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# Keynote: Drive 17, CUDirect, Las Vegas – The Future of Automotive Lending

This event took a look at the future of automotive lending with a particular emphasis on the credit union sector, which is the line of business that CUDirect is focused on.

I had a bit of fun at the sound check the day before, with Vegas being Vegas after all – you’re always guaranteed a great stage! Here’s an infinite me!

![](/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/CUDirect.jpg)

Of course, the next morning I was on duty, outlining the many ways in which the era of self-driving cars, intelligent highways, the sharing economy and many more trends would come to challenge the very idea of automative lending in the future. The auto industry is accelerating fast — and I’m doing [numerous talks](/keynotes-workshops/topics/keynote-accelerating-the-auto-and-trucking-industry-in-the-era-of-self-driving-vehicles/) for industries and companies affected by this trend.