FICO’s Shams Blanc on lenders sharpening underwriting & more
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
Wednesday, Apr. 29, 2026, 03:54 PM
Byron Oldham of Honest Autos & FIADA
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
Monday, Apr. 27, 2026, 07:47 PM
Automotive CFO-To-Go Kathi Kruse talks dealership finance, accounting in ‘lightning round’
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
Sunday, Apr. 19, 2026, 04:27 AM
This Month's Focus
Artificial Intelligence
Tekion adds another new partner with integration of DAS Technology’s customer experience platform
Friday, May. 1, 2026, 10:12 AM
A single customer file allows dealers to easily integrate AI vendors in DealerBuilt DMS
Friday, May. 1, 2026, 10:09 AM
AI’s potential on display at NADA Show as it expands into more areas of dealership operations
Friday, May. 1, 2026, 09:49 AM
National Lenders adds Newman to reinforce Midwest presence
Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, 10:01 AM
BHPH Report Staff
National Lenders reinforced its workforce again last week, appointing Brent Newman as regional vice president of sales. With more than 30 years of experience in the buy-here, pay-here and subprime auto finance sectors, National Lenders highlighted that Newman brings a ... [Read More]
NIADA unveils special credit card for members
Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, 11:30 AM
BHPH Report Staff
Here’s another path for National Independent Automobile Dealers Association members to get the credit they need to run their businesses. The association said it wanted to develop an exclusive financial product to add value to our member’s business operations with ... [Read More]
BlytzPay gains new patent approval for collections platform
Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, 12:11 PM
BHPH Report Staff
BlytzPay, a collections management platform that speeds up payments and boosts customer engagement for buy-here, pay-here dealers and finance companies, announced a new patent approval for its solution, saying this week it marks a significant milestone for the company The ... [Read More]
Initial IRS data shows positive start to tax season
Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, 10:32 AM
BHPH Report Staff
The latest filing information from the IRS database contains less than a week’s worth of activity so far this tax season, as the federal agency began to accept returns on Jan. 27. But the year-over-year comparisons show upward movement for ... [Read More]
Dealer Profit Pros wants to help you gain industry benchmarks & more
Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, 12:02 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Dealer Profit Pros is looking to gain insight into several retailing metrics and is offering the possibility of dealer survey participants getting two nights at a Las Vegas resort and a round of golf. The advertising advisory firm is seeking ... [Read More]
Car-Mart points to quality assets as reason for another successful securitization
Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, 10:42 AM
BHPH Report Staff
While the company has encountered some retail sales challenges, America’s Car-Mart found some positives to tout this week. The buy-here, pay-here dealership chain highlighted that it has completed a term securitization transaction involving the issuance of $200 million in principal ... [Read More]
COMMENTARY: The BHPH evolution & how digital transformation and market forces are reshaping an industry
Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, 11:37 AM
Tiger Okeley, Oak Motors
As with many aspects of American life, the buy-here, pay-here dealership model has experienced dramatic changes over the last five years. It’s almost become cliché at this point, but the COVID-19 pandemic created a clear before-and-after moment for our industry. ... [Read More]
4 ways to take advantage of February’s arrival
Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, 11:46 AM
BHPH Report Staff
Big Time Advertising founder and CEO Terry MacCauley acknowledged the first month of 2025 is just about in the books already. Perhaps your dealership has had a great start to the year. Or maybe your operation has endured a colder ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Avoiding the ‘silent killer’ of used-car sales
Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, 10:33 AM
BHPH Report Staff
We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from Used Car Week 2024 in Scottsdale, Ariz., with a Speed Session featuring Terry MacCauley, who is founder and CEO of Big Time Advertising & Marketing. MacCauley explained why broken, ... [Read More]
PODCAST: ‘Shut up and take my money,’ with BlytzPay
Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, 10:54 AM
BHPH Report Staff
We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from Used Car Week 2024 in Scottsdale, Ariz., with a Speed Session featuring Robyn Burkinshaw and Alison Andreozzi of BlytzPay. The company’s leadership team explained why technology in the form ... [Read More]
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