COMMENTARY: The LLM compliance paradox & separating conversational AI from quantitative underwriting
Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, 03:20 PM
Latest two moves by US Bank have dealers & OEMs in mind
Monday, Oct. 19, 2026, 10:51 AM
COMMENTARY: Calibrating AI risk models for shifting macroeconomic cycles
Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, 03:11 PM
This Month's Focus
Turbocharged Finance
DigniFi names chief product officer
Maritczak brings experience from EY & Ally to PCMI
Latest two moves by US Bank have dealers & OEMs in mind
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
PODCAST: Dealertrack’s Cheryl Miller on ‘silver lining’ from pandemic
Auto Fin Journal Staff
In the next installment of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Vehicle Finance Conference hosted by the American Financial Services Association earlier this month in Las Vegas, senior editor Nick Zulovich shared a conversation with Cheryl Miller, who is ... [Read More]
Survey shows how dealers disagree about solving digital retailing
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Dealerships agree that there are problems with the digital retailing of used and new vehicles. How to smooth out those issues is where stores are not yet in agreement. A new dealer survey from eLEND Solutions confirmed that dealerships are ... [Read More]
AutoFi’s relationship with Santander keeps expanding with move into Canada
Auto Fin Journal Staff
The relationship involving AutoFi and Santander now is international. After the bank was part of the investment round that pushed AutoFi’s valuation to near $700 million, the digital platform that helps to facilitate auto financing announced on that Santander Consumer ... [Read More]
Lightico & Nymbus partner to facilitate customer communications for banks & credit unions
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Lightico announced a partnership with banking technology solutions provider Nymbus on Tuesday. The companies said the integration allows Nymbus bank and credit union clients to transform their customer communications with the ability to easily collect e-signatures, documents, payments and ID ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Reconnecting with Jenn Reid of Wolters Kluwer
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Our series of podcasts originating from this year’s Vehicle Finance Conference in Las Vegas orchestrated by the American Financial Services Association continues with a conversation featuring one of the previous Women in Auto Finance honorees, Jenn Reid. Reid is now ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Talking consumer & commercial auto finance with Wells Fargo
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Continuing our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast recorded during the Vehicle Finance Conference hosted by the American Financial Services Association in Las Vegas, senior editor Nick Zulovich shared a conversation with two leading executives at Wells Fargo Auto. While ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Catching up with Kyle Birch of GM Financial
Auto Fin Journal Staff
What’s been an annual tradition during the Vehicle Finance Conference hosted by the American Financial Services Association, senior editor Nick Zulovich reconnected in Las Vegas with GM Financial’s Kyle Birch. For this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Birch offered ... [Read More]
TransUnion & CarNow collaborate to deliver shoppers monthly payment details
Auto Fin Journal Staff
It’s the detail that vehicle shoppers might want to know more than anything else when they’re searching online. When they find a vehicle they might like, that shopper immediately wants to know what their monthly payment might be. To provide ... [Read More]
Equifax & Team Velocity partner to send dealers ‘perfect-time’ shoppers
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Equifax and Team Velocity Marketing want dealers to work with who they’re calling “perfect-time” shoppers — individuals who are credit-qualified and most likely to buy a vehicle now. To get those shoppers to dealerships, Equifax and Team Velocity Marketing formed ... [Read More]
Mitsubishi & SCUSA partner for ‘fast, fair and fun’ financing experience
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Mitsubishi Motors North America (MMNA) and Santander Consumer USA are looking to make the vehicle-buying experience “fast, fair and fun.” To achieve that goal, the automaker and finance company announced a new partnership to provide customer and dealer financing programs. ... [Read More]
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