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DigniFi names chief product officer
DigniFi announced the appointment of Jefim Piekarz as chief product officer on Tuesday. The fintech company specializing in access to automobile, powersports and RV repair financing said Piekarz will lead DigniFi’s product and engineering teams, advancing product strategy, technology development, ... Read More
Maritczak brings experience from EY & Ally to PCMI
PCMI continued to revamp its executive team on Tuesday. The provider of lender compliance technology and F&I administration software added Alex Maritczak as senior director of business development, bringing more than 30 years of automotive finance and financial services experience ... Read More
Latest two moves by US Bank have dealers & OEMs in mind
U.S. Bank made a pair of moves last week geared to boost its position in automotive with dealerships and OEMs. First, U.S. Bank said it is launching redesigned BMW, MINI and BMW Motorrad Mastercard credit card products that offer cardholders ... Read More
Used Car Week Hall of Fame: Grace Huang of Cox Automotive
We begin our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees with Grace Huang, president of Cox Automotive Inventory Solutions, who joins Cherokee Media Group’s Joe Overby for a conversation about her career journey, the value of ... Listen Here
Ben Sporn of VIP Automotive Group Takes DIY Approach to AI
Ben Sporn is the chief marketing officer of VIP Automotive Group on Long Island, N.Y. , where he runs operations and artificial intelligence projects at his family’s 10-store dealer group. He also has a tech background, having worked for Google ... Listen Here
SPONSORED PODCAST: Securing the Vehicle Handoff with Secure Vehicle Transfer
In this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits speaks with Lainey Sibble and Eric Schwartz from Central Dispatch about the newest technology impacting vehicle transport: Secure Vehicle Transfer. Learn more about this impactful technology and how it’s helping ... Listen Here

Record positive trade equity of certain models helping to overcome some car-business headwinds

Auto Fin Journal Staff
Perhaps your July auto financing and retailing activity rounded out with some deals coming together via a trade that included positive equity. Those deals might have included some of the models that Edmunds highlighted recently that created a new record ... [Read More]

Launcher & Zest AI to expand lending capabilities via new partnership

Auto Fin Journal Staff
Artificial intelligence brought Launcher and Zest AI together this week. Their new partnership enables lenders using Launcher’s appTRAKER Loan Origination System to incorporate and automate decisioning based on Zest’s AI’s credit and fraud risk models in their existing underwriting workflow. ... [Read More]

Wolters Kluwer notices simultaneous improvements in credit availability & digital adoption

Auto Fin Journal Staff
Credit availability and digital adoption are running in the same upward direction, which is creating positives for dealerships and finance companies booking loans and lenders eventually using them in securitizations. Wolters Kluwer Compliance Solutions on Wednesday released its Q2 Auto ... [Read More]

Dealer Pay now a preferred vendor within The Shop by FordDirect

Auto Fin Journal Staff
Blue Oval dealerships now have another option for tools they use to collect payments from customers. Dealer Pay, driven by Vehlo, has been named a preferred vendor in The Shop by FordDirect, which is a curated marketplace of trusted dealership ... [Read More]

FICO & NCC revisit old car-business saying when addressing affordability & credit approvals

Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
As much as artificial intelligence and other technologies have boosted auto financing, sometimes the fundamentals of just making a good car deal remain most important. FICO recently hosted an online dialogue with its head of auto, Shams Blanc, and Jim ... [Read More]

Phoenix Center study: Workers who use AI are the most likely to see it coming for their own jobs

Auto Fin Journal Staff
Using artificial intelligence might trigger childhood memories of your parent telling you to “just try it” when a new dish landed on the supper table. Well, the Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies found that professional ... [Read More]

Euromoney names Huntington as best digital bank for consumers

Auto Fin Journal Staff
Huntington National Bank is adding to its list of accolades. Huntington announced Monday that it has been named the United States’ Best Digital Bank for Consumers as part of Euromoney’s 2026 Awards for Excellence, one of the global banking industry’s ... [Read More]

Military AutoSource taps AmeriTrust Financial as exclusive global lease partner for used & new vehicles

Auto Fin Journal Staff
AmeriTrust Financial is going global with its leasing activities. The independent automotive finance company on Tuesday announced a global lease partnership with Overseas Military Sales Corp., which operates as Military AutoSource. Under the agreement highlighted in a news release, AmeriTrust ... [Read More]

CULA brings Credit Union of Georgia into client portfolio

Auto Fin Journal Staff
Credit Union Leasing of America (CULA) just landed an award-winning client. The provider of indirect vehicle leasing solutions on Wednesday announced a new partnership with Credit Union of Georgia, which is among the 2025 Best of Georgia Award recipients. The ... [Read More]

Former Capital One exec to be Ally’s new chief information and data officer

Auto Fin Journal Staff
A professional whose career includes time with Capital One and Fannie Mae is set to become chief information and data officer of Ally Financial. On Monday, the company announced the appointment of Mark Mathewson as CIDO, effective July 20. In ... [Read More]

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