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Industry Elite: Sean Morgan of Westlake Financial
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 03:07 PM
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Sean Morgan, who is executive vice president of finance and operations at Westlake Financial. Morgan talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby ... Listen Here
Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Tom Kontos of Auto Auction Holdings
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 01:56 PM
Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners continue with Tom Kontos, who now is analytics advisor for Auto Auction Holdings. Convinced to come out of retirement and get back in the business last fall with the growing wholesale ... Listen Here
Industry Elite: Mike Clark Jr. of C&C Cars
Friday, Mar. 20, 2026, 03:50 PM
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Mike Clark Jr., operations manager of C& C Cars in Pinellas Park, Fla. Clark is a third-generation dealer and helps run the family business ... Listen Here

Study shows car insurance is least affordable in Louisiana

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Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018, 02:38 PM
BHPH Report Staff
The Insurance Research Council (IRC) might have uncovered another market challenge for buy-here, pay-here operators who sell vehicles in Louisiana, which already ranks near the top for deliquencies. According to a new study from the IRC, Louisiana ranks No. 1 ... [Read More]

Credit union gets federal grant to compete against BHPH dealers

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Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018, 02:40 PM
BHPH Report Staff
An announcement from the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) detailed how buy-here, pay-here dealers in two states might see more competition from a specific credit union. The organization indicated the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund orchestrated by the U.S. ... [Read More]

FDIC: Unbanked level drops to lowest point on record

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Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018, 02:38 PM
BHPH Report Staff
The volume of consumers without a bank account is now at an all-time low. For the third consecutive survey period, the number of U.S. households without a bank account fell, according to the results of the 2017 biennial National Survey ... [Read More]

PassTime revamps GPS portal with InTouch Summit

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Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018, 02:57 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Buy-here, pay-here dealers and finance companies that use GPS solutions from PassTime now have access to a new gateway to leverage the company’s platform and tools. PassTime recently launched what’s being dubbed the InTouch Summit, an all-new device management portal ... [Read More]

Holman: How to handle customers not pushing ‘industry disruption’

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Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018, 01:50 PM
Jim Holman, Strategic Automotive Consulting
For the last couple of years, the buzz word of the automobile industry has been “disruption.” Granted, our industry may not have the exclusive on disruption, but it has most definitely been disrupted. They say, that is the proverbial “they,” ... [Read More]

Car-Mart adds dealerships in Alabama and Oklahoma

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Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018, 03:54 PM
BHPH Report Staff
America’s Car-Mart expanded its buy-here, pay-here store footprint this week. The chain announced the opening of two new dealerships located in Montgomery, Ala., and Bixby, Okla. The expansion brings the company’s dealership count to 143 with four new dealership openings ... [Read More]

Details of new GPS developments from PassTime and Spireon

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Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018, 03:53 PM
BHPH Report Staff
With the National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers (NABD) hosting its Buy-Here, Pay-Here Subprime Conference with the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association this week in Las Vegas, two GPS providers rolled out enhancements to their suite of tools. Spireon introduced ... [Read More]

Bankruptcy pace slows as Q3 closes

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Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018, 03:43 PM
BHPH Report Staff
The American Bankruptcy Institute noticed that filings slowed as the third quarter closed. According to data provided by Epiq Systems, total U.S. bankruptcy filings totaled 57,569 in September, down 4 percent from last September’s figure of 60,050. Officials pointed out ... [Read More]

PayNearMe expands capabilities to include debit, credit and ACH payments

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Thursday, Sep. 27, 2018, 03:11 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Buy-here, pay-here dealers and other finance companies that leverage PayNearMe now have a wider net to capture customer payments. PayNearMe, a service of Handle Financial, on Thursday announced the release of a complete mobile-first payment platform, enabling merchants to accept ... [Read More]

NIADA returns to Capitol Hill for National Policy Conference

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Tuesday, Sep. 25, 2018, 02:10 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Independent dealers are making sure their collective voices are heard by federal lawmakers this week. The National Independent Automobile Dealers Association’s annual National Policy Conference and Day on Capitol Hill opens on Monday in Washington D.C., as independent dealers arrived ... [Read More]

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