PODCAST: Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index reflects sluggish sales in Q3
Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, 11:36 AM
Timmerman’s distinguished career at Ally now includes Auto Finance Executive of the Year Award
Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, 09:59 AM
Auto finance startup taps former ACV exec to be CTO
Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, 10:44 AM
DigniFi gains nearly $300M in resources to boost vehicle-repair financing platform
Wednesday, Jul. 1, 2020, 03:37 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
AutoNation has been pleased with how DigniFi helps customers in its service drive who might be stretched financially but still need their vehicles repaired. And evidently, the investment world likes what it sees from the financing platform for auto repairs ... [Read More]
CFPB outlines plan for Tech Sprint series
Wednesday, Jul. 1, 2020, 03:35 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is venturing into the fintech space with its newest project, acknowledging many federal consumer financial laws were written prior to the digital age This week, the bureau announced the Tech Sprint series that aims to ... [Read More]
Former Toyota EVP joins board of Cyber Security Cloud
Monday, Jun. 29, 2020, 03:40 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
A former executive vice president of Toyota recently was invited to join the board of Cyber Security Cloud (CSC), which provides web application security services worldwide using leading cyber threat intelligence and artificial intelligence. CSC highlighted that it brought Yoshio ... [Read More]
Upstart broadens AI-driven business into auto financing
Wednesday, Jun. 24, 2020, 04:22 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Artificial intelligence continues to work its way into auto financing. On Wednesday, Upstart, a leading AI lending platform, announced support for auto financing as part of its consumer lending platform. With Upstart’s new service, the firm highlighted banks can offer refinance ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Experian recaps new ways fraud is surfacing amid COVID-19
Wednesday, Jun. 24, 2020, 04:19 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Fraud is continuing to surface in many ways, especially nowadays since so much activity is happening online because of the coronavirus pandemic. Chris Ryan, senior fraud solutions business consultant at Experian, described the most noteworthy incident he’s seen during the ... [Read More]
Study pinpoints 179% ROI in cybersecurity during COVID-19
Monday, Jun. 22, 2020, 03:18 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
ESI ThoughtLab looked to put some tangible figures on what investing in cybersecurity can do, especially during the coronavirus pandemic. The firm recently released a comprehensive study that reveals increased investment in cybersecurity can generate a significant return on investment of ... [Read More]
Carleton celebrating 50 years of interest calculations, compliance
Monday, Jun. 22, 2020, 03:11 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Carleton is in celebration mode. In 2020, the company is marking its golden anniversary as a provider of compliant consumer lending origination computations and complimentary document generation solutions. Throughout the last half-century, Carleton’s products have enabled finance companies and lenders ... [Read More]
The Conference Board identifies key innovation cog during COVID-19
Tuesday, Jun. 16, 2020, 03:12 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
The Conference Board — a member-driven think tank founded in 1916 — acknowledged that rapid changes in customers’ attitudes and expectations are challenging marketers like never before because of the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, it also presents major ... [Read More]
BiigVault designed to help dealerships offer contactless test drives, more
Monday, Jun. 15, 2020, 03:29 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Oftentimes when realtors show a property, they know a combination to a lockbox that contains a key to enter the dwelling or office to show their clients the premise. Biig has developed technology for a similar scenario. But in this ... [Read More]
CDK Global pegs in-house exec to fill newly created COO post
Monday, Jun. 15, 2020, 03:27 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
On Monday, CDK Global announced its intention to create a chief operating officer role to better align functions and improve the overall effectiveness of the company’s North American business. The company then said executive vice president and chief financial officer Joe ... [Read More]