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The case for starting the finance journey on your website

By Drew HardenCARFAX Canada Source: AutoRemarketingCanada You’ve just spent three hours with a customer and when it’s time to run their credit, you learn the bank won’t even loan them a pen. So, you decide to discuss credit up-front with...

August 15, 2022

Explaining what 75 basis-point rise in interest rates might do within auto financing

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Explaining what 75 basis-point rise in interest rates might do within auto financing

(Source: AutoRemarqueting) Experts from Cox Automotive and Edmunds offered perspectives on what might happen within auto financing after the Federal Reserve made its largest increase interest rates at a single point since 1994. The Federal Open Market Committee voted 10-1...

June 16, 2022

DecisioningIT named Top 50 Most Innovative Companies to Watch 2022

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DecisioningIT named Top 50 Most Innovative Companies to Watch 2022

Humans have been thriving on innovation since the dawn of time. Technology innovation was a game changer in human lifestyle, and we haven’t looked back since. With an array of technological solutions for almost every problem, technology began to grow,...

May 1, 2022

Car Buyers Report Higher Satisfaction When Using Digital Financing Tools, New Cox Automotive Study Shows

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Car Buyers Report Higher Satisfaction When Using Digital Financing Tools, New Cox Automotive Study Shows

ATLANTA, April 26, 2022 – Cox Automotive – Though only 29% of buyers applied for financing online for their most recent vehicle purchase, 96% of those surveyed are willing to do so, according to a new study published by Cox Automotive....

April 28, 2022

Capital Automotive Group Launches RideShift, A New Fully Online Car Buying

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Capital Automotive Group Launches RideShift, A New Fully Online Car Buying

RideShift, the e-commerce brand powered by Capital Automotive Group, offers customers in the Carolinas and nation-wide a fully automated, shop-to-buy-to-delivery experience in a matter of minutes. RideShift provides customers with the visibility to see pre-qualified payments on thousands of pre-owned...

April 20, 2022

DecisioningIT Named Among 50 Leading Companies of the Year 2022 by The Silicon Review Magazine

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DecisioningIT Named Among 50 Leading Companies of the Year 2022 by The Silicon Review Magazine

Achieving a prominent position in the industry gives a company several advantages: pricing power, brand recognition, and a loyal customer base. A business should first aspire to lead its local markets before planning for worldwide industry domination. So what makes...

April 14, 2022

AutoFi valuation approaches $700M with SCUSA investment

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AutoFi valuation approaches $700M with SCUSA investment

Fueled in part by an auto finance company that’s been one of its clients since 2018, AutoFi announced on Monday it has closed $85 million in funding valuing the company at nearly $700 million. One of the first Emerging 8 honorees...

March 7, 2022

TD to acquire First Horizon with eyes on fertile Southeast market

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TD to acquire First Horizon with eyes on fertile Southeast market

Source: AFJ – Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, 11:40 AM On Monday morning, TD Bank Group and First Horizon announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for TD to acquire First Horizon in an all-cash transaction valued at $13.4 billion...

February 28, 2022

As auto prices soar, more buyers take out 6½- and 7-year loans

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As auto prices soar, more buyers take out 6½- and 7-year loans

Source: CNBC – Phil LeBeau. The surge in auto prices in the second half of 2021 has pushed more consumers to take out auto loans that stretch beyond six years, according to a new report analyzing how millions of consumers...

February 25, 2022

Cox Automotive reaches finance-company milestone with titling tool

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Cox Automotive reaches finance-company milestone with titling tool

ATLANTA, Feb. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Cox Automotive announced today it reached a new milestone with the addition of its 100th lender to Dealertrack Accelerated Title®. In a typical year, these 100 lenders originate nearly 60% of the auto loans in market.1 This combination...

February 23, 2022