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
Go Auto goes downtown with addition of Vancouver Kia dealership
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Go Auto has been in the Vancouver area for years. But now, for the first time, it’s headed downtown. The Edmonton-based dealership group announced it has acquired Downtown Kia, its first dealership in downtown Vancouver. The new location is Go ... [Read More]
PODCAST: CARFAX Canada’s Mike Foster on providing certainty in uncertain times
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
In uncertain times, what can car dealers do to give themselves and their customers more certainty? CARFAX Canada’s Mike Foster joins Cherokee Media Group associate editor Andrew Friedlander on the Auto Remarketing Podcast to talk about the power of facts ... [Read More]
Tariff-related demand pushes Canadian wholesale values up in April
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
The effects of tariffs drove Canada’s wholesale used-vehicle market up again in April, according to Canadian Black Book’s latest Used Vehicle Retention Index. The April index climbed to 140.3 points, up 0.5 points from March and even with the index ... [Read More]
Former Mercedes exec joins Tim Lamb Group to lead Canadian dealership M&A
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
The Tim Lamb Group has added Canadian auto industry veteran Paul Gilroy as a director, responsible for leading franchised dealership mergers and acquisitions throughout Canada. The dealership M&A firm said in a news release Gilroy’s expertise includes dealership sales and ... [Read More]
PODCAST: AutoTrader’s Baris Akyurek on Canada’s tariff-era used-car outlook
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
For months now, everyone has been talking about tariffs and what might happen. Now here we are in the tariff era. So what is actually happening? In this episode of the Auto Remarketing podcast, AutoTrader vice president of insights and ... [Read More]
Study finds Canadian auto lenders must exceed dealer expectations to succeed
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
To succeed in an increasingly uncertain and volatile market faced with rising costs for vehicles and financing, Canada’s auto lenders need to go the extra mile. That’s the conclusion of J.D. Power’s 2025 Canada Dealer Financing Satisfaction Study, an analysis ... [Read More]
North Toronto Auction becomes Euro Auctions’ latest Canadian acquisition
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Euro Auctions Group has acquired North Toronto Auction in what the company called a strategic move to strengthen its position in the Canadian marketplace. The 17-acre auction in Innisfil, Ontario, is Euro Auctions’ fifth auction site in Canada. The Northern ... [Read More]
Canadian dealer news: OpenRoad, Go Auto, HGreg earn accolades
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Canadian dealership groups OpenRoad Auto, Go Auto and HGreg were honored this week for their business success. OpenRoad and Go Auto again earned recognition among Deloitte’s 2025 Canada’s Best Managed Companies, a program that celebrates excellence in private Canadian-owned companies ... [Read More]
AutoTrader scores its first pro sports partnership in multiyear deal with NHL
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
AutoTrader shoots … and scores! In its 50th birthday year, Canada’s largest car-shopping platform has hit the back of the net with its first professional sports league partnership, joining the National Hockey League in a multiyear Canadian deal that names ... [Read More]
Turo study: Canadians struggling with financial burdens of car ownership
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Almost since it was invented, the car has been a symbol of freedom, allowing its owner to hop in and go where he or she pleases. But according to the latest benchmark study from car-sharing marketplace Turo, that perception might ... [Read More]
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