Element to acquire Car IQ, bringing vehicle-initiated payments into fleet management
Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, 12:09 PM
Sumsub report on global fraud explains ‘sophistication shift’
Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, 11:52 AM
FICO & Plaid to leverage cash data for enhanced UltraFICO Score
Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, 11:50 AM
Sponsored Episode: Winning Trade-Ins and Trust – Navigating Today’s Affordability Challenges
Affordability challenges are reshaping the automotive landscape—vehicle prices and payments are at all-time highs and negative equity is on the rise. In this episode, Micah Tindor offers a data-driven conversation with real-world strategies around acquisition tactics and long-term profitability to ... Listen Here
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, 03:15 PM
Sponsored Episode: Winning Talent Strategies for Car Dealerships – with CDK & Industry Leaders
In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, host Bruce Johnson from CDK sits down with Tyler Jones, President of EV Auto, and Joe Brown, CMO at Frank Leta, to explore proven strategies for attracting and retaining top talent ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, 10:00 AM
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
Reynolds & Worldpay extend partnership to fuel tools for dealers to accept customer payments
Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, 11:03 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
On Monday, Reynolds and Reynolds announced it has extended an agreement with Worldpay as its exclusive payments provider. According to a news release, this long-term extension positions Worldpay as the sole provider of all payment processing activities for the integrated ... [Read More]
700Credit: Motorcycle dealers hit by fraud significantly, too
Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, 11:00 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Car dealers aren’t the only ones experiencing significant fraud incidents nowadays. Experts at 700Credit found that motorcycle retailers are getting hit by fraud, too. The provider of credit reports, compliance solutions, soft pull and identity verification products recently announced results ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Mining CFPB complaint database for useful information
Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, 10:12 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Tom Oscherwitz was one of the first employees hired by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Oscherwitz now is general counsel and regulatory advisor at Informed.IQ, an AI software company with a specialty in auto financing. In this episode of the ... [Read More]
Auto finance paces TransUnion’s newest global fraud analysis
Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, 12:10 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Auto finance is leading the way in a trend that’s likely to give executives and managers plenty of headaches. A global TransUnion analysis found that fraud continues to significantly impact businesses and their bottom lines. The newly released H2 2024 ... [Read More]
OTTOMOTO & Gestalt Tech partner to provide finance companies faster access to more data
Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, 12:10 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
OTTOMOTO on Tuesday finalized a strategic partnership with Gestalt Tech, a financial technology company specializing in advanced data warehouse solutions for financial institutions. This collaboration integrates Gestalt Tech’s data warehousing and reporting tools with OTTOMOTO’s platform, significantly enhancing compliance and ... [Read More]
Automotive Risk Management Partners adds Ridgeback Network Defense to boost cybersecurity offerings
Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, 12:09 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Automotive Risk Management Partners on Tuesday announced the addition of Ridgeback Network Defense to its portfolio of physical and digital compliance and cybersecurity programs. Automotive Risk Management Partners powered by Ridgeback Network Defense can offer a comprehensive cybersecurity package specifically ... [Read More]
S&P Global Market Intelligence expands lending solutions
Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, 12:44 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Last week, S&P Global Market Intelligence announced an expansion of its lending solutions suite to drive innovation across the global lending markets. The company said these enhanced solutions can enable operational scale by providing integration across solutions, digitizing and streamlining ... [Read More]
12 findings from CULA’s latest Future of Auto Finance snapshot survey of credit unions
Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, 12:43 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Orchestrated just before the Federal Reserve trimmed interest rates in September, Credit Union Leasing of America (CULA) released a dozen findings from its Future of Auto Finance – the Next Six Months snapshot survey of credit union professionals. Not knowing ... [Read More]
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]
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