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SPONSORED EPISODE: Five questions to ask before choosing a transportation partner
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, 09:15 PM
This sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast features two experts from Central Dispatch who offer valuable guidance for choosing a transportation partner. Shanna Wise, who oversees business strategy execution, and Blake Bentley, who leads enterprise client account success, take ... Listen Here
Inside Auto Auction M&A with Mach10 CEO George Pero
Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, 02:01 PM
The auto auction industry has seen a spike in M&A over the last three years, similar to the consolidation in auto retail that has been going on much longer. And our guest today has experience with both. George Pero is ... Listen Here
Insight into Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index
Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, 04:17 PM
While the year-over-year figure reflects broader market volatility, Matthew Babcock, who oversees digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, explained the strong quarter-over-quarter increase of the Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index signals market re-engagement. Babcock elaborated about ... Listen Here

Geitner comes out of retirement to be president & COO of Kinetic Advantage

Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2024, 12:44 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Marty McFarland and Brian Geitner are back working together in the floorplan arena. Last week, Kinetic Advantage announced Geitner has joined Kinetic as president and chief operating officer. McFarland is a founder of the national provider of floorplan financing services ... [Read More]

PassTime launches TRAX 7 with most significant upgrades in 15 years

Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2024, 12:43 PM
BHPH Report Staff
PassTime on Tuesday announced the launch of TRAX 7, the newest version of the company’s TRAX platform. The provider of advanced asset tracking solutions said the rolling out TRAX 7 marks one of the most significant enhancements to date of ... [Read More]

BHPH expert Brent Carmichael joining NIADA

Industry veteran Carmichael advises BHPH dealers to adapt
Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2024, 12:39 PM
BHPH Report Staff
The National Independent Automobile Dealers Association is hosting its biggest event of the year this week in Las Vegas and is making a significant personnel move. On Tuesday, NIADA announced the addition of veteran industry expert Brent Carmichael to its ... [Read More]

Total bankruptcy filings jump 16% in May

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Thursday, Jun. 13, 2024, 11:15 AM
BHPH Report Staff
When looking at the data on a year-over-year basis, the climb in bankruptcy filings by both consumers and businesses remain upward and notable. According to data provided by Epiq AACER, there were 44,980 total U.S. bankruptcy filings in May, representing ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Financial planner Mark Burkholder explains ‘golden handcuffs,’ estate tax law change and more

Monday, Jun. 10, 2024, 06:17 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Mark Burkholder, president of the Auto Dealer Services Group for Peachtree Planning is an expert financial planner whose specialties include succession planning and estate planning. But at the recent 2024 BHPH United Summit, he spoke about something different — “golden ... [Read More]

PODCAST: ‘Epiphany’ led BlytzPay’s Robyn Burkinshaw to payment tech innovation

Robyn Burkinshaw Podcast
Monday, Jun. 10, 2024, 09:47 AM
BHPH Report Staff
For most of us, a forgotten unpaid bill is just a hassle. For Robyn Burkinshaw, it sparked “kind of an epiphany” that led her to create technology that allows customers to make payments by text, an innovation that has made ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Some ‘inside baseball’ on repo law from RSIG’s Mike Howk

Wednesday, Jun. 5, 2024, 01:44 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Attorney Mike Howk got into the repossession business by accident. More than three decades later, he not only is still there, he is a nationally recognized expert in repossession law as risk manager and director of education for the Recovery ... [Read More]

Ignite celebrates most successful installment of Compliance Unleashed yet

Tuesday, Jun. 4, 2024, 10:15 AM
BHPH Report Staff
Ignite Consulting Partners collaborating with the Association of Dealership Compliance Officers (ADCO) proved to be a winner for everyone involved. More than 200 dealers and other industry participants attended the sixth annual Compliance Unleashed Conference in Grapevine, Texas, late last ... [Read More]

PODCAST: 20 Group ‘legend’ Brent Carmichael on why BHPH dealers should rethink their business model

Industry veteran Carmichael advises BHPH dealers to adapt
Monday, Jun. 3, 2024, 09:20 AM
BHPH Report Staff
Brent Carmichael has been a 20 Group moderator, instructor and dealership consultant with NCM Associates for almost two decades, and is now practically synonymous with 20 Groups. So much so that in being introduced before one of his two sessions ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Independent Dealer Podcast hosts discuss dealer-to-dealer education, hot topics and ‘celebrity’ status

Independent Dealers: Learning, Trends & Fame (Podcast)
Friday, May. 31, 2024, 02:56 PM
BHPH Report Staff
When buy-here, pay-here dealers Luke Godwin and Jeff Watson attend an auto industry conference, everyone knows who they are. As hosts of The Independent Dealer Podcast, they have built a loyal following by sharing insights from their businesses and picking ... [Read More]
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