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
This Month's Focus
Turbocharged Finance
Arvest Bank sees early successes with FICO Auto Score 10
COMMENTARY: The secret to accelerating funding in indirect auto lending
Mercedes-Benz USA approves NETSOL as a digital retail provider for its dealerships
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
SPONSORED EPISODE: What independent dealers need to be successful with Chris Vangellow of Frazer
In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Chris Vangellow, who is the Director of Product Management at Frazer, described what’s changed most about running an independent dealership over the past few years, especially from a technology perspective. ... Listen Here
JM&A Group promotes Hull to be NTP president
Auto Fin Journal Staff
On Tuesday, JM&A Group announced the promotion of Kevin Hull to president of National Truck Protection Co. (NTP). Wade Bontrager, whose career spans nearly 30 years in the insurance industry, will continue to support NTP as a key advisor while ... [Read More]
Alfa deploys final pillar of Alfa Systems 6
Auto Fin Journal Staff
The sixth of six pillars in Alfa Systems 6 is now available for Alfa’s auto-finance clients. The newest piece — Collaborative Ecosystem — can allow customers to tap into Alfa’s expertise and best practices to source and integrate with new ... [Read More]
Wells Fargo to become preferred purchase financing provider for VW, Audi, Ducati dealers in US
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Volkswagen Financial Services, the captive finance arm of VW Group of America, has reached a multi-year co-branded agreement with Wells Fargo for the latter to be the preferred purchase financing provider for VW, Audi and Ducati brands in the U.S. ... [Read More]
PODCAST: New resource to improve income verification
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Perhaps it’s the most crucial part of the entire underwriting process: Does the applicant for auto financing have the reliable income to maintain monthly payments? With the prevalence of fraud happening now, income verification is an ongoing challenge for finance ... [Read More]
VicOne & Block Harbor spearheading automotive capture the flag competition for cybersecurity
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Capture the flag (CTF) apparently isn’t just a game for recess. VicOne, an automotive cybersecurity solutions provider, and Block Harbor, an automotive cybersecurity engineering company, are spearheading the Automotive Capture the Flag 2024 competition. This year’s global CTF challenge, with ... [Read More]
DataScan rolls out comprehensive commercial lending solution
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Last week, DataScan announced the debut of DataScan360, an innovative, end-to-end commercial lending solution suite specifically designed for dealer-based commercial lenders. The company highlighted its comprehensive suite is designed to fill critical gaps in the commercial lending lifecycle by integrating ... [Read More]
Valley Strong Credit Union bolsters fraud prevention with Point Predictive
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Valley Strong Credit Union wants to generate more auto-finance originations and protect its members from fraud in the process. So, the institution — which operates 31 branches in the California counties of Kern, Kings, San Joaquin, Solano, and Tulare, serving ... [Read More]
Top 3 trends highlighted in Experian’s annual Identity and Fraud Report
Auto Fin Journal Staff
If any trends are on a steady, upward trajectory nowadays, it seems like fraud complexity and frequency are two of them. Experian recently released its 2024 U.S. Identity and Fraud Report revealing that generative AI (Gen AI), deepfakes and cybercrime ... [Read More]
Deloitte, AuditBoard announce integration with SAP
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Deloitte, a provider of audit and assurance, consulting, tax and risk advisory services, and AuditBoard, a cloud-based platform transforming audit, risk, compliance and ESG management, expanded their working relationship on Wednesday. The companies announced the launch of a custom integration ... [Read More]
Sunbit on track for more BNPL financing growth at dealerships with myKaarma integration
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Sunbit highlighted in late May that its buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) financing technology is available at more than 50% of dealership service centers in the U.S. The company might be able to build on that footprint courtesy of an integration with ... [Read More]
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