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
PODCAST: Dealer trainer Alan Dickie at Canada’s Used Car Week
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Dealer trainer Alan Dickie joined the Auto Remarketing Podcast from the Canada’s Used Car Week podcast stage earlier this month in Toronto. In a one-on-one interview with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby, Dickie discusses his role in the ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Mark Endras of OPENLANE
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
OPENLANE announced Tuesday that its ADESA Canada and TradeRev platforms have been integrated into one consolidated OPENLANE Canada marketplace. Mark Endras, who is SVP of product at OPENLANE, discussed this integration and more from the Canada’s Used Car Week podcast ... [Read More]
OPENLANE combines ADESA Canada, TradeRev platforms
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
OPENLANE announced Tuesday that its ADESA Canada and TradeRev platforms have been integrated into one consolidated OPENLANE Canada marketplace. This follows the rebranding of KAR Global to OPENLANE in May, when the company announced that OPENLANE would be both the ... [Read More]
EBlock, EDealer parent begins search for new CFO
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
E Automotive Inc. is searching for a new chief financial officer. The parent company of EBlock and EDealer announced last week that it has engaged an external firm to initiate a search for a new CFO. The move is a ... [Read More]
Healthy auto finance market fueled by new tech, demand
Sarah Rubenoff, Correspondent
Over the course of the pandemic, leasing fell way off, and the auto finance market saw loan-term lengths soar amid a difficult economic environment for consumers. And it’s likely in Canada, the market may never return to the norm dealers ... [Read More]
Penske Automotive expands reach in Canada
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Michigan-based Penske Automotive Group has expanded its Canadian footprint, announcing Monday it has acquired Transolutions Truck Centers, a Winnipeg-based retailer of medium- and heavy-duty commercial trucks and buses. Transolutions Truck Centers, or TSTC, includes three full-service dealerships and two parts ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Inside the PAVE & TRADE X partnership
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Last month, Toronto-based TRADE X, a B2B cross-border vehicle marketplace for trading vehicles globally, announced it had integrated PAVE’s vehicle inspection API into its platform. Through this integration, sellers on the TRADE X platform can easily capture inspection information and ... [Read More]
Dealer interest in subprime finance grows in Canada
Sarah Rubenoff, Correspondent
There is a bit of a learning curve in the world of subprime auto finance, but more dealers, franchised and independent, are entering the business and implementing subprime in an effort to serve more customers across the credit spectrum. “Non-prime ... [Read More]
PODCAST: The many faces of mentorship
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Mentorship is not one-size-fits-all. It takes many forms, and the mentor/mentee relationship can serve a variety of purposes. Lydia Bowser, director of human resources at PAVE AI, and Dee Murphy, founder of The Liminal Place, address the different mentorship archetypes ... [Read More]
Canadian car-buyers share thoughts on EVs, leases, new vs. used & more
Joe Overby, Senior Editor
While many consumers are still tentative, Canada is “warming up” to electric vehicles, and subsequent sales gains are helping to improve the used retention values of these vehicles. That’s according to analysis and a study developed by Canadian Black Book, ... [Read More]
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