Additional insight into FTC’s move involving disparate impact from Hudson Cook
The Federal Trade Commission recently announced it will not pursue claims based on disparate-impact or “unfair discrimination” theories. In this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Hudson Cook partners Erica Kramer and Rob Tilley offered some historical perspectives and a ... Listen Here
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
Report shows acceleration in global vehicle sales
Sara Schweiger, Staff Writer
Scotiabank’s recently released Global Auto Report paints a rosy picture — one that pleasantly surprised analysts with the Toronto-based bank. “We came into the year expecting global purchases to advance by about 3 percent,” Carlos Gomes, senior economist and auto ... [Read More]
Kijiji Canada appoints head of sales, autos
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Kijiji Canada, part of the eBay Classifieds Group, has hired Leanne Kripp to be head of sales, autos. In her new role, Kripp will help to identify business opportunities and partnerships that will support continued growth. Kripp joins Kijiji’s Toronto office ... [Read More]
TRADER Corp. partnership creates ‘Coherent Path’ to buying decisions
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
TRADER Corp. has announced an exclusive partnership with Toronto-based Coherent Path that is bringing “big data” to the Canadian auto industry. Years of data on autoTRADER.ca indicates that consumers don’t tend to begin their journey with a clear path to ... [Read More]
Q1 average amount financed at origination tops $30K
Nick Zulovich, Staff Writer
Along with deeper analysis into delinquencies, TransUnion’s director of research and analysis in Canada Jason Wang shared exclusive data with Auto Remarketing Canada that pinpointed the swift upward trajectory consumers are taking with regard to how much auto finance debt ... [Read More]
TradeRev hires manager of operations for Canada
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
TradeRev, a mobile vehicle appraisal and auctioning system for dealers, has hired John Farquharson as the manager of operations for Canada. Farquharson will oversee the support and arbitration departments and administrative operations throughout Canada. He will also be responsible for ... [Read More]
Audi hits best July for CPO
Joe Overby, Senior Editor
Several automakers have reported their latest certified pre-owned sales results to Auto Remarketing Canada, and one of the highlights of the bunch was Audi Canada, which had its strongest July to date. It sold 597 certified cars last month, a 3-percent gain over ... [Read More]
Ontario & British Columbia lead Q2 consumer credit performance
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
For dealerships and finance companies with significant customer bases hailing from Ontario and British Columbia, TransUnion shared some good news this week pertaining to the frequency with which these contract holders are staying current. Ontario and British Columbia consumers are ... [Read More]
Majority of segments see increase in June residuals
Sara Schweiger, Staff Writer
Eleven of the 18 vehicle segments tracked by RVI Group saw increases in residual value in June on a year-over-year basis, according to the latest Market Insight report. Sequentially, that number was 12. Among higher-volume segments, larger-size vehicles saw the ... [Read More]
How Weins Canada boosts the consumer experience
Joe Overby, Senior Editor
You book a plane ticket online. Maybe the night before the flight or at a kiosk once you arrive at the airport, you check in and get a boarding pass. The boarding pass includes things like your name, flight number, ... [Read More]
AutoCanada looks to diversify by geography, brand
Sara Schweiger, Staff Writer
AutoCanada, which is based in Edmonton, announced an executive shift this spring as the company found itself in a sales slump amid ongoing recessionary conditions in western Canada. Joining the country’s only publicly traded dealer group as chief executive officer ... [Read More]
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