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CARS Protection Plus taps Circuitry.ai Warranty Decision Intelligence to help adjusters resolve claims faster
Wednesday, May. 6, 2026, 10:38 AM
Here’s an example from the car-warranty industry where companies are leveraging artificial intelligence to help people, not replace them. On Tuesday, CARS Protection Plus, a provider of vehicle service contracts, announced it has gone live with Circuitry.ai’s Warranty Decision Intelligence ... Read More
DealerOn’s dual launch includes AI search visibility platform, ‘intelligent layer’ touching full dealership
Tuesday, May. 5, 2026, 03:28 PM
DealerOn has done NASA one better. While the space agency recently launched the first astronauts to visit the moon in more than 50 years, the provider of auto dealership websites and digital sales and marketing technology boasted two launches on ... Read More
Newest Experian tool designed to reduce risk within AI-driven commerce
Monday, May. 4, 2026, 11:19 AM
Experian found another way to connect people and technology. And the newest tool emphasizes the component of a transaction including a real person. Last week, the company launched Experian Agent Trust, a framework that designed to establish a secure, verifiable ... Read More
FICO’s Shams Blanc on lenders sharpening underwriting & more
Wednesday, Apr. 29, 2026, 03:54 PM
Fresh off being in Miami as part of the Used Car Industry Summit that Cherokee Media Group hosted this spring, Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, appeared again on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Blanc discussed ... Listen Here
Byron Oldham of Honest Autos & FIADA
Monday, Apr. 27, 2026, 07:47 PM
Byron Oldham is president of the family-owned Honest Autos dealership and is president of the board at the Florida Independent Automobile Dealers Association. In this episode, Oldham talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about the upcoming Southeast ... Listen Here
Automotive CFO-To-Go Kathi Kruse talks dealership finance, accounting in ‘lightning round’
Sunday, Apr. 19, 2026, 04:27 AM
Kathi Kruse, the Automotive CFO-To-Go who brings her financial expertise — born through years of experience as a dealership chief financial officer — to dealers needing help in that area, is back on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. In this episode, ... Listen Here

Compliance Dialogue Highlights NABD Academy & National Conference Agendas

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Tuesday, Apr. 22, 2014, 07:59 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Compliance will be one of the major focuses as the National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers host two national events in less than a week at one of Las Vegas’ most luxurious resorts. First, beginning on May 18, NABD will ... [Read More]

Craigslist Marketing Continues To Evolve

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Tuesday, Apr. 22, 2014, 07:47 PM
Jason Turner, LotVantage
Since the onset of the $5 charge on Craigslist, buy-here, pay-here dealerships have taken on a multitude of approaches regarding how they not only understand this marketplace, but also, more importantly, how they utilize this marketplace to attract customers to ... [Read More]

J.D. Byrider Adds Two Franchise Consultants

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Tuesday, Apr. 22, 2014, 07:44 PM
BHPH Report Staff
J.D. Byrider recently announced Brad White and Jeff McKay have been added as franchise consultants at the company’s headquarters. Executives highlighted both new additions will be responsible for supporting J.D. Byrider franchisees, advising for operational and financial improvement and building ... [Read More]

Byrd: Benefits Of Offering Debt Cancellation Coverage

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Tuesday, Apr. 22, 2014, 07:39 PM
Tim Byrd, Tim Byrd & Associates
There’s another one to add to the stack of lapsed insurance notifications. Another customer has decided that having insurance is not a priority. Some customers you can’t blame. The premium is higher than their car payment. You’ve hired a full-time ... [Read More]

Webb Sees 2014 Tax Season Refunds On Par With Year-Ago Level

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Tuesday, Apr. 22, 2014, 07:36 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
With much of tax season having been completed, Manheim chief economist Tom Webb gave his assessment of how the time so critical to buy-here, pay-here operators unfolded this year. One of the points Webb emphasized earlier this month during his ... [Read More]

Newest Benchmarks Set To Summarize 2013 Industry Trends

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Tuesday, Apr. 22, 2014, 07:33 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
For the 16th consecutive year, Ken Shilson will share buy-here, pay-here industry benchmarks as a part of what he believes are the most accurate gauge of how the industry behaved on an annual basis. The founder of the National Alliance ... [Read More]

Why Making Realistic Projections Benefits Operators

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Tuesday, Apr. 22, 2014, 07:29 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
From job interviews to self-help books, stirring goal-oriented conversations sometimes start with the question, “Where do you want to be in five years?” In the buy-here, pay-here business, it’s sometimes difficult to project that far into the future in a ... [Read More]

Bankruptcy Filings Drop 12 Percent in Q1

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Thursday, Apr. 10, 2014, 03:40 PM
BHPH Report Staff
The American Bankruptcy Institute reported that total bankruptcy filings in the United States decreased 12 percent in the first quarter compared to the same period last year. According to data provided by Epiq Systems, bankruptcy filings totaled 231,647 in the ... [Read More]

Shilson: Does More Really Equal Less In The Deep Subprime Auto Finance Industry?

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Thursday, Mar. 27, 2014, 03:03 PM
Ken Shilson, Subprime Analytics
At the end of 2013 after reviewing Experian Automotive data, I wrote that losses for special finance companies in the subprime auto finance industry were trending upward sharply. I attributed these higher losses to overly aggressive underwriting “silly loans” caused ... [Read More]

AutoStar Solutions Acquisition Helps To Develop New Compliance Technology For BHPH Dealers

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Thursday, Mar. 27, 2014, 02:52 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Buy-here, payhere dealership software provider AutoStar Solutions recently acquired 50 percent interest in SecureClose, a designer of innovative compliance technology. Together, the two companies are finalizing plans to provide a new tool that automates the contract closing process for dealers.AutoStar ... [Read More]

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