As delinquencies rise and margins tighten, leading auto lenders use AI agents to cut collections and servicing costs without compromising...
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Amazon Autos adds Hertz Car Sales to platform
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Fullpath acquires Dynamic Payments to ‘support every profit center’ with real-time data
Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, 11:37 AM
Affordability 'has implications across nearly every other issue' in auto industry
Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, 07:00 AM
Vivian Liu Wants to Make Autos Easy
Vivian Liu is the CEO of Making Auto Easy, a platform designed to help dealers turn the manual meet-and-greet into a more efficient digital experience. In June, she joined the Canada’s Used Car Week Live Stage, presented by SYCN Auto ... Listen Here
Experian North America chief innovation officer Kathleen Peters on combating fraud
Experian North America chief innovation officer Kathleen Peters made her first appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Peters recapped highlights of Experian’s 2025 U.S. Identity and Fraud Report and why service providers remain focused on curbing fraud that continues to ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: Growth by Design, Not by Chance with Allied Solutions
Two leading executives at Allied Solutions identified the most-concerning signs about the current state of auto financing. Mark Bugalski, who is Executive Vice President and Chief Growth Officer, and Doug Falvey, who is Executive Vice President, Risk Management Operations, then ... Listen Here
Retail
Former dealer launches platform to improve private-party car sales & ownership
A new startup led by former auto retail executives has launched with the goal of decluttering the private-party vehicle sales and ownership process and making it safer. Secure Private Sales said in a news release Wednesday that it plans to ... [Read More]
Dealer news: VinFast’s first California dealership opens; NY dealer donates to college auto tech program
VinFast’s newly established California dealership network is officially up and running. The Vietnamese electric vehicle manufacturer’s first authorized dealership in the Golden State, VinFast San Diego, held its grand opening event Tuesday. The event, attended by company executives, local media ... [Read More]
Wholesale
Lane watch: Conversion rate at highest point since April
Perhaps when someone at your dealership says, “just send it to the auction,” it potentially doesn’t have such a negative connotation now. Black Book said last week’s auction conversion rate came in at 63%, which was the highest level that ... [Read More]
ACV expands its no reserve sale to four days a week
Digital auto auction ACV has scaled up its no reserve sale to four days each week, giving buyers and sellers more opportunities to sell and source inventory in true $0 reserve auctions, the company said. The new schedule includes Tuesday, ... [Read More]
Technology
Fullpath acquires Dynamic Payments to ‘support every profit center’ with real-time data
Fullpath has acquired Fuse Autotech’s Dynamic Payments, a deal it said offers car dealers real-time data to improve the customer experience. Fuse’s system will be integrated into Fullpath’s artificial intelligence-powered customer data platform, the companies said, allowing dealerships to provide ... [Read More]
STAR chooses Zadoorian to be executive director
The Standards for Technology in Automotive Retail (STAR) on Tuesday announced the hiring of an executive director; someone who has close knowledge of the automotive IT standards organization. Leveraging a relationship with STAR that dates to its formative days, where ... [Read More]
Analysis
Used cars a bargain even at near-record prices, Edmunds report says
Used-car prices are at near-record levels. But those high-priced vehicles are still the biggest bargains on the market. Edmunds’ Q2 2025 Used Vehicle Report found the average transaction price of 3-year-old used vehicles in the second quarter rose 5.2% year-over-year ... [Read More]
Affordability ‘has implications across nearly every other issue’ in auto industry
Vehicle affordability is like an octopus. Hard to get your arms around. Elusive. Far-reaching tentacles in every direction. And given the impact affordability (or lack thereof) is having in automotive, the topic is worth a bit of ink. “Affordability is ... [Read More]
