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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
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

Automotive Market Data sees Upstart as fastest-growing software provider in Q2

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Upstart is making great strides in growing its client base, according to data released by Automotive Market Data. The company has been named the fastest growing auto retail software in the U.S. for Q2 2022, From April to June, nearly ... [Read More]

Origence continues record-setting pace with credit unions & auto financing

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Origence is on quite a record-setting streak. After establishing new marks in 2021 and during the first quarter of this year, the CU Direct brand announced last week that it had delivered a record amount in credit union auto financing ... [Read More]

Equifax reinforces fraud tools with definitive agreement to acquire Midigator

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
The impact fraud is having on auto finance and other segments of financial services isn’t diminishing, so Equifax is reinforcing its resources to combat it. Equifax said this week it is expanding its global footprint in digital identity and fraud ... [Read More]

ACI Worldwide & IR enrich 20-year partnership to monitor transactions

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Last week, ACI Worldwide and IR extended their partnership to include enriched end-to-end enterprise transaction monitoring Part of the ACI Enterprise Payments Platform, ACI Payments Monitoring powered by IR Transact can give banks and financial institutions visibility into the health ... [Read More]

New Wolters Kluwer index tracks ongoing digitization

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Perhaps the digitization of vehicle financing and retailing really is gaining significant momentum. This week, Wolters Kluwer, a global leader in professional information, software solutions and services, announced second quarter results and analysis from its Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index, ... [Read More]

Inovatec partners with VoPay involving intelligent payment technology

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Many consumers not only want a digital path to secure auto financing, they also want streamlined technology to make payments, too. To help, Inovatec Systems announced this week it is partnering with VoPay to integrate payment processing capabilities into the ... [Read More]

TransUnion examines EV’s market growth & consumer credit profiles

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
A new TransUnion study conducted in collaboration with S&P Global Mobility determined the registered electric vehicle market share is expected to grow from 5% at the end of 2021 to approximately 40% by 2031. Analysts also found that the increasing ... [Read More]

Solifi fills new executive post by naming president

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Solifi — the combination of IDS, William Stucky & Associates and White Clarke Group — announced its first president on Tuesday. The global fintech software partner for secured finance filled this newly created position on the Solifi executive team with ... [Read More]

Car IQ & Sunoco streamline fuel payments for fleet vehicles

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Fuel might be expensive nowadays, but Car IQ is looking to help fleet operators and their drivers pay for gas more easily. The provider of vehicle payment solutions announced on Wednesday that Sunoco, one of the largest fuel distribution companies ... [Read More]

Wells Fargo awards $1M grant to TMCF

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Last week, Wells Fargo gave a $1 million grant to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund to provide support for scholarships, leadership development programs and for TMCF’s signature entrepreneurship program, the PITCH. In addition, Wells Fargo said in a news release ... [Read More]

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