David Harris, senior editor of Air Cargo World’s sister publication, Cargo Facts, has been named the Air Cargo Journalist of the Year for 2016 by The Seahorse Club, the London-based club for logistics journalists. Harris won for his piece, “Invisible cargo connections,” a wonderfully entertaining article published last September on the pieces of disparate evidence that pointed to the formation of AirX. Behind the whimsy, the article reveals Harris’s great depth of knowledge and understanding...

It’s time to sound the alarm. Weakness has taken hold of the credit quality within securitized subprime auto assets. Deutsche Bank reported today that year-over-year delinquencies and net loss rates for subprime are up noticeably. Specifically, on a year-over-year basis subprime 60-plus day delinquencies climbing 65 basis points, and the annualized net loss rate rising 114 basis points through April. This weakening is coupled with lower ABS volumes: down 7% to $17.5 billion for prime auto ABS...

The Long-Tail Vision for INV Global, an OS for the B2B Ecosystem It’s not easy to express the full ramifications of the INV Global token offering in 7.5 minutes. But that’s how much time I had last week at the North American Bitcoin Conference in Miami. I did my best to describe INV Global as a token and application aimed at the corporate venturing sector. I explained how corporate VC is huge and global, but has challenges — such as corporate inefficiency — that we think will be significantly...

Most sales and marketing job ads go something like this: As an Inside Sales Relationship Manager, you will be contacting Auto Dealerships to sign up with AUTO FINANCE COMPANY NAME HERE as one of their sub-prime lenders. … The expectations for the first year at this job is to be making $60k – $100k per year. We have an amazing building with a built-in gym and break areas. Our environment is that of a positive sales floor with great competition to bring out your best. Auto industry experience...