COMMENTARY: The LLM compliance paradox & separating conversational AI from quantitative underwriting
Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, 03:20 PM
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COMMENTARY: Calibrating AI risk models for shifting macroeconomic cycles
Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, 03:11 PM
Wolters Kluwer on significance of digital securitizations by credit unions
Matthew Babcock, who oversees digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, returned as a guest on the Auto Remarketing Podcast, recapping the recent milestone associated with credit unions and securitizations. Babcock also touched on the proliferation of AI agents and ... Listen Here
Next Ron Smith Lifetime Achievement Award recipient: Kyle Birch of GM Financial
For the first time since 2022, Auto Remarketing and Cherokee Media Group are giving their Ron Smith Lifetime Achievement Award; an honor reserved especially for executives who have made one of the most significant impacts on the used-car industry. During ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Fame honoree Jared Kalfus of Black Book
We finish our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees with a conversation featuring Black Book president Jared Kalfus. Kalfus describes what it takes to be successful in sales and why face-to-face conversations are still vitally ... Listen Here
Tresl & CreditSnap enhance relationship with investment & solution launch
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Tresl is making an investment in a fellow fintech stemming from a relationship that began nearly two years ago. And the firms are also rolling out a tool aimed to help banks and credit unions. On Tuesday, Tresl announced that ... [Read More]
Inovatec launches optical character recognition within JAVELIN
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Inovatec Systems Corp. rebranded its cloud-based software solutions back in October. This week, the fintech firm launched a major enhancement designed to save time and manual labor. Inovatec announced its JAVELIN platform now offers optical character recognition (OCR) for automatic ... [Read More]
After 3 major accomplishments in 2020, MotoRefi announces $10M in new funding
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Within a week, another Emerging 8 honoree received an injection of financial resources from the investment world. Soon after an announcement by Volta, fellow honoree MotoRefi — an auto refinancing startup on a mission to help people save on their ... [Read More]
COMMENTARY: How all components are in place for automotive digital retailing in 2021
Rusty West, Market Scan
It is certainly an understatement to say the world has been turned on to online shopping and digital retailing. According to Adobe Analytics, during the 2020 Black Friday event, online sales increased 22% over the previous year. What’s more, the ... [Read More]
Volta lands $125M in Series D funding to accelerate EV charging station network
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Volta certainly recharged its finances to begin 2021. The Emerging 8 honoree previously highlighted in Auto Fin Journal and developer of commerce-centric electric vehicle charging networks announced an oversubscribed Series D financing of $125 million. Volta said this week that Goldman ... [Read More]
Walser involved in launch of AI-driven solution designed for 30-minute vehicle delivery
Auto Fin Journal Staff
On Tuesday, Walser Automotive Group, in partnership with PICO Venture Partners, announced the launch of a cloud-based predictive finance management system fueled by artificial intelligence that’s designed to cut the delivery process down from an average of three hours to ... [Read More]
Equifax enhances employment verification to accelerate auto financing in digital environment
Auto Fin Journal Staff
While other segments of the economy are struggling, Equifax highlighted that vehicle sales showed strength at the end of 2020 in spite of the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. And Equifax is trying to help make sure the industry ... [Read More]
MUSA Auto Finance partners with defi SOLUTIONS to service lease portfolio
Auto Fin Journal Staff
MUSA Auto Finance now is fueled with technology provided by defi SOLUTIONS. This week, MUSA Auto Finance announced its partnership with defi SOLUTIONS to handle the day-to-day servicing of the company’s entire lease portfolio. MUSA said in a news release ... [Read More]
Fair has ‘true watershed moment’ through LendingTree partnership
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Fair secured a significant new path this week to grow its used-vehicle leasing business, announcing that the platform now will be offered through LendingTree, one of the largest online lending marketplaces. Through the partnership that Fair called a “true watershed ... [Read More]
Rivian chooses Chase to facilitate digital financing platform
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Consumers who want an electric vehicle from Rivian will have a digital path to finance it. This week, Rivian announced that it selected Chase as its private-label partner to provide customers with what the manufacturer is calling a “truly digital-first ... [Read More]
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