CarMax drops as tariff-fueled pull-forward effect hurt comparable sales
CarMax Inc. shares plunged premarket after the company reported a surprise drop in comparable sales, as buyers had rushed to…
Stablecoin de-pegging to be probed by Ripple, Warwick Business School’s Gillmore Centre
The research is funded by the University of California, Berkeley’s Centre for Responsible Decentralized Intelligence, and will involve collaboration between Warwick’s own Dr Ganesh Viswanath-Natraj, Ripple Research, and the University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI), the $50 million research division of Ripple.
Ascent Dealer Services hires former Protective executive to be VP of acquisition
Estate agency platform Reapit joins DLT-based home-buying consortium
Reapit, the UK’s largest estate agency platform, has joined the IPN Consortium, a gaggle of industry players developing a distributed ledger technology-based system that lets customers go through the entire home buying process through their mobile phones.
West Brom Building Society picks Deloitte and 10x for digital makeover
West Brom Building Society has called in Deloitte and core banking provider 10x for a digital overhaul.
Massachusetts woman sentenced as part of fraud scheme to purchase more than 45 cars
Vehicle prices test college grads
New-car prices have increased since 2020 at a faster clip than starting salaries, eroding vehicle affordability and dampening sales. While…
Polaris Q4 sales drop 23% as shipments fall 33%
Polaris’ sales remained sluggish in the fourth quarter amid continued efforts to reduce yearend shipments. Fourth-quarter sales landed at $1.8…
Treasury management fintech Embat buys Necto
Madrid-based treasury management startup Embat has acquired Necto, a US bank API connectivity specialist. Financial terms were not disclosed.
10 auto finance executives to watch in 2026
The auto finance industry has experienced diverse challenges this year including turbulent sales, shifting consumer demands, rising fraud, unexpected surges…
Former Corpay, Primeritus exec now COO of Resolvion
Fiserv to buy StoneCastle Cash Management
Fiserv has signed a definitive agreement to buy StoneCastle Cash Management. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Motorhome values drop 0.6%, towables down 2.8%
Motorhome and towable values fell year over year in February ahead of the seasonal selling period. Average motorhome values dropped…
Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds and others hit by major DNS outage
Late Thursday afternoon Akamai reported a problem with its Edge DNS service, resulting in outages at thousands of websites.














