Deeper dive into rising LTVs with TransUnion’s Satyan Merchant
One of the notable findings from TransUnion’s Q2 2026 Credit Industry Insights Report (CIIR) was how much loan-to-value ratios have changed in the past five years. Satyan Merchant, one of this year’s Automotive Intelligence Award recipients and senior vice president ... Listen Here
PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor on intersection of payments & technology
PayNearMe recently shared new search, explaining that hidden costs sustained by auto lenders can show up as failed payments, borrower support calls, late payments, collections follow-up, reconciliation work and manual recovery effort. PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor elaborated about ... Listen Here
Matt Babcock of Wolters Kluwer on how digital transformation continues to gain steam in auto financing
Matt Babcock, who heads up digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, returned for another visit on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Wolter Kluwer recently released its latest quarterly Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index. Babcock recapped the sustained upward trajectory the ... Listen Here
CADA to launch recruiting campaign aimed at millennials, women, military veterans
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
The Canadian Automobile Dealers Association (CADA) announced at the Montreal International Auto Show that it plans to launch a national recruiting campaign aimed at groups such as millennials, women, new Canadians and military veterans. Auto dealerships currently employ around 150,000 ... [Read More]
Reynolds and Motoinsight partner to help dealers access financing data
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Canadian dealers now have another way of verifying incentive levels and other financing data associated with a vehicle a potential buyer is considering. This week, Reynolds and Reynolds Canada and Motoinsight announced an agreement that will enable dealers that use ... [Read More]
5 benefits of Otolane partnership with NextGear Capital
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Canadian wholesalers now have another financial tool available to help stores get the inventory they need. As part of its efforts to drive innovation in the remarketing industry, Otolane — a growing dealer-to-dealer digital marketplace — announced this week that ... [Read More]
Dealertrack’s top-funded cars experience year-end price gains
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
At the close of 2017, Dealertrack Canada saw significant annual price gains for used vehicles in its network. The Average Cash Price of the Top 10 Funded Used Vehicles in its online credit application network rose by 5.23 percent compared ... [Read More]
Mercedes-Benz Canada appoints Muller to oversee all Toronto, Vancouver stores
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Mercedes-Benz Canada announced Wednesday that this year each of its 11 corporate stores will now report to the newly appointed vice president of corporate retail — Robert Muller. Previously, the company’s seven Toronto Retail Group (TRG) and four Vancouver Retail Group (VRG) locations ... [Read More]
Wholesale car price behavior in last month of 2017
Joe Overby, Senior Editor
Canadian Black Book’s second-ever release of its Used Vehicle Retention Index points to a wholesale car market that closed the year with quite a punch. Wholesale vehicle values were up 3.8 percent year-over-year in December, keeping alive the used-car price ... [Read More]
In memoriam: Kathy Ward, former Canadian Black Book CEO
Anthony Harrison , Auto Remarketing Canada
Kathy Ward, former president and chief executive officer of Canadian Black Book, passed away on Christmas Eve. She was 60 and had been battling cancer. She had retired in September of 2016, and Brad Rome replaced her as president. “Kathy ... [Read More]
Consumer-facing auction app aims to bring ‘motivated buyers’, dealers together
Sarah Rubenoff, Correspondent
Connecting dealer and consumer. Facilitating the relationship. That’s what CarSquid is all about, says its chief operating officer Nicole Whittle. CarSquid, the COO told Auto Remarketing Canada, is an online wholesale auction app aimed at consumers. The app aims to ... [Read More]
NextGear Capital rolls out funding portal through 3 digital auction partners
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
While pinpointing six potential benefits, NextGear Capital on Thursday launched a multi-channel funding portal to offer customers its custom point-of-sale inventory financing solutions. Cox Automotive Canada’s financial services brand highlighted this portal will be available through NextGear Capital’s digital auction ... [Read More]
Prices for Dealertrack’s top-funded cars see boost
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Last month, Dealertrack Canada saw prices for used-vehicles in its network rise significantly. The average cash price of the Top 10 Funded Used Vehicles in its online credit application network experienced an annual increase of 4.84 percent last month, the ... [Read More]
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