COMMENTARY: The LLM compliance paradox & separating conversational AI from quantitative underwriting
Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, 03:20 PM
Latest two moves by US Bank have dealers & OEMs in mind
Monday, Oct. 19, 2026, 10:51 AM
COMMENTARY: Calibrating AI risk models for shifting macroeconomic cycles
Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, 03:11 PM
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
SPONSORED EPISODE: Prospects for more auto refinancing with Gravity Lending
In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast brought to you by Allied Solutions, we turn our attention to auto refinancing. Brad Paxman oversees 90 lender relationships for Gravity Lending, which is an auto refinance and fintech company ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Fame: Bob McConkey of McConkey Auction Group
Next up on our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees is a conversation with Bob McConkey, president and CEO of the McConkey Auction Group. McConkey, along with MAG chief operating officer David Pendergraft and DAA ... Listen Here
2025 Auto Finance Executive of the Year: Mary Leigh Phillips of Bridgecrest
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Mary Leigh Phillips is in a nearly constant state of learning. From colleagues. From customers. From family. And as a result, the chief executive officer of Bridgecrest has built a successful career for which she is being honored as Cherokee ... [Read More]
Allied Solutions stays in investment mode with commitment to TecAssured
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Allied Solutions is certainly in investment mode. Less than three weeks after committing a “major” investment in PortX, a leading AI-powered integration and data platform, one of the presenting sponsors of Used Car Week and provider of insurance, financial services, ... [Read More]
New eLEND Solutions report highlights $4.7B financing opportunity for dealers
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Imagine you’re this close to getting a car deal completed. Then, the potential buyer rears back and exclaims, “Wait! My monthly payment is going to be HOW much?” The scene is why findings from a new report by eLEND Solutions ... [Read More]
IDScan.net & GOLDPoint Systems partner to reinforce ID verification
Auto Fin Journal Staff
IDScan.net and GOLDPoint Systems are now working together. The provider of adaptive artificial intelligence-based identity verification and document authentication on Tuesday announced a new partnership with the provider of loan origination, loan servicing, and loan securitization software. The integration leverages ... [Read More]
FM Capital, Automotive Ventures among investors fueling EPIC’s Series A funding
Auto Fin Journal Staff
EPIC gained an amount of funding that might prompt someone to say that’s “epic.” The financial technology company wanting to transform how the automotive industry manages the loan payoff and title release process announced on Tuesday it has raised $10 ... [Read More]
Car IQ Pay broadens merchant network through partnership with EG America
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Car IQ, a provider of vehicle-based payment technology, announced on Wednesday that Car IQ Pay is now accepted at more than 1,400 EG America fueling locations nationwide, including Cumberland Farms and nine other convenience store brands. This partnership expands Car ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Insight into Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index
Nick Zulovich
Onward and upward. Those two words could summarize analysis by Wolters Kluwer Compliance Solutions for its Q3 Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index. Wolters Kluwer said adoption of digital workflows in auto finance continued to track closely with broader market activity ... [Read More]
One & Copart collaborate to expedite lienholder payments for total-loss vehicle claims
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Collaboration is developing again in connection with payments where auto finance and car insurance intersect. Last week, One Inc., a leading digital payments network for the insurance industry, today announced a collaboration with Copart to integrate One’s ClaimsPay platform with ... [Read More]
Allied Solutions commits ‘major’ investment in PortX, which also gains resources from ABA
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Allied Solutions is trying to financially support technology like artificial intelligence that can make the work life better for its clients, taking a similar path as large banking organizations. This week, one of the presenting sponsors of Used Car Week ... [Read More]
FlexPath DXP now looking to bring scale to used-vehicle leasing
Auto Fin Journal Staff
FlexPath DXP is taking its shot to solve one of the parts of the used-car industry that has struggled to gain sustained momentum. Used-vehicle leasing. On Tuesday, the company launched LeaseDXP, which it says, “brings new life to vehicle leasing.” ... [Read More]
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