predictor Agents using data from more than 650 lenders
Intellicheck & Agility Credit partner for multi-layered fraud prevention at dealerships
SPONSORED EPISODE: What independent dealers need to be successful with Chris Vangellow of Frazer
In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Chris Vangellow, who is the Director of Product Management at Frazer, described what’s changed most about running an independent dealership over the past few years, especially from a technology perspective. ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Fame: Grace Huang of Cox Automotive
We begin our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees with Grace Huang, president of Cox Automotive Inventory Solutions, who joins Cherokee Media Group’s Joe Overby for a conversation about her career journey, the value of ... Listen Here
Ben Sporn of VIP Automotive Group Takes DIY Approach to AI
Ben Sporn is the chief marketing officer of VIP Automotive Group on Long Island, N.Y. , where he runs operations and artificial intelligence projects at his family’s 10-store dealer group. He also has a tech background, having worked for Google ... Listen Here
Ignited Services partners with FlexPath DXP to unveil PaymentIQ, connecting dealers & credit-qualified buyers
Auto Fin Journal Staff
FlexPath DXP and Ignited Services finalized a strategic partnership last week to introduce PaymentIQ, an Ignited-branded consumer qualification and payment-shopping solution powered by FlexPath DXP. The partnership connects Ignited’s digital marketing capabilities with FlexPath’s VeriQual identity verification, credit prequalification and ... [Read More]
Mercedes-Benz USA approves NETSOL as a digital retail provider for its dealerships
Auto Fin Journal Staff
NETSOL Technologies recently highlighted Mercedes-Benz USA has approved NETSOL as a digital retail provider for Mercedes-Benz dealerships. This move opens the brand’s dealer network to Transcend Retail, NETSOL’s digital retail platform. The platform gives buyers a single, continuous purchase experience, ... [Read More]
Point Predictive deploys Predictor Agents using data from more than 650 lenders
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Point Predictive recently launched Predictor Agents, a deep intelligence fraud-prevention tool. The tool is designed to give lenders three new ways to manage fraud before funding and during servicing, covering the applications they receive and, for auto lenders, the dealers ... [Read More]
Intellicheck & Agility Credit partner for multi-layered fraud prevention at dealerships
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Intellicheck recently announced a partnership with Agility Credit that brings Intellicheck’s identity authentication technology together with Agility Credit’s single platform for credit data, identity verification, fraud prevention and compliance enforcement. The company said car dealers also can access credit bureau ... [Read More]
Shull chosen to lead First Business Bank’s floorplan operation
Auto Fin Journal Staff
This week, Drew Shull became president of floorplan financing for First Business Specialty Finance, a subsidiary of First Business Bank. Shull will lead the subsidiary that specializes in floorplan programs that range from $1 million to more than $20 million ... [Read More]
DigniFi names chief product officer
Auto Fin Journal Staff
DigniFi announced the appointment of Jefim Piekarz as chief product officer on Tuesday. The fintech company specializing in access to automobile, powersports and RV repair financing said Piekarz will lead DigniFi’s product and engineering teams, advancing product strategy, technology development, ... [Read More]
Octane hires VP of sales and partnerships to sustain strong momentum captive-as-a-service program
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Octane began the year by highlighting momentum for its captive-as-a-service program, which brings together its servicing, underwriting, technology, and capital markets execution into a single platform. And last week, the company sought to stay on a positive track and hired ... [Read More]
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