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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

Miller is now president and COO of Nordis Technologies

Auto Fin Journal Staff
Triggered in part by five accomplishments while with the company for the past eight years, Nordis Technologies on Wednesday named chief operating officer Nicole Miller to the additional role of president. The provider of omnichannel customer communications management and payments ... [Read More]

Newest Experian tool designed to reduce risk within AI-driven commerce

Auto Fin Journal Staff
Experian found another way to connect people and technology. And the newest tool emphasizes the component of a transaction including a real person. Last week, the company launched Experian Agent Trust, a framework that designed to establish a secure, verifiable ... [Read More]

Fed’s Bowman outlines 3 steps now that Anthropic’s Mythos adds more possible AI risk to banking

Auto Fin Journal Staff
Federal Reserve vice chair Michelle Bowman acknowledged Friday that Anthropic’s Mythos — an artificial intelligence model that identifies cyber vulnerabilities — created a significant stir in banking, especially after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Fed chair Jerome Powell convened the ... [Read More]

PODCAST: FICO’s Shams Blanc on lenders sharpening underwriting & more

Auto Fin Journal Staff
Fresh off being in Miami as part of the Used Car Industry Summit that Cherokee Media Group hosted this spring, Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, appeared again on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Blanc discussed ... [Read More]

3 banking priorities surface from Jack Henry’s eighth annual Strategy Benchmark  

Auto Fin Journal Staff
Jack Henry’s eighth annual Strategy Benchmark  — with findings from an online survey conducted in January and February of a diverse sample of clients with assets ranging from less than $500 million to more than $5 billion — pinpointed three ... [Read More]

Wolters Kluwer spots ‘resilience’ in Q1 digital usage despite softening sales

Auto Fin Journal Staff
Softened sales during the first quarter also dragged eContracting activity, but experts remain upbeat about how much the digital component is aiding automotive financing and retailing. On Tuesday, Wolters Kluwer Compliance Solutions released its Q1 Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index. ... [Read More]

Integrated Financial Technologies deploys compliance service to monitor internal & outsourced teams

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Auto Fin Journal Staff
Integrated Financial Technologies (IFT) recently introduced its newest solution to boost compliance with an eye toward both internal and third-party involvement. The business process outsource provider launched IFT Fortitude, a new service that can help businesses determine whether their internal ... [Read More]

JD Power explains the ‘delicate balancing act’ & possible ‘day of reckoning’

Auto Fin Journal Staff
Perhaps few would fault you if you read this auto-finance story recapping the newest Automotive OEM Intelligence Report based on insights gathered from JD Power intelligence and proprietary market data and that booming movie trailer narrator voice comes into your ... [Read More]

4Front Credit Union selects LendSmart Auto to sharpen underwriting & more

Auto Fin Journal Staff
Last week, 4Front Credit Union selected LendSmart Auto, a new artificial intelligence-powered auto loan pricing engine from Scienaptic AI, to track how it prices vehicle loans for its members. Scienaptic AI explained its platform moves 4Front Credit Union away from ... [Read More]

Nordis Technologies’ white paper proposes four-step path for applying AI

Auto Fin Journal Staff
Nordis Technologies acknowledged clients and other companies are racing to apply artificial intelligence to critical customer communications, billing and payments, but many risk poor outcomes without investing in essential data, infrastructure, governance and execution discipline. With that situation in mind, ... [Read More]

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