
Report: Critical gaps remain in automotive cybersecurity
Monday, Feb. 17, 2025, 11:12 AM

Former BMO exec joins First Business Bank as president of specialty finance
Monday, Feb. 17, 2025, 11:10 AM

PODCAST: Insight and inspiration from Women in Auto Finance honorees
Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, 11:18 AM
700Credit brings soft pulls to subscription market with Loopit alliance
Wednesday, Jul. 31, 2024, 11:46 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
This week, 700Credit — a provider of credit reports, compliance solutions, soft pull, identity verification and fraud detection platforms — announced an alliance with Loopit — a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider, specializing in car subscription management and billing solutions for automakers, ... [Read More]
BMO survey uncovers depth of consumers using AI to manage finances
Wednesday, Jul. 31, 2024, 11:45 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Finance companies certainly use artificial intelligence for underwriting and other analytical chores. The BMO Real Financial Progress Index revealed a growing number of Americans — notably Gen Z — is increasingly using AI, too, for management of finances and investments. ... [Read More]
Treasury & FSSCC offer new resources on effective practices for secure cloud adoption
Monday, Jul. 29, 2024, 11:43 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Both public and private organizations want to keep cloud-based financial systems from turning into big storms for everyone involved. The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council (FSSCC) recently published a suite of resources to ... [Read More]
Alfa introduces Intelligent Automation in Alfa Systems 6
Monday, Jul. 29, 2024, 11:41 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
The penultimate pillar of six that make up Alfa Systems 6 is now available. Alfa, a provider of enterprise software for automotive finance, recently launched of Intelligent Automation, which is designed to harness cutting-edge cognitive technologies, including predictive modeling, to ... [Read More]
CheckMy Driver designed to make insurance & ID verification ‘a snap’
Friday, Jul. 26, 2024, 03:13 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
One of this year’s Emerging 8 honorees rolled out a tool designed to save more than 30 minutes per transaction at a dealership. CheckMy Driver, built by Modives, is geared to help dealers who typically must spend 30 minutes or ... [Read More]
FTC, DOJ & European agencies seek ‘fair and honest’ use of AI
Wednesday, Jul. 24, 2024, 11:34 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Artificial intelligence has the attention of regulators both in the U.S. and Europe. The latest example of why arrived on Tuesday when the Federal Trade Commission, alongside international antitrust enforcers and the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, issued a statement ... [Read More]
2 separate studies identify top 10 states where fraud happens
Monday, Jul. 22, 2024, 12:15 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Separate studies of fraud tracking databases determined which states are seeing the highest volume of incidents. Turns out, Georgia and Delaware are topping the fraud charts. First, Bader Scott examined the number of fraud cases reported in each state according ... [Read More]
FedNow Service gaining more digital payment adoption
Monday, Jul. 22, 2024, 12:01 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
FinTech Automation announced last week that it became the newest service provider supporting live transactions on the Federal Reserve’s instant payment rail — the FedNow Service. The decision came in part because U.S. businesses and consumers are rapidly adopting digital, ... [Read More]
The cybersecurity reality check: Your dealership isn’t as prepared as you think
Wednesday, Jul. 17, 2024, 11:37 AM
Richard Hudson, Ignite Consulting Partners
One click put 15,000 dealers down. It was a staggering display of vulnerability. A single action by one individual, likely an unwitting click on a malicious link or attachment, crippled a system that 15,000 car dealerships across the United States ... [Read More]
Lendbuzz gains more financial resources, this time with BHI
Wednesday, Jul. 17, 2024, 11:03 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Lendbuzz secured more financial resources for the third month in a row. BHI, the U.S division of Bank Hapoalim and a full-service commercial bank, announced on Tuesday that it has entered into an agreement with Lendbuzz to upsize the existing ... [Read More]