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Used Car Week Hall of Fame honoree Jared Kalfus of Black Book
We finish our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees with a conversation featuring Black Book president Jared Kalfus. Kalfus describes what it takes to be successful in sales and why face-to-face conversations are still vitally ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: Prospects for more auto refinancing with Gravity Lending
In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast brought to you by Allied Solutions, we turn our attention to auto refinancing. Brad Paxman oversees 90 lender relationships for Gravity Lending, which is an auto refinance and fintech company ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Fame: Bob McConkey of McConkey Auction Group
Next up on our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees is a conversation with Bob McConkey, president and CEO of the McConkey Auction Group. McConkey, along with MAG chief operating officer David Pendergraft and DAA ... Listen Here

QuotePro and Fiserv partner to improve cash-collecting kiosks

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BHPH Report Staff
For the 2017 National Independent Automobile Dealers Association Quality Dealer of the Year, having a way to accept cash safely for payments on retail installment contracts is crucial to operating its store efficiently and safety. And now a tool that ... [Read More]

3 clear trends surface in Equifax and NIADA Q3 Auto Business Outlook

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BHPH Report Staff
This week, Equifax and the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association shared noteworthy results from their Q3 Auto Business Outlook, which stems from operators participating in a quarterly survey. Equifax and NIADA highlighted that three general themes surfaced from the latest ... [Read More]

New roles for Levine and Hudson at Ignite Consulting Partners

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BHPH Report Staff
It’s already been a November to remember for Ignite Consulting Partners. First, the auto-finance compliance firm that caters to buy-here, pay-here dealerships of all sizes, announced that Steve Levine and Richard Hudson have expanded their roles as managing partners as ... [Read More]

Q4 starts with rise in bankruptcy filings

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BHPH Report Staff
The fourth quarter began with an uptick in bankruptcy filings; perhaps providing a potential lift of buy-here, pay-here dealership customers as store operators head toward the early portion of tax season. The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) indicated that consumer filings ... [Read More]

Study shows car insurance is least affordable in Louisiana

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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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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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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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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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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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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]

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