FICO’s Shams Blanc on lenders sharpening underwriting & more
Fresh off being in Miami as part of the Used Car Industry Summit that Cherokee Media Group hosted this spring, Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, appeared again on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Blanc discussed ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Apr. 29, 2026, 03:54 PM
Byron Oldham of Honest Autos & FIADA
Byron Oldham is president of the family-owned Honest Autos dealership and is president of the board at the Florida Independent Automobile Dealers Association. In this episode, Oldham talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about the upcoming Southeast ... Listen Here
Monday, Apr. 27, 2026, 07:47 PM
Automotive CFO-To-Go Kathi Kruse talks dealership finance, accounting in ‘lightning round’
Kathi Kruse, the Automotive CFO-To-Go who brings her financial expertise — born through years of experience as a dealership chief financial officer — to dealers needing help in that area, is back on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. In this episode, ... Listen Here
Sunday, Apr. 19, 2026, 04:27 AM
PODCAST: Agora Data’s Steve Burke on credit availability
Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, 04:01 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Agora Data chief executive officer Steve Burke returned for another podcast appearance to discuss two of his passions: buy-here, pay-here dealerships and helping them get the capital they need to be successful. The conversation came after the company rolled out ... [Read More]
PPP loans only for businesses with less than 20 employees start Wednesday
Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, 02:22 PM
BHPH Report Staff
For the smallest buy-here, pay-here and independent dealerships, perhaps their best opportunity to secure funding through the latest round of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) arrives on Wednesday. According to an announcement from the White House on Monday morning, the ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Marty McFarland of Kinetic Advantage
Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, 07:56 PM
BHPH Report Staff
This isn’t Marty McFarland’s first experience in starting up a company. But it is the first time he’s been involved in one during a pandemic. McFarland appeared on the Auto Remarketing Podcast not only to recap the journey Kinetic Advantage ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Scott Maybee of NextGear Capital
Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, 07:54 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Scott Maybee now has been the president of NextGear Capital for a little more than a year. During much of that time, the pandemic has impacted how the floorplan company functioned internally and with its independent dealership client base. Maybee ... [Read More]
Credit lines now part of Agora Data’s dealer offering
Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, 04:07 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Without financial resources, buy-here, pay-here dealerships likely wouldn’t exist since it’s such a high-risk, cash-dependent piece of the automotive industry. And for the second time in the past couple of months, Agora Data added to its suite of market-disruptive capabilities ... [Read More]
Experts get creative to describe January bankruptcy metrics
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, 03:26 PM
BHPH Report Staff
The ongoing year-over-year decline in bankruptcy filings because of the pandemic prompted experts to get creative to summarize the situation. According to data provided by Epiq, the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) reported that total consumer and business filings fell more ... [Read More]
Dixon among 3 new NIADA vice presidents
Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, 05:16 PM
BHPH Report Staff
A wholesale market expert who has appeared multiple times during the National Remarketing Conference and Used Car Week now is a part of the team at the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association. Among the three executive moves announced by NIADA ... [Read More]
COMMENTARY: Meet the new boss; same as the old boss
Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, 04:09 PM
Steve Levine, Ignite Consulting Partners
The Who song, “Won’t Get Fooled Again” ends with the words that I’ve chosen to be the title to this article, and through them, Pete Townshend sums up the subject of revolution by seemingly saying “the more things change, the ... [Read More]
PODCAST: America’s Car-Mart president and CEO Jeff Williams
Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, 03:29 PM
BHPH Report Staff
For the first time, America’s Car-Mart president and chief executive officer Jeff Williams joined the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Williams highlighted how well the chain of buy-here, pay-here dealerships has pivoted its operations to meet protocols triggered by the pandemic as ... [Read More]
Kinetic Advantage rolls out auditing platform, major growth plans
Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, 03:59 PM
BHPH Report Staff
It’s been an active opening month of 2021 for Kinetic Advantage, a newly formed floorplan financing company with an eye on gaining market share among independent dealerships. After landing an undisclosed amount of funding through Altamont Capital Partners, Kinetic Advantage ... [Read More]
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