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What might be next for Amazon Autos
Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, 03:52 PM
Cherokee Media Group’s Bill Zadeits hosted a fireside chat with Fan Jin, global leader of Amazon Autos, during Used Car Week 2025. Their wide-ranging conversation about the past, present and future of the online platform and its involvement with automakers ... Listen Here
Auto-finance leaders on growth, risk & recovery
Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, 03:07 PM
It’s a question any business must answer, but it’s especially important in auto finance. How do you balance growth and risk? A trio of industry executives — Mike Goins of TD Bank, Jeff Marsh of Millennium Capital and Recovery and ... Listen Here
Expectations for repossessions in the US & Canada with Purr’s Chris Schellenberger
Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, 07:48 PM
Purr founder and CEO Chris Schellenberger opened Used Car Week 2025 on the Live Stage presented by SYCN Auto Logistics. Schellenberger, whose unique business model offers a retail consignment platform for repossessed vehicles, discussed what the repo industry could be ... Listen Here

Kinetic Advantage finalizes first securitization

Kinetic Advantage finalizes first securitization
Tuesday, Apr. 16, 2024, 03:06 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Kinetic Advantage began the week by a revealing a major accomplishment for the 4-year-old company. The national provider of floorplan services for independent dealers announced that it completed its inaugural securitization of floorplan receivables, finalizing the move on Friday. According ... [Read More]

Top 10 locations for vehicle theft

Top 10 locations for vehicle theft
Wednesday, Apr. 10, 2024, 03:38 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Buy-here, pay-here dealerships often will highlight the positives of having a GPS device attached to a vehicle when they’re completing delivery. A new report released by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) this week likely gave operators even more evidence ... [Read More]

Q1 bankruptcies jump 14%

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Thursday, Apr. 4, 2024, 11:37 AM
BHPH Report Staff
Pretty much any way you want to examine the data, new bankruptcy filings are increasing. According to data provided this week by Epiq Bankruptcy, the 120,094 total bankruptcy filings registered during the first quarter represented a 14% increase from the ... [Read More]

COMMENTARY: BHPH dealers need to continue adapting as auto industry returns to normalcy

BHPH evolution: Key to success in a recovering auto industry
Thursday, Mar. 28, 2024, 11:50 AM
Louis Ochoa, Xperisource
Chaos. I can’t think of a better word to describe what occurred in the automotive industry between 2020-2023. From increased costs and severe inventory shortages as unfortunate consequences of COVID, to finding ourselves in a historically high inflationary period with ... [Read More]

BlytzPay & PassTime partner to provide payment solution for BHPH dealers

BlytzPay & PassTime team up for BHPH payments
Monday, Mar. 25, 2024, 10:59 PM
BHPH Report Staff
BlytzPay and PassTime said they’re responding to the changing risk management and technical landscapes faced by buy-here, pay-here dealerships. Their action is a strategic partnership to provide operators with advanced tools for effective cash flow and revenue management. The partnership ... [Read More]

Buckeye hires ‘icon’ as new national sales manager

Buckeye hires ‘icon’ as new national sales manager
Thursday, Mar. 21, 2024, 11:08 AM
BHPH Report Staff
Buckeye Dealership Consulting welcomed “an icon” to its team on Thursday. The provider of reinsurable products for automobile dealers and finance companies announced that it has hired Bill Elizondo as its new national sales manager with a specific focus on ... [Read More]

IRS: Average refund 5.8% higher than last year

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Tuesday, Mar. 19, 2024, 10:10 AM
BHPH Report Staff
How’s tax season going at your buy-here, pay-here operation? According to the latest update from the Internal Revenue Service, consumers are getting an average refund amount that’s 5.8% higher than last year. The IRS reported that through March 8, the ... [Read More]

LegalShield sees bankruptcy rise continuing for at least 6 more months

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Thursday, Mar. 14, 2024, 10:15 AM
BHPH Report Staff
LegalShield likely wasn’t surprised when bankruptcy filings increased year-over-year for the 19th consecutive month in February. That’s because the platform provider for legal, identity, and reputation management services said its January Consumer Stress Legal Index (CSLI) showed a nearly four-year ... [Read More]

Bankruptcies rise year-over-year for 19th straight month

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Tuesday, Mar. 12, 2024, 12:04 PM
BHPH Report Staff
One of the steadiest economic trends currently out there is the rise in bankruptcy filings. Epiq Bankruptcy reported total filings came in at 39,014 in February, representing a 22% year-over-year rise. Experts said February also marked 19 consecutive months that ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Buckeye’s Shaun Petersen dives into the CARS Rule, elections and more

Thursday, Mar. 7, 2024, 11:26 AM
BHPH Report Staff
The FTC’s proposed CARS Rule is currently in legal limbo. So what are the likely arguments and the possible outcomes? And what should dealers be doing to prepare in the meantime? On this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Buckeye ... [Read More]
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