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
PODCAST: The varied use cases of AI in automotive
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
In this session from the Canada’s Used Car Week Live Stage, sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, Pam founder Abdullah Baig, Zen AI CEO Olivier Vincent and BlinkAI Automotive CEO Dave Perry join Auto Remarketing senior editor Joe Overby for a ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Founder Chris Schellenberger explains Purr’s unique business model
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
In another episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from Canada’s Used Car Week 2025 in Toronto, Cherokee Media Group associate editor Andrew Friedlander is joined by a man who thinks outside the box — Chris Schellenberger, founder and CEO ... [Read More]
AutoCanada sells 13 US dealerships & is ‘actively engaged’ in divesting 4 remaining US stores
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
AutoCanada has taken a major step toward divesting its U.S. dealerships. The retailer, which previously announced it has classified its U.S. operations segment as a discontinued operation, said Wednesday it has entered agreements to sell 13 American stores. AutoCanada anticipates ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Canadian dealers on navigating auto retail in the tariff era
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Since the beginning of this year, all sorts of experts have been talking about tariffs, analyzing the market and predicting what will happen as they take effect. But what about the REAL experts — the dealers who are out there ... [Read More]
LGM receives financial investment from Japan’s Marubeni Corporation
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
LGM Financial Services has received a financial boost from the East. The Vancouver-based F&I provider announced a strategic financial investment from Marubeni Corporation, one of Japan’s largest investment business conglomerates. LGM said the partnership “marks a powerful step forward in ... [Read More]
Atlantic Canada auto theft claims down in 2024, but IBC calls for action to reverse long-term upward trend
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Auto theft insurance claims were down slightly in Atlantic Canada last year, but that doesn’t mean the problem is going away, Insurance Bureau of Canada said. IBC’s data on the cost of auto theft in the region shows a 10-year ... [Read More]
AutoCanada seeks new CEO as Antony transitions out of executive chairman role
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Paul Antony, who has led AutoCanada for the past seven years, informed the board of directors he will transition out of his role as executive chairman, the dealership group announced. In a news release distributed Friday morning, the company said ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Examining Canadian CPO market
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
A session at Canada’s Used Car Week featured a mix of automaker and dealership executives, who examined Canada’s certified pre-owned vehicle market, how CPO sales are faring, OEM-dealer partnerships, challenges and opportunities in CPO, vehicle supply dynamics and more. Cherokee ... [Read More]
PODCAST: 7 top executives discuss Canadian wholesale market
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
One of the highlights of Canada’s Used Car Week was a stage full of top executives from the wholesale market. Cherokee Media Group’s Joe Overby led a conversation with these executives, who discussed macroeconomic, technological and market factors impacting their ... [Read More]
Canadian car owners’ earnings through Turo reach $300 million milestone
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Turo has reached a milestone. Or, rather, the car owners who use it have. The car-sharing marketplace, which bills itself as the world’s largest, said the total amount earned by Canadian car owners sharing their vehicles on the platform since ... [Read More]
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