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This Month's Focus
Turbocharged Finance
Mercedes-Benz USA approves NETSOL as a digital retail provider for its dealerships
Point Predictive deploys Predictor Agents using data from more than 650 lenders
Intellicheck & Agility Credit partner for multi-layered fraud prevention at dealerships
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
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
Advent Resources now available throughout Texas as dealers face rising fraud, compliance pressures
Auto Fin Journal Staff
You could say that technology offerings from Advent Resources now are as big as Texas. The software provider that powers the financial layer of the car deal said last week that it is expanding its reach across the Lone Star ... [Read More]
Dealer eProcess picks Informativ to generate payment details in its digital retailing platform
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Dealer eProcess selected Informativ’s Payments API to power the payment calculation functionality within its digital retailing platform, Everest Retailing. “The choice was clear,” Dealer eProcess COO Sam Vukas said in a news release. “Our review of payment data providers found ... [Read More]
Clutch says 6 of 10 largest credit unions now use digital origination and AI platform
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Clutch is on an upward trajectory moving almost as fast as artificial intelligence. Founded in 2020 by fintech veterans Nicholas Hinrichsen and Chris Coleman, the digital origination and AI platform built exclusively for credit unions said it has tripled revenue ... [Read More]
DROS rolls out collections tool to make most of what AI can deliver
Auto Fin Journal Staff
DROS.ai said it understands that the debt collection industry is grappling with compliance challenges arising from the use of artificial intelligence voice agents. The company also acknowledged that organizations face significant risks of violating requirements under the Fair Debt Collection ... [Read More]
Credit monitoring among newest tools for Bank of America customers
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Bank of America recently rolled out three new tools designed to simplify access to credit monitoring, provide greater flexibility for managing large purchases and reward loyalty. When describing Refer-a-Friend, Custom Pay Plan and My Credit, Holly O’Neill, president of consumer, ... [Read More]
Edge Focus broadens consumer loan portfolio by entering auto
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Edge Focus made its way into auto finance this week. The technology-enabled private credit firm focused on consumer assets announced a loan partnership with what it called “a large private credit manager” to expand its auto program through the purchase ... [Read More]
Fed’s Barr fears ‘we will all pay the price’ for ongoing deregulations
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr spent a portion of his most recent Saturday at American University in Washington, D.C., outlining how ongoing deregulation in banking and other parts of financial services is creating numerous potential problems for consumers and credit ... [Read More]
FIS & Fuse form alliance to modernize auto-finance originations
Auto Fin Journal Staff
FIS and Fuse contend that auto lenders are losing deals to faster competitors because their systems can’t keep up and legacy loan origination platforms are largely to blame. To address this situation, the financial technology company and cloud-native lending solutions ... [Read More]
CULA survey: Credit unions optimistic but well aware of 4 potential headwinds to growth of auto-finance portfolios
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Optimism while watching four potential headwinds. That’s the summary of new snapshot survey about the state of automotive financing from Credit Union Leasing of America (CULA). The project reveals increased credit union optimism compared to last year about their auto-finance ... [Read More]
Fueled by record-setting month, Fusion Auto Finance watches CU Xpress Lease gain sustained momentum
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Fusion Auto Finance shared monthly performance details that’s positive for not only vehicle leasing, but perhaps the used-car business, too. The company said its flagship CU Xpress Lease program generated the strongest month in its history in April, including a ... [Read More]
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