PODCAST: Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Satyan Merchant of TransUnion
Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, 03:19 PM
Records set in Edmunds Q1 data reinforce thought of ‘cliff’ connected to 84-month contracts
Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, 12:30 PM
Fruit of Agora-Figure partnership results in auto loans available as tokenized real-world assets
Monday, Mar. 30, 2026, 12:25 PM
Top Reasons Dealers can benefit by attending the Used Car Summit
On this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits has a conversation with Vanessa Rocha, VP, All-American Bonds and Insurance and a Board member with the Florida Independent Auto Dealers Association. Vanessa speaks to some of the big issues ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, 03:27 PM
Industry Elite: Tony Rimas of XPEL
Concluding our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Tony Rimas, who is vice president of global revenue at XPEL Inc. Rimas — an avid biker who swam and ran track & field and cross country ... Listen Here
Tuesday, Mar. 31, 2026, 07:40 PM
Industry Elite honoree Mike Thomas of Resolvion on building his career — literally
Next up in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Mike Thomas, who is chief executive officer of Resolvion. Thomas shares memories with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Nick Zulovich about working in construction and ... Listen Here
Thursday, Mar. 26, 2026, 02:23 PM
Lease End grows annual revenue by 60% in 2025
Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, 12:05 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Lease End, a platform designed for simplifying the vehicle lease buyout process, on Tuesday announced record-breaking results for 2025, which included revenue growing by 60% year-over-year and 1,559% since 2021. The company said it helped more than 19,000 lessees unlock ... [Read More]
Informativ names Brignola as chief financial officer
Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, 12:03 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Informativ, a provider of fraud prevention, compliance, credit, and payments technology for the automotive and consumer finance industries, on Tuesday announced that Dominic (Nick) Brignola has joined the company as chief financial officer. Most recently, Brignola was chief financial officer ... [Read More]
DriveCentric & NCC roll out enhanced integration to simplify dealership credit process
Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, 12:01 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
DriveCentric, a CRM provider for automotive dealerships, on Tuesday announced an enhanced integration with National Credit Center (NCC), an automotive credit and compliance platform. The expanded integration embeds key capabilities from NCC’s Complete Credit platform inside DriveCentric, giving dealerships complete ... [Read More]
Dealer Pay & CrossCheck partner so stores can handle evolving consumer payment preferences
Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, 11:53 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
As a dealer, you want to get paid accurately and completely, correct? Well, Dealer Pay and CrossCheck are now working together to make sure that happens through a strategic partnership designed to improve the way automotive retail businesses handle financial ... [Read More]
PODCAST: The hidden costs of getting paid with Dealer Pay CEO Julie Douglas
Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, 11:48 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
As payment technologies evolve, so do the risks. Dealers are increasingly targeted by sophisticated fraud schemes, and compliance requirements are tightening. Dealer Pay CEO Julie Douglas recapped the current environment on the Live Stage presented by SYCN Auto Logistics during ... [Read More]
Algebrik AI begins 2026 with new credit union client
Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, 11:48 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Algebrik AI started 2026 by landing another client, announcing on Monday that Advantage Plus Federal Credit Union, a community financial institution serving southeast Idaho and western Wyoming, has selected key modules of Algebrik ONE to modernize its lending operations. Founded ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Talking titles with Dave Spencer of Vitu
Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, 11:38 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Some folks might consider title work the most boring part of automotive. Well, on the Live Stage presented by SYCN Auto Logistics at Used Car Week 2025, Vitu vice president of national sales Dave Spencer explained how exciting — and ... [Read More]
CHAMP Titles lands $55M in largest funding round to date
Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, 12:22 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
The next-to-last business day of 2025 was a monumental one for CHAMP Titles. The provider of digital solutions to motor vehicle agencies announced that it has raised $55 million in new financing, surpassing all previous rounds and marking the company’s ... [Read More]
Informed.IQ secures $63M in funding from Invictus Growth Partners with eyes on expansion in auto & other markets
Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, 12:21 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Before 2025 closed, Informed.IQ announced a $63 million growth equity investment from Invictus Growth Partners to help fuel its technology designed to reduce fraud in auto lending and other parts of financial services. Informed.IQ said the investment from Invictus arrived ... [Read More]
J.D. Power: Captives trail banks when delivering exceptional digital experience
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 11:56 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Automakers are certainly integrating sophisticated performance and safety technologies into vehicles. But the technology fueling their captive finance companies isn’t quite to that level, according to the J.D. Power 2025 U.S. Automotive Finance Digital Experience Study. Researchers found that automotive ... [Read More]
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