New eLEND Solutions report highlights $4.7B financing opportunity for dealers
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, 12:19 PM
Allied Solutions stays in investment mode with commitment to TecAssured
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, 12:19 PM
2025 Auto Finance Executive of the Year: Mary Leigh Phillips of Bridgecrest
Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, 12:06 PM
Dissecting evolving credit scores with Shams Blanc of FICO
As much as auto-finance underwriting has become sophisticated, a potential starting point to determine if the applicant will be offered an installment contract is the credit score. Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, described the ... Listen Here
Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, 03:34 PM
Used Car Week Hall of Famer Jerry Kroshus of Location Services
Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees is a conversation with Jerry Kroshus, who is CEO of Location Services. Cherokee Media President Bill Zadeits talks with Kroshus about his career journey in ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, 04:19 PM
Used Car Week Hall of Famer Kathy Ruble of Ally
Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees, we catch up with Kathy Ruble, who is executive director of marketing, dealer financial services and communications at Ally. Ruble has been the longtime moderator ... Listen Here
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, 07:52 PM
Inovatec adds second exec to US sales team
Monday, Nov. 1, 2021, 04:22 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Inovatec Systems reinforced its U.S. sales team last week by hiring Sean Toggweiler, who joins the company as director of U.S. sales for Eastern and Western states. According to a news release, Toggweiler joined Inovatec from Finastra, where his sales ... [Read More]
TurboPass now integrated with RouteOne
Monday, Nov. 1, 2021, 04:20 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
TurboPass finalized another path for dealerships and finance companies to use its tools for income verification and other parts of the underwriting process. A couple of weeks after announcing its solutions were available through DealerCenter, TurboPass said that effective Oct. ... [Read More]
Vehicle subscription startup lands $41M in funding
Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, 02:46 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
After launching its vehicle subscription service in four states, a Philadelphia-based startup now has more resources to grow. This week, GO announced that it has secured a $41 million round of financing led by Synterra Capital Management. According to a ... [Read More]
FS-ISAC: Intelligence sharing by financial services companies rises 60%
Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, 02:44 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Industry collaboration is continuing to strengthen to combat online malfeasance. The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) — a global cyber intelligence sharing community solely focused on financial services — recently announced that global cyber intelligence sharing among ... [Read More]
Alfa opens thought leadership series on agile implementations
Monday, Oct. 18, 2021, 03:10 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Alfa, provider of Alfa Systems, recently rolled out a new thought leadership series to discuss how asset finance organizations can work in an agile fashion to deliver quick and often on their software implementations. The series, titled “Innovation in Implementation,” draws ... [Read More]
CIG Financial completes implementation of Point Predictive tools
Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, 03:45 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Point Predictive highlighted this week that another finance company has successfully completed its Auto Fraud Manager implementation. Not long after Lobel Financial finished the journey, CIG Financial now has, too, leveraging real-time consortium fraud alerts and sophisticated artificial and natural ... [Read More]
Vehicle subscription startup rolls out service in Pennsylvania
Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, 03:42 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Another vehicle subscription start-up launched this week with an eye on being a simple and affordable alternative to traditional auto leases and financing GO announced its subscription service is available to customers throughout the Philadelphia metro area. GO said through ... [Read More]
TransUnion appoints new chief information security officer
Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, 03:40 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
A former Visa executive is taking an important role at TransUnion. On Tuesday, TransUnion announced the appointment of industry veteran Bill Shields as the company’s new chief information security officer (CISO). Shields comes to TransUnion from Visa and has more ... [Read More]
Upstart continues solution development to leverage AI for auto financing
Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, 04:03 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Upstart ventured into auto financing last summer and then acquired Prodigy in April to enhance its platform fueled by artificial intelligence. Then last week, the company announced the availability of Upstart Auto Retail software, which includes AI-enabled financing. Upstart explained ... [Read More]
Moody’s examines greater risk when financing AFVs
Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, 03:57 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Moody’s Investors Service said accelerating sales of alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) — include battery electric vehicles (BEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), hybrid electric vehicles and alternatively-powered electric vehicles — will shift portfolio compositions and credit fundamentals across auto-related sectors ... [Read More]
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