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SPONSORED EPISODE: Bracing for more than ‘portfolio stress’ with John Elias of Allied Solutions
Monday, Jun. 22, 2026, 07:11 PM
John Elias, sales specialist in auto finance business development with Allied Solutions, acknowledged lenders might be experiencing more than just “portfolio stress” since delinquencies, insurance costs, negative equity, and repossessions are all intensifying at the same time. Elias, who was ... Listen Here
Agora Data’s Matt Burke on becoming NAF Association president
Friday, Jun. 19, 2026, 01:00 AM
Agora Data’s Steve Burke was one of the founders of the National Automotive Finance Association 30 years ago. Now in 2026, Steve Burke’s son, Matt, not only is a top executive at Agora Data, but he is also now president ... Listen Here
Experian’s Melinda Zabritski discusses ongoing stretching of terms
Friday, Jun. 12, 2026, 09:35 AM
The latest appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast by Melinda Zabritski, Experian’s head of automotive financial insights and Automotive Intelligence Award recipient, focused on auto-loan terms, which oftentimes are at least 72 months nowadays. Zabritski also compared a data point ... Listen Here

Merged BHPH conference draws record dealer attendance

Thursday, May. 8, 2025, 02:56 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Merging Compliance Unleashed and BHPH United together paid off for organizers and to the benefit of what they said was record-setting attendance of dealerships and other industry professionals. Nearly 500 attendees gathered at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas last month ... [Read More]

GoDaddy small businesses survey: 66% have positive revenue expectations despite weakening economy

Tuesday, May. 6, 2025, 01:09 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Nearly half of U.S. small and microbusiness owners — which can include independent and buy-here, pay-here dealerships — expect the national economy to weaken in the coming months. Despite the outlook, most still believe their own businesses will grow, according ... [Read More]

NIADA to host Theismann at this year’s convention

Thursday, May. 1, 2025, 11:37 AM
BHPH Report Staff
Especially for independent dealers who watched professional football on television during the 1980s and 1990s, it’s highly likely that Joe Theismann appeared on their screens either as a player or broadcaster. Operators now have the chance to see Theismann in ... [Read More]

How award-winning Car-Mart GM defines & executes mentorship

Tuesday, Apr. 29, 2025, 02:07 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Jesse Robb began to work with America’s Car-Mart at 21 and soon sought a mentor to cultivate his potential path with the buy-here, pay-here dealership chain. Now, Robb is the general manager of Car-Mart’s dealership in Bowling Green, Ky. Robb ... [Read More]

7 suggestions for dealers to avoid leads from going cold

700Credit rolls out driver’s license authentication integration with iTapMenu
Tuesday, Apr. 22, 2025, 01:16 PM
BHPH Report Staff
How much of the conversation inside your dealership includes a question along the lines of, “Why don’t we have good leads anymore?” Big Time Advertising founder and CEO Terry MacCauley pointed out that sales teams often chalk up poor performance ... [Read More]

Updated IRS data on 2025 tax filing season

Thursday, Apr. 17, 2025, 11:18 AM
BHPH Report Staff
April 15 was Tuesday. As buy-here, pay-here dealerships know, that was the deadline for individuals to file their federal and state tax returns. While the database hosted by the Internal Revenue Service has a bit of a reporting lag, the ... [Read More]

Long enters BHPH space as executive with National Lenders

Tuesday, Apr. 15, 2025, 12:55 PM
BHPH Report Staff
A previous leader of multiple industry associations now is an executive with the National Lenders General Agency, a licensed risk manager and provider of insurance solutions for the buy-here, pay-here market. Last week, the company welcomed Tony Long as regional ... [Read More]

Bankruptcy filings & consumer worries about finances keep rising

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Thursday, Apr. 3, 2025, 01:59 PM
BHPH Report Staff
While a pair of bankruptcy experts chose to focus on the commercial side of the segment after looking at March filings, overall and individual filings rose again last month, potentially reinforcing what a Prosper Marketplace consumer survey highlighted. According to ... [Read More]

Buckeye Dealership Consulting hires former Black Book, Spartan Financial exec

Thursday, Mar. 27, 2025, 02:40 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Buckeye Dealership Consulting reinforced its national sales staff this week, as the provider of reinsurance products for automobile dealers and finance companies announced the hiring of Timothy Gault as a new business development manager. The company highlighted that Gault joins ... [Read More]

PassTime & PayNearMe enhance partnership with integrated text payments

Thursday, Mar. 27, 2025, 02:40 PM
BHPH Report Staff
PassTime and PayNearMe announced this week that they have expanded their integration, resulting in their mutual auto-finance customers now being able to incorporate text payment options for consumers. PassTime and PayNearMe have provided integrated solutions in payment processing and asset ... [Read More]

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