Car-Mart steers observers away from ‘wrong conclusion’ about fiscal-year results & current status
Thursday, Jul. 16, 2026, 11:24 AM
Former Denny’s CEO joins Byrider’s board
Tuesday, Jul. 21, 2026, 12:17 PM
AutoRaptor generates positive gains for AI solutions following NIADA partnership & convention
Tuesday, Jul. 21, 2026, 12:18 PM
Deeper dive into rising LTVs with TransUnion’s Satyan Merchant
One of the notable findings from TransUnion’s Q2 2026 Credit Industry Insights Report (CIIR) was how much loan-to-value ratios have changed in the past five years. Satyan Merchant, one of this year’s Automotive Intelligence Award recipients and senior vice president ... Listen Here
PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor on intersection of payments & technology
PayNearMe recently shared new search, explaining that hidden costs sustained by auto lenders can show up as failed payments, borrower support calls, late payments, collections follow-up, reconciliation work and manual recovery effort. PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor elaborated about ... Listen Here
Matt Babcock of Wolters Kluwer on how digital transformation continues to gain steam in auto financing
Matt Babcock, who heads up digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, returned for another visit on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Wolter Kluwer recently released its latest quarterly Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index. Babcock recapped the sustained upward trajectory the ... Listen Here
Car-Mart recaps most successful Holiday Toy Drive yet
BHPH Report Staff
As America’s Car-Mart put it, “It’s quite a (toy) story.” The buy-here, pay-here dealership network celebrated the most successful effort for its annual Holiday Toy Drive, collecting 31,016 toys and delivering them to 31 children’s hospitals in the company’s 12-state ... [Read More]
Context around Top 10 locations with highest unemployment
BHPH Report Staff
FormRush distributed some intriguing unemployment analysis that might help buy-here, pay-here operators and special finance departments at other dealerships with their underwriting and collections efforts, especially in 10 locations. Susy Bento is the senior data scientist at FormRush, which provides ... [Read More]
COMMENTARY: Strategies for subprime market during challenging economic conditions applies to all
Tiger Okeley, Oak Motors
It’s a challenging time to be in the car market. A host of colliding economic factors have reduced new car production, limited dealer inventory and driven the cost of new and used vehicles to record highs. At the same time, ... [Read More]
IRS announces date for accepting 2023 tax returns
BHPH Report Staff
Jan. 29 will be an important day for buy-here, pay-here dealerships. The Internal Revenue Service announced on Monday that Jan. 29 is the official start date of the nation’s 2024 tax season when the agency will begin accepting and processing ... [Read More]
Experts put 18% annual rise in bankruptcies into context
BHPH Report Staff
Total 2023 bankruptcy filings increased 18% year-over-year, but Epiq AACER put that notable rise in context. According to data provided by Epiq AACER on Wednesday, total bankruptcy filings in 2023 came in at 445,186, which was up from the 2022 ... [Read More]
COMMENTARY: Recapping another year in BHPH
Gene Daughtry, AMS Consulting
Wow, another year ended, and a new one has started. Grandma always said life is like a roll of toilet paper; closer to the end the faster it goes! These years are about down to eight months now it seems. ... [Read More]
November bankruptcy filings soar 21% higher year-over-year
BHPH Report Staff
While one specific case triggered a triple-digit spike in commercial filings, individual bankruptcy filings jumped 21% year-over-year in November, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy. Epiq reported total bankruptcy filings came in at 37,860 in November, up from 31,187 ... [Read More]
Byrider honors top franchise dealers for 2023
BHPH Report Staff
Byrider honored more than a dozen different operators when the buy-here, pay-here dealership chain presented annual awards to its franchise body during the company’s annual convention in Marco Island, Fla., last month. Byrider chief executive officer Craig Peters said, “These ... [Read More]
6 enhancements of cyclCRM from ABCoA
BHPH Report Staff
Advanced Business Computers of America (ABCoA) unveiled six enhancements for cyclCRM, the technology company’s fully integrated customer relationship management (CRM) and loan origination software (LOS) with an instant funding portal (Capsa) that initially launched nearly 10 years ago. ABCoA highlighted ... [Read More]
Car-Mart expands via acquisition, reports fiscal Q2 performance
BHPH Report Staff
Just before revealing financial results from the second quarter of its 2024 fiscal year, America’s Car-Mart entered into a definitive agreement to purchase the ongoing dealership assets of Allied Union Group, an Arkansas corporation doing business as Central Auto Sales. ... [Read More]
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