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Letter from the CEO - Automatic 2025 Year-in-Review

Automatic’s 2025 performance demonstrated record technology advancements, accelerated dealership adoption, expanded vendor connectivity, and growing lending activation across the platform. Enhancements in underwriting automation, compliance, infrastructure, and integrated services have strengthened Automatic’s role as the secure digital backbone for indirect auto lending. With market conditions improving and demand rising, Automatic enters 2026 positioned for rapid scale, greater efficiency for lenders and dealerships, and a fully unified ecosystem that transforms how vehicle financing gets done.

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Leveraging Facebook: A Practical Tool for Modern Dealership Inventory Marketing

Facebook has become an essential part of the modern vehicle buying journey, offering dealerships powerful ways to increase inventory visibility, engage shoppers, and drive local sales. With tools like Automotive Inventory Ads, Marketplace listings, and automated syncing solutions, dealerships can efficiently maintain accurate listings while reaching active car buyers in their area.

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Private Credit and the Auto Opportunity — Part II: How Technology is Driving Expansion

As the auto finance market grows toward $4.8 trillion by 2030, technology is rewriting the rules. From embedded lending to API-based underwriting and automated servicing, private credit firms now have the tools to deploy capital faster, with more transparency and control than ever before. Part II of our series explores how these digital innovations are transforming the way credit flows into auto.

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Private Credit and the Auto Opportunity — Part I: Why the Market Is Paying Attention

Private credit is growing fast — and the auto sector is squarely in its sights. As funds look for scalable, real-world assets with strong returns, dealership-originated auto loans and embedded credit infrastructure are becoming increasingly attractive. In Part I of this two-part series, we explore why private credit is turning toward auto and what’s driving the shift.

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The Power of CUSOs: Expanding Lending Capabilities and Strategic Growth for Credit Unions

In the evolving financial landscape, Credit Union Service Organizations (CUSOs) play a pivotal role in enhancing the lending capabilities of credit unions. By collaborating with CUSOs, credit unions can diversify their loan portfolios, access specialized expertise, and manage associated risks more effectively. Beyond that, CUSOs unlock new opportunities to grow membership, retain servicing revenue, and attract depositors by leveraging shared infrastructure and resources.

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The Rise of Commercial Vehicle Lending: How Digital Innovation is Reshaping the Industry

The commercial vehicle lending industry is experiencing rapid growth, outpacing consumer auto lending, largely driven by small businesses. Digital innovation and automation are transforming the lending process, making it more efficient and accessible. Key advancements include AI-driven loan underwriting, online application interfaces, and direct lending models. Additionally, partnerships between lenders and vehicle dealers are streamlining the financing process, providing a full-service solution for borrowers. As competition intensifies, financial institutions that invest in automation and digital lending platforms will be best positioned for success in this evolving market.

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Navigating Subprime Lending in the Used Auto Market: Challenges and Opportunities

The subprime auto lending space is a unique segment within the automotive finance industry, targeting individuals with limited or poor credit histories. For dealerships, offering subprime loans can be both an opportunity and a challenge, as these loans help reach a broader customer base while requiring tailored approaches to manage higher financial risks.

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Future of Car Loan Applications: Embracing the Digital Revolution

The digital transformation of car loan applications has made the process faster, more accurate, and personalized. With online submissions, dealerships can process loans more efficiently, while automated systems reduce errors and improve data integrity. The integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning promises further innovations, enhancing both speed and user experience. Platforms like Automatic enable seamless integration between lenders and dealership systems, streamlining the process for all parties involved. The future of car loans is set to be more intuitive and efficient.

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How Credit Scores Affect Car Loans and Exploring Financing Options for Bad Credit

For individuals with low credit scores, obtaining a car loan can be difficult, but it is not impossible. There are several alternative financing options available that can help you get behind the wheel despite having bad credit.

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The Evolving Landscape of Electric Vehicles: Affordability and Market Insights

The electric vehicle (EV) market is undergoing a transformative shift, making EVs more accessible than ever before. Once perceived as luxury items, EVs are now within reach for a broader demographic, thanks to advancements in manufacturing efficiency, decreasing battery costs, and intense market competition.

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Letter From the CEO to Automatic Lenders

Read a letter from Automatic's CEO where he expresses gratitude to our lending partners and shares our commitment to innovation in fintech for used auto dealerships.

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U.S. Auto Dealer Sentiment: Navigating Through Uncertainty

The U.S. automotive market has faced its share of challenges recently, as reflected in the latest Cox Automotive Dealer Sentiment Index (CADSI) reports. Despite these challenges, there are glimmers of optimism and resilience among auto dealers, both franchised and independent, as they navigate through this complex landscape.

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Wrap It Up - We'll Take 2021 Auto Finance Growth

The year 2021 is one for the record books for many reasons, some too obvious to state. Despite a tumultuous year for the industry as a whole, the growth in automotive finance and used car sales made up for some of the burden of the chip shortage that thwarted the growth of the new car segment.

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Used Car Sales - Every Day is a Holiday

As we approach cooler weather, with used cars still a hot commodity, will the market experience the traditional ebb and flow through the holiday season? The used car industry has enjoyed an unprecedented demand in the last 18 months and continues to thrive

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Tis Always The Season For Used Car Sales

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” The famous words from Herodotus, which are attributed to the Postal Service, are like a noble badge of honor.

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Car Dealerships Surviving Summer Weather Blues

As usual, the season began promptly in June with one of the first major storms on June 25th in Michigan. The Jefferson North Assembly Plant was hit hard, losing 25 vehicles, with an average cost of $40,000, tallying to around $1,000,000 in unsalvageable vehicles.

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Tech-Savvy Independent Car Dealers Win

Cash flow is king. This is a mantra we all learned many years ago. This holds especially true for the independent car dealer. The shutdown of 2020 threw many for a loop and far too many independents out of business, even as the demand for used cars increased.

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Automatic Is Attending The 2021 NIADA 75th Annual Convention & Expo

Automatic will be at the upcoming 2021 NIADA 75th Annual Convention & Expo in San Antonio, Texas. Come by booth 726 from Monday 8/23 to Thursday 8/26 and learn more about the Automatic platform.

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The Smokin’ Hot Used Vehicle Market

A sizzling market means only one thing, short supply & high demand. The principles of economics don’t change, but the market sure has. One of the factors is the microchip shortage for new car manufacturing,

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The Inflation We're Seeing Is Affecting The Auto, Used Auto Market

What is inflation? In its most simplistic form, inflation is the general rise of prices in a given economy which in turn reduces the general consumer’s purchasing power.

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A Primer on Asset Back Securities

There are many different uses for this type of security and they are important in many industries including the automotive, motorsport, boating, and real estate fields.

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Dealer Financing Keeps America Rolling

Are you chomping at the bit to finally break free and take that much-deserved road trip? Join the millions that will be taking to the highways this summer. In a recent survey from Harvest Hosts, 60% of Americans will be traveling more than they did in 2020 and 2019

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Electric Vehicles, The Evolution of Transformation

The buzz around Electric Vehicles (EV) continues to make headlines as we see more global adoption. In a recent study by Allied Market Research, the Global EV market was $162 billion in 2019 & projected to be valued at $802.81 billion by 2027

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The Future of Automotive: Production and Distribution

Technology is increasingly becoming an impactful and a more important part of the way we live our lives. It is here to stay, and it is taking over the automotive industry in both the production and distribution of vehicles.

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When First We Practice To Deceive . . . Automotive Loan Fraud On The Rise

Auto loan fraud on the rise as value and scarcity rise in the used auto market.

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Where Are The Best Car Deals, In-Store or Online?

The automotive industry has been evolving more rapidly in the last 10 years than ever before. According to CoxAuto, consumers visit an average of 4.2 websites when car shopping, with 81% visiting at least 2 websites.

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The Shared Pain Points Between Dealerships and Customers During Covid-19

Automatic is an auto dealership management financing platform that removes shared pinpoints between customers and used auto dealerships during COVID-19.

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Upgrading the Used Car Financing Experience

With the Automatic software, used auto dealers can get consumers approved for multiple loans much faster than the traditional lending process,” And it’s all transparent. We want the auto dealerships to be able to see everything, so they can work with the consumer to figure out what auto financing best fits their needs."

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The Automotive Race To Phygital

Embracing your phygital brand identity is both critical and overwhelming. As an automotive dealer, or any retailer, It’s easy to get swept up in the frenzied race to harness customer data, streamline your channel strategy and employ the latest tools and apps to increase sales and customer experience.

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COVID-19 Has Car Dealers Flipping The Script

Have you received an unexpected call yet from your local automotive dealer asking to buy your car? Yes, you heard right - dealers are flipping the script and aggressively seeking consumers that wish to sell their personal cars.

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Alpha Warranty Services has teamed up with Automatic

Alpha Warranty Services and Automatic, have formed a partnership to provide their valuable services together in one place. Alpha, will combine services with Automatic, enabling the collaboration between auto lenders and dealers, and Alpha Warranty Services providing complete and reliable vehicle service contract plans.