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FICO’s Shams Blanc on lenders sharpening underwriting & more
Wednesday, Apr. 29, 2026, 03:54 PM
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 ... Listen Here
Byron Oldham of Honest Autos & FIADA
Monday, Apr. 27, 2026, 07:47 PM
Byron Oldham is president of the family-owned Honest Autos dealership and is president of the board at the Florida Independent Automobile Dealers Association. In this episode, Oldham talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about the upcoming Southeast ... Listen Here
Automotive CFO-To-Go Kathi Kruse talks dealership finance, accounting in ‘lightning round’
Sunday, Apr. 19, 2026, 04:27 AM
Kathi Kruse, the Automotive CFO-To-Go who brings her financial expertise — born through years of experience as a dealership chief financial officer — to dealers needing help in that area, is back on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. In this episode, ... Listen Here

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]

CUDL & J.D. Power align to expand digital presence for credit unions & dealers

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Friday, Sep. 3, 2021, 03:54 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Dealers that work with credit unions now each have the potential for more success as two well-known companies in the respective spaces are collaborating. On Thursday, CUDL, one of the nation’s largest credit union financing networks, announced an alliance with ... [Read More]

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