New eLEND Solutions report highlights $4.7B financing opportunity for dealers
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, 12:19 PM
Allied Solutions stays in investment mode with commitment to TecAssured
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, 12:19 PM
2025 Auto Finance Executive of the Year: Mary Leigh Phillips of Bridgecrest
Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, 12:06 PM
Dissecting evolving credit scores with Shams Blanc of FICO
As much as auto-finance underwriting has become sophisticated, a potential starting point to determine if the applicant will be offered an installment contract is the credit score. Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, described the ... Listen Here
Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, 03:34 PM
Used Car Week Hall of Famer Jerry Kroshus of Location Services
Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees is a conversation with Jerry Kroshus, who is CEO of Location Services. Cherokee Media President Bill Zadeits talks with Kroshus about his career journey in ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, 04:19 PM
Used Car Week Hall of Famer Kathy Ruble of Ally
Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees, we catch up with Kathy Ruble, who is executive director of marketing, dealer financial services and communications at Ally. Ruble has been the longtime moderator ... Listen Here
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, 07:52 PM
eLEND Solutions survey: Majority of dealers not fully prepared for next cybersecurity breach
Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, 12:13 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
A new dealer survey from eLEND Solutions showed how much dealerships have changed their views about operational technology for financing and more in recent months. The majority of dealerships are less likely to want their dealer management system (DMS) to ... [Read More]
Solifi gains ‘majority’ investment from TA
Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, 12:00 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Solifi, a global fintech software partner for secured finance, announced on Wednesday that it will receive a “majority” investment from TA Associates, a leading global private equity firm. While financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, a company news ... [Read More]
DealNow to leverage both technology & escrow-like safeguards for private-party transactions
Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, 03:01 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
DealNow launched last week to provide services that can enable secure and seamless online transactions for any vehicle, especially for private-party transactions. DealNow said its platform addresses the growing concerns surrounding person-to-person vehicle sales by providing escrow-like safeguards without the ... [Read More]
5 segments of new Transcend Platform from NETSOL
Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, 12:20 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
NETSOL Technologies rolled out its new unified Transcend Platform — an AI-powered digital retail and asset finance solution for automotive and equipment OEMs, auto captives, commercial lenders, dealers, brokers and financial institutions. The new NETSOL Transcend platform offers a broad ... [Read More]
FlexPath’s VeriQual secures generative AI personas to enhance communication, security & more
Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, 12:19 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
FlexPath’s VeriQual product recently integrated with platforms that can enable the creation of generative AI personas to boost identity verification and credit prequalification. FlexPath explained generative AI personas differ from traditional artificial intelligence avatars by using sophisticated generative AI technology ... [Read More]
MSUFCU partners with Origence as part of ‘expansion phase’
Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, 12:08 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Michigan State University Federal Credit Union (MSUFCU) is continuing in its “expansion phase” by partnering with Origence in a strategic collaboration to leverage Origence’s arc OS and arc DX platforms for both loans and account opening. Origence said the platform ... [Read More]
NCA & CISA begin 21st annual Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, 12:07 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
On Tuesday, the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) launched the 21st annual Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Organizers said this year’s theme, “Secure Our World,” builds on the momentum from last year’s theme, highlighting basic ... [Read More]
Treasury & IRS give more than $2B toward 300K ‘clean’ vehicles so far in 2024
Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, 12:04 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Officials from the U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS on Tuesday highlighted they have given more than $2 billion in incentives toward the delivery of more than 300,000 “clean” vehicles so far this year. The agencies said they gave ... [Read More]
BNY survey highlights community banks & digital transformations
Wednesday, Sep. 25, 2024, 11:52 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
This week, the Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (BNY) released results of a survey of community banks that it conducted with the Harris Poll, a global market research firm. The global financial services company found that more than 90% ... [Read More]
50 questions about privacy & AI from FTC’s Bedoya
Monday, Sep. 23, 2024, 11:34 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Alvaro Bedoya of the Federal Trade Commission played his own version of 20 questions last week. Bedoya actually posed 50 questions during a speech at ForumGlobal’s sixth annual Data Privacy Conference USA in Washington, D.C., pondering queries connected with privacy, ... [Read More]
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