NIADA Foundation nets $26,500 from charity auction via another donated vehicle from Manheim
Thursday, Jun. 25, 2026, 02:25 PM
Texas operator named 2026 NIADA National Quality Dealer of the Year
Tuesday, Jun. 23, 2026, 11:07 AM
During 25th year as dealership owner, Booher becomes president of NIADA
Tuesday, Jun. 23, 2026, 11:12 AM
SPONSORED EPISODE: Bracing for more than ‘portfolio stress’ with John Elias of Allied Solutions
John Elias, sales specialist in auto finance business development with Allied Solutions, acknowledged lenders might be experiencing more than just “portfolio stress” since delinquencies, insurance costs, negative equity, and repossessions are all intensifying at the same time. Elias, who was ... Listen Here
Monday, Jun. 22, 2026, 07:11 PM
Agora Data’s Matt Burke on becoming NAF Association president
Agora Data’s Steve Burke was one of the founders of the National Automotive Finance Association 30 years ago. Now in 2026, Steve Burke’s son, Matt, not only is a top executive at Agora Data, but he is also now president ... Listen Here
Friday, Jun. 19, 2026, 01:00 AM
Experian’s Melinda Zabritski discusses ongoing stretching of terms
The latest appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast by Melinda Zabritski, Experian’s head of automotive financial insights and Automotive Intelligence Award recipient, focused on auto-loan terms, which oftentimes are at least 72 months nowadays. Zabritski also compared a data point ... Listen Here
Friday, Jun. 12, 2026, 09:35 AM
Car-Mart broadens Oklahoma footprint
Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, 03:39 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Fresh off of being named the Independent Dealership of the Year during Used Car Week, America’s Car-Mart expanded its dealership network right after Thanksgiving. The company announced that its newest buy-here, pay-here dealership is located in Norman, Okla., bringing its ... [Read More]
Details of reducing rate line of credit from Agora Data
Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, 04:32 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Agora Data recently rolled out another tool for buy-here, pay-here dealers to get the financial resources they need to compete with well-capitalized competitors. The company that previously launched the first crowdsourced securitization for the BHPH industry recently launches another financing ... [Read More]
Byrider hands out annual awards
Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, 04:30 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Byrider recently honored the top performers within its network of buy-here, pay-here dealerships and franchisees. During the company’s annual convention on Nov. 13 in Scottsdale, Ariz., Byrider chief executive officer Craig Peters said, “We’re proud to recognize our franchisees and ... [Read More]
Battery breakthroughs part of Revo 2.0 from Advantage GPS
Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, 04:28 PM
BHPH Report Staff
At Advantage GPS, company executives and experts are charged up about batteries nowadays. The company recently launched what it’s calling Revo 2.0 — a family of advanced, self-powered wireless GPS tracking devices with cutting-edge, second-generation smart battery technology and power ... [Read More]
October bankruptcies rise but remain below pre-pandemic readings
Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, 04:01 PM
BHPH Report Staff
While still not recovered to the activity level seen before the pandemic, bankruptcy filings are trending higher. Epiq recently released its October bankruptcy filing statistics from its AACER bankruptcy information services business. The firm said October new filings for all ... [Read More]
Byrider expands franchise development team
Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021, 03:02 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Byrider already has more than 140 buy-here, pay-here locations across the country. And the company recently added a new executive who is tasked with growing that store footprint even more. Byrider hired Michael Davis to reinforce its franchise development team ... [Read More]
War stories: Learning from difficult trial verdict against dealer
Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021, 04:19 PM
Steve Levine, Ignite Consulting Partners
This time, I’m going to share the story of how I learned the hard lesson that “everything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.” I did a presentation recently on the importance of ... [Read More]
Car-Mart raises goal for annual toy drive
Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, 02:41 PM
BHPH Report Staff
America’s Car-Mart raised the goals for its Holiday Toy Drive, which is now in its 13th year of being orchestrated during November by the buy-here, pay-here dealership group. Since 2009, Car-Mart said in a news release that it has collected ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Talking software development & private equity investment with Allen Dobbins
Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021, 02:37 AM
BHPH Report Staff
Automotive technology entrepreneur Allen Dobbins appeared on the Auto Remarketing Podcast soon after announcing he was part of the investment AutoManager recently received from the Beekman Group, a private equity firm based in New York. Along with describing the path ... [Read More]
NY private equity firm enters BHPH space via DMS investment
Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021, 02:45 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Beekman Group, a private equity firm based in New York focused on building companies in the healthcare, consumer and the business services sectors, now has a presence in the buy-here, pay-here industry. This week, Beekman announced that the firm has ... [Read More]
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