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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

6 factors that vault risk assessment from S&P Global Ratings monitors

Auto Fin Journal Staff
On Monday, S&P Global Ratings launched its vault risk assessment (VRA), a new analytical approach that can deliver independent, forward-looking insights into the risks associated with digital asset lending vaults. The company highlighted the initiative brings institutional-grade transparency to the ... [Read More]

Porsche revs into US securitization market with $911M prime auto ABS transaction

Auto Fin Journal Staff
Porsche recently hit the accelerator into the securitization market via its captive. Last week, Porsche Financial Services announced the successful closing of its first asset-backed securities transaction in the United States registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. According to ... [Read More]

Fueled by more than $100M in strategic financing, MCO names new president

Auto Fin Journal Staff
MyComplianceOffice (MCO) appointed John Schobel as president on Tuesday, as the provider of compliance management software for the financial services industry looks to continue its growth trajectory following the securing of more than $100 million in financing. MCO now serves ... [Read More]

RCS messaging now available through Nordis Technologies’ Expresso platform

Auto Fin Journal Staff
Nordis Technologies on Tuesday launched rich communication services (RCS) messaging within its Expresso platform in a move meant to provide businesses with a “more engaging, trusted way” to connect with customers. The provider of omnichannel customer communications management and payments ... [Read More]

With $5.5M in funding, Fearn builds AI platform to expedite patent applications for startups

Auto Fin Journal Staff
A California startup is pairing patent law experts with an in-house artificial intelligence and engineering team to expedite the process while also reducing costs significantly. Fearn is looking to accelerate patent prosecution, which is the legal and administrative process of ... [Read More]

ACI Worldwide can now support tokenized deposit payments through Swift’s ledger

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
ACI Worldwide on Tuesday announced it is bringing intelligent routing for Swift ledger transactions to ACI Connetic, its cloud-native payments hub. The company said this capability will allow banks to process tokenized deposit payments alongside traditional payment types using the ... [Read More]

Informed bolsters AI expertise with new SVP

Auto Fin Journal Staff
Informed continued to modify its executive team this week by naming its senior vice president of AI. Joining the company with an artificial intelligence-powered platform that can help lenders verify applications, detect fraud, and accelerate loan funding across auto, consumer ... [Read More]

Former COO becomes Odessa’s next CEO

Auto Fin Journal Staff
You can go home again, at least at Odessa when it means becoming the company leader. The asset and auto finance software company on Monday announced the appointment of Mathew Abraham as chief executive officer to succeed Joe Juliano in ... [Read More]

Southeast Toyota Finance sees immediate benefits of Alfa’s rebooted AI assistant

Auto Fin Journal Staff
Southeast Toyota Finance is among the clients already seeing measurable benefits from the relaunch of Alfa’s artificial intelligence assistant. The platform provider for asset finance redeployed AskThea as Thea Chat, which is designed to put Alfa Systems’ expertise directly in ... [Read More]

S&P Global to acquire OpenZeppelin, reinforcing security in onchain finance

Auto Fin Journal Staff
As automotive gradually enters the space, S&P Global announced last week that it has entered into an agreement to acquire OpenZeppelin, which provides security for onchain finance. Executives highlighted the transaction complements S&P Global’s risk assessment and ecosystem development capabilities ... [Read More]

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