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Automotive CFO-To-Go Kathi Kruse talks dealership finance, accounting in ‘lightning round’
Sunday, Apr. 19, 2026, 04:27 AM
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
Talking about the car business in the US & Canada with Peter Smith of the Lion Partnership
Monday, Apr. 13, 2026, 03:50 PM
As Cherokee Media Group was getting ready to host the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami, Peter Smith of the Lion Partnership spent some time with Nick Zulovich for this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Smith recapped some of ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: Allied Solutions reviews Q1, pinpoints signals of loan health
Tuesday, Apr. 7, 2026, 07:55 PM
John Elias and Peter Krall of Allied Solutions returned for another special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Elias and Krall recapped some of the most notable developments in auto finance from the first quarter of 2026. The Allied ... Listen Here

Altamont invests in Kinetic with eye on growing floorplan business among independent dealers

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Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, 04:53 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Altamont Capital Partners said the investment firm is “impressed” with Kinetic Advantage, a newly formed floorplan financing company led by industry veterans Marty McFarland, Randy Dohse and Chris Brady. While specific terms of the transaction were not disclosed on Monday, ... [Read More]

Full PPP loan access to return no later than Tuesday

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Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, 04:13 PM
BHPH Report Staff
For some buy-here, pay-here operators seeking a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan, their banker could have access to the program as soon as Friday. If the opportunity doesn’t arrive by the end of the week, federal officials confirmed that the ... [Read More]

2020 bankruptcy filings sink to lowest level in 34 years

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Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, 04:09 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Of all the financial turbulence created by the pandemic, a record-setting number of bankruptcies was not among the unprecedented developments. In fact, according to data shared by the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) and Epiq, last year generated the fewest filings ... [Read More]

CARite expands in 2 states to lift group size to 26 stores

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Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, 07:34 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Credit Acceptance founder Don Foss created his own dealership group 10 years ago. And now a decade later, that operation — CARite — has 26 locations with the two newest ones coming into the group this week. According to a ... [Read More]

Agora Data calls crowdsourced auto securitization a ‘quantum leap’ for BHPH dealers

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Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, 07:32 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Sometimes, too many cooks in the kitchen can be a recipe for disaster. But Agora Data championed a financial dish with several buy-here, pay-here operators and smaller finance companies that the tech firm says “represents a quantum leap” for their ... [Read More]

Car-Mart expands in Oklahoma, increases line of credit

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Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, 04:38 PM
BHPH Report Staff
America’s Car-Mart made a pair of moves before 2020 finished as the chain of buy-here pay-here dealerships expanded its footprint in Oklahoma while also increasing its revolving line of credit. Car-Mart now has 151 dealerships in its network after bringing ... [Read More]

PassTime & Polte partner to leverage cloud & 5G technology for asset tracking

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Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, 04:36 PM
BHPH Report Staff
PassTime GPS recently formed a strategic partnership with Polte Corp., in an effort to reinforce its service so dealerships and finance companies can track the location of their collateral more effectively. Fueled by cloud location over cellular (C-LoC) technology, the ... [Read More]

Tricolor adds 2 more members to board

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Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, 04:06 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Tricolor, the used-vehicle retailer focused on Hispanic customers, recently added to leaders to its board of directors to help it to capitalize on consumer demand for its products and the appeal of its unique mission-driven, risk scoring platform powered by ... [Read More]

Indianapolis Business Journal honors Byrider CFO

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Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, 04:03 PM
BHPH Report Staff
The Indianapolis Business Journal named Byrider’s Steve Mark as one of the publication’s Chief Financial Officer of the Year honorees this week, recognizing individuals who have demonstrated outstanding performance as financial leaders of their organizations. During his time at Byrider ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Lessons learned by BHPH operators during pandemic

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Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, 04:01 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Buy-here, pay-here dealership expert and senior consultant for AMS Consulting Gene Daughtry returns for another podcast episode to share some of the most valuable lessons he and independent operators learned during the pandemic. Daughtry also has a handful of suggestions ... [Read More]

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