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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

PODCAST: Checkup on BHPH operator financial health with Agora Data’s Steve Burke

PODCAST: BHPH financial health with Agora Data's Steve Burke
BHPH Report Staff
For the second time this year, Cherokee Media Group’s Nick Zulovich had the opportunity for an in-person conversation with Agora Data’s Steve Burke on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Connecting at NIADA’s annual convention in Las Vegas, Burke described how dealership ... [Read More]

BHPH dealers see challenges & opportunities in their numbers

BHPH dealers see challenges & opportunities in their numbers
Andrew Friedlander, Associate Editor
The buy-here, pay-here business is all about numbers — especially when times are tight. So with the economy wavering and uncertainty all around, a panel of successful BHPH dealers talked about numbers in a session at last week’s NIADA Convention ... [Read More]

4 key features of new NextGear Capital mobile app

4 key features of new NextGear Capital mobile app
BHPH Report Staff
For independent dealers who want to work with NextGear Capital, there’s now an app for that. The company announced on Thursday that it has developed a mobile app for its account portal with plans to unveil it at the National ... [Read More]

Alan Ram’s Proactive Training Solutions unveils program aimed at independent dealers

Alan Ram trains independent dealers to win
BHPH Report Staff
Alan Ram’s Proactive Training Solutions is poised to launch a newly updated sales training course tailored for independent dealers. Dubbed, “Accelerate U,” the firm highlighted the new program is designed to help dealers leverage all their leads and create proactive ... [Read More]

Ignite experts react to FTC’s look at spot deliveries

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BHPH Report Staff
On the last day of May, the Federal Trade Commission acknowledged it received a petition to regulate spot deliveries by dealerships and auto finance companies. The experts at Ignite Consulting Partners offered their reaction to this effort championed by six ... [Read More]

May bankruptcy filings soar 23% higher year-over-year

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BHPH Report Staff
Bankruptcy filings continue to increase from the reduced volumes experienced during the three years of the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s the primary finding according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy, which said total bankruptcy filings in May spiked 23% year-over-year from ... [Read More]

NIADA adds Solera as new National Corporate Partner

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BHPH Report Staff
Solera closed May with a notable move, becoming a National Corporate Partner of the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association. “NIADA has been a vital advocate for independent used car dealers for several decades,” Solera senior director of inside sales Karen ... [Read More]

Kinetic Advantage rolls out monthly subscription service for independent dealers

PassTime & ABCoA integrate Encore into Deal Pack
BHPH Report Staff
Many of us have subscriptions for streaming music and video. Now dealers can get one for floor planning, too. On Thursday, Kinetic Advantage announced the launch of a subscription service in an effort to save independent dealers time and money. ... [Read More]

NIADA wants industry to ‘accelerate’ during annual convention

NIADA wants industry to ‘accelerate’ during annual convention
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
The National Independent Automobile Dealers Association coined this year’s annual convention with the moniker, “Accelerate.” Troy Scheer, who is NIADA’s director of marketing and communications, explained why the association branded their largest event with this title during an episode of ... [Read More]

MEI Group appoints president of automotive & finance division

MEI Group appoints president of automotive & finance division
BHPH Report Staff
MEI Group, the Texas-based organization that includes Empire Indemnity Insurance Co., RRG and National Lenders General Agency, specializing in reinsurance products for dealerships and finance companies in the BHPH, LHPH and point of sale markets, appointed a new president. The ... [Read More]

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