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Cutting keys & cutting costs during repossessions and recoveries
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:42 PM
Drawing standing-room-only attendance in the second-largest setting at Used Car Week 2025, Ryan Miller led a six-executive panel session that focused on one of the most complex challenges in all of repossessions and recoveries. Now available through this episode of ... Listen Here
Four experts on automotive & the economy
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:39 PM
Used Car Week 2025 again brought together experts who can explain which parts of the economy impact automotive most. This year’s event included views from Laura Wehunt of Black Book, Tim Gill of the American Financial Services Association, T.J. Cox ... Listen Here
Sponsored Episode: Winning Trade-Ins and Trust – Navigating Today’s Affordability Challenges
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, 03:15 PM
Affordability challenges are reshaping the automotive landscape—vehicle prices and payments are at all-time highs and negative equity is on the rise. In this episode, Micah Tindor offers a data-driven conversation with real-world strategies around acquisition tactics and long-term profitability to ... Listen Here

5 themes of Bain’s second annual global technology report

Bain Survey: Few Companies Ready for Sustainability Rules (24%)
Wednesday, Sep. 22, 2021, 03:54 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
More reasons why Cherokee Media Group added the National Auto Venture & Investors Conference to Used Car Week arrived on Monday from Bain & Company. Bain’s second annual global technology report explores the impact of tech on business, consumers, economies, geopolitics ... [Read More]

Zest AI Wins 2021 Finovate Award for Best Use of AI/ML

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Wednesday, Sep. 22, 2021, 03:51 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Zest AI, provider of software for underwriting driven by artificial intelligence, recently won the 2021 Finovate Award for Best Use of AI/ML. The company highlighted the award goes to the bank, financial institution, or fintech that uses artificial intelligence/machine-learning technology ... [Read More]

iLending reinforces workforce & infrastructure in South Carolina

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Monday, Sep. 20, 2021, 03:09 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Fintech firms are investment in people and buildings, too. Continuing a trend of recent activities, iLending announced last week that it has opened its newest office in Columbia, S.C.  According to a news release from the auto refinancing company, team ... [Read More]

Award-winning lobbyist joins NAFCU

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Monday, Sep. 20, 2021, 03:06 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Last week, the National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions announced the hiring of Gregory Mesack as senior vice president of government affairs, bringing more than two decades of experience in financial services policy advocacy. In this role, NAFCU said Mesack will ... [Read More]

Utah credit union partners with CULA for vehicle leasing

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Wednesday, Sep. 15, 2021, 04:08 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
This week, Credit Union Leasing of America (CULA) expanded its client footprint for the fourth time this year. After previously expanding in the Northeast as well as into Texas, CULA announced that it now is partnering Utah’s University Federal Credit ... [Read More]

Fueled by client successes, Lighitco launches Digital Completion Cloud

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Wednesday, Sep. 15, 2021, 04:05 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Fueled by client successes like the one experienced by Global Lending Services (GLS), Lightico announced the launch of its latest solution aimed to enhanced its next-generation digital completion platform used by major companies in the insurance, automotive, telecom and financial ... [Read More]

TransUnion to acquire Neustar for $3.1B, boosting identity-based solutions

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Monday, Sep. 13, 2021, 05:02 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
TransUnion is making another significant investment in helping finance companies and other clients keep fraud out of their book of business. On Monday, TransUnion said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Neustar, an identity resolution company with leading ... [Read More]

NAFCU reinforces consumer benefits of credit unions, including on auto financing

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Monday, Sep. 13, 2021, 05:00 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Auto financing was among the positives highlighted in new, independent study released on Monday that examined the economic benefits of the credit union tax exemption to consumers, businesses, and the U.S. economy. The study commissioned by the National Association of ... [Read More]

J.P. Morgan to acquire majority stake of Volkswagen Payments

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Wednesday, Sep. 8, 2021, 03:35 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
J.P. Morgan recognizes that modern vehicles do more than travel highways, taking their owners from place to place. These vehicles also can be the conduit to a variety of financial transactions, too. On Wednesday, J.P. Morgan’s corporate and investment bank ... [Read More]

AutoFi adds Wells Fargo to list of industry connections

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Friday, Sep. 3, 2021, 03:59 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
AutoFi is continuing to forge relationships with numerous companies that provide financing and perpetuate online vehicle retailing. After connecting with Santander at the end of July and TrueCar during the first part of August, this week AutoFi finalized a relationship ... [Read More]
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