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
iA Auto Finance names new president
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
iA Auto Finance has a new president: longtime company veteran Charles Parent, iA said in a LinkedIn post last month. “A trained actuary, a truly passionate, humble and honest person with 20 years of experience in the iA family: that's ... [Read More]
After ups and downs, wholesale vehicle prices in Canada steady last week
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
The Canadian wholesale vehicle market closed 2021 with 21 consecutive week-over-week increases. And then, 2022 started with two straight declines, according to Canadian Black Book, which said overall market prices fell 0.10% the week ending Jan. 7 and 0.05% the week ... [Read More]
Canada Drives hires new CTO to build on 2021 growth
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Canada Drives tapped an experienced executive from the entertainment and gaming worlds to be its new chief technology officer. On Monday, the 100% online vehicle shopping and to-your-door delivery platform announced that Darcy Reno has joined the Canada Drives executive ... [Read More]
CBB hires former VW Canada exec as director of sales, data & licensing
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Canadian Black Book has named a director of sales, data and licensing, appointing former Volkswagen Canada executive Kelly-Ann Neary to the role. Neary has spent 20 years working on the OEM side of the business. Her most recent post ... [Read More]
New VP at AFG Leasing Canada
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Houston-based Auto Financial Group reinforced its Canadian leadership this week. The company announced that Mark Caschera has been appointed vice president of AFG Leasing Canada in a move meant to bolster AFG’s mission to expand its program in Canada to ... [Read More]
CPO car sales at record clip for some automakers in Canada
Joe Overby, Senior Editor
Never before has certified pre-owned had this great a share of used sales at Mercedes-Benz Canada. The company said in a sales release it had overall pre-owned sales of 16,795 vehicles last year, which was up 9.8% year-over-year. And a ... [Read More]
Used-car prices at ‘historical high’ as wholesale index growth streak continues
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
While many were counting down from 10 on New Year’s Eve, the used-car industry in Canada was counting up. To 21, that is. The final week of 2021 marked the 21st consecutive time that wholesale vehicle prices increased in Canada, ... [Read More]
Automotive Properties REIT inks deal to buy 2 Honda stores in Quebec
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Just before 2021 closed, the Automotive Properties Real Estate Investment Trust said it had signed a $23.4 million deal with a dealership group to buy the Sherbrooke Honda and Magog Honda properties in Quebec. Additionally, the REIT exercised its Right ... [Read More]
E Inc. hires former Waze, Google executive as CMO
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
E Automotive Inc., which is the company behind the EBlock digital wholesale marketplace and the EDealer digital retail products, has hired a former Waze and Google executive as its first chief marketing officer. Joining E Inc. as CMO is Emma ... [Read More]
18 straight weeks of climbing wholesale vehicle prices in Canada
Auto Remarketing Editor Joe Overby
Though the overall increase slowed, wholesale vehicle prices in Canada have now climbed for 18 consecutive weeks, according to Canadian Black Book. In the CBB Automotive Market Update released Tuesday the company said overall wholesale values were up 0.45% last ... [Read More]
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