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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

autologiQ acquires FIX4’s dealer network, adding to repair financing options

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
autologiQ, a vehicle management platform designed to empower Canadian consumers throughout the entire vehicle ownership lifecycle, has added another piece to that mission with the acquisition of FIX4 Capital Lending Inc.’s dealer network and repair financing originations. “This acquisition aligns ... [Read More]

‘Reprieve’ over as CBB Used Vehicle Retention Index falls, but ‘pockets of positivity’ still visible

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
The reprieve is over. And yet, not all is bleak in the Canada’s wholesale used-vehicle market. Yes, Canadian Black Book’s Used Vehicle Retention Index for February sank 1.2 points from January to 132.2 and was down 4.8% — that’s 6.7 ... [Read More]

Cherokee Media Group, UCDA proud to deliver Canada’s Used Car Week 2026

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
The Used Car Dealers Association of Ontario has officially joined Canada’s Used Car Week 2026 as an industry partner, conference organizers at Cherokee Media Group announced Tuesday. The event will be held June 16-17 at the Delta Hotels Toronto Airport ... [Read More]

Used-EV marketplace Carnex adds Lyteflo battery health reports to its listings

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
When shopping for a used electric vehicle, a customer’s first question often concerns the battery. Carnex now has the answer. The Toronto-based e-commerce platform specializing in used EVs has partnered with EV battery diagnostics provider Lyteflo to conduct professional scans ... [Read More]

CBB report: Canadian used wholesale values, supply both headed downward

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Used-vehicle wholesale prices continued to decline heading into the last week of February, and supply has begun to move in the same direction, according to Canadian Black Book’s weekly Market Insights report. The report showed the Canadian wholesale market down ... [Read More]

AutoTrader launches ChatGPT integration

Sarah Rubenoff, Correspondent
AutoTrader, one of Canada's largest online vehicle marketplaces, is the latest to integrate with ChatGPT and advance its partnership with OpenAI. Shortly after the news was released and discussed at NADA Show 2026, Auto Remarketing Canada spoke with Jody Gill, ... [Read More]

AutoCanada promotes interim Cochrane to permanent CEO role

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
AutoCanada’s interim CEO is interim no more. Sam Cochrane, the chief financial officer who has been serving in the top executive position since former executive chairman Paul Antony’s departure in October, has been named CEO of the Edmonton-based dealership group. ... [Read More]

Same old story: Toyota at the top of CBB Best Residual Value Awards

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
The dates change, but the name at the top remains the same. Toyota claimed the car category’s Overall Brand Award in Canadian Black Book’s 2026 Best Residual Value Awards for the fifth consecutive year. Not coincidentally, that’s also how many ... [Read More]

Acquisition of Key Auto Group adds to FFUN

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Key Auto Group is now in on the FFUN. The FFUN Group announced it has acquired Key Auto Group, a deal that adds four auto dealerships and a collision center to the Saskatoon-based dealership group. The deal includes three stores ... [Read More]

Dealers fight compressed profit margins with ‘customer-centric F&I’ centered on ‘advising, not selling’

Sarah Rubenoff, Correspondent
Canadian dealers, franchised and independent, are facing a volatile supply environment and compressed profit margins across multiple fronts.  And more than ever, add-ons and F&I offerings are integral to dealership bottom lines. When done well, the business office often drives ... [Read More]

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