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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

6 enhanced features of Spireon’s GoldStar GPS solution

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Thursday, May. 25, 2017, 11:52 AM
BHPH Report Staff
During this week’s National Conference hosted by the National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers, Spireon mingled with hundreds of dealers and rolled out the latest version of its GoldStar GPS solution, offering dealers and finance companies that specialize in deep ... [Read More]

PassTime appoints new CEO & president

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Monday, May. 22, 2017, 02:47 PM
BHPH Report Staff
A little more than two months following the passing of co-founder and chief executive officer Stan Schwarz, PassTime on Monday announced it has named Jeffrey “Jake” Frank as chairman and CEO of the GPS device company. Additionally, the company has ... [Read More]

FactorTrust, 700Credit align to provide alternative credit data

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Thursday, May. 18, 2017, 01:17 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Alternative credit data provider FactorTrust and 700Credit, which offers credit reports, compliance solutions and prescreen products, finalized an alliance this week to provide buy-here, pay-here dealers with access to alternative credit information for potential customers who have thin credit files ... [Read More]

Bankruptcy filings drop again in April

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Thursday, May. 18, 2017, 01:15 PM
BHPH Report Staff
The American Bankruptcy Institute reported that total U.S. bankruptcy filings fell nearly 4 percent year-over-year in April. According to data provided by Epiq Systems, bankruptcy filings totaled 67,670 in April, down 3.96 percent from the 70,457 filings reported in April ... [Read More]

New technology can get BHPH dealers into customers’ mobile wallets — legally and efficiently

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Tuesday, May. 16, 2017, 05:53 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Buy-here, pay-here dealers probably often want to get into the wallets of their customers. Not necessarily in a creepy and illegal way, but rather to ensure the individual makes payments and remains current on their installment contract. Well, with a ... [Read More]

PassTime & QuotePro Kiosk finish software project

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Wednesday, May. 10, 2017, 03:10 PM
BHPH Report Staff
GPS-based technology provider PassTime recently completed a software integration project with QuotePro Kiosk, a payment solution for independent and buy-here, pay-here dealers The companies highlighted that customers utilizing both QuotePro Kiosks and PassTime GPS solutions will now be able to ... [Read More]

SecureClose integrates with Auto Master Systems

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Wednesday, May. 10, 2017, 02:55 PM
BHPH Report Staff
SecureClose, a digital transaction management platform that can help dealers bring consistency to the F&I office through compliant e-closings, recently announced its integration with Auto Master Systems, a dealer management system (DMS) serving 500 buy-here, pay-here dealers and independent finance ... [Read More]

More than 12 tech launches expected for NABD 2017

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Tuesday, May. 9, 2017, 03:26 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Service and technology providers are coming to this year’s annual gathering hosted by the National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers armed with products that Ken Shilson insisted are brand new and can help operators of all sizes immediately. Shilson highlighted more ... [Read More]

NABD’s Shilson discusses succession plan

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Monday, May. 1, 2017, 04:09 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Ken Shilson and the National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers have been included in the same breath for decades. In a letter to NABD members obtained by BHPH Report on Monday, Shilson acknowledged that change is coming. Ahead of NABD’s ... [Read More]

BHPH benchmark sneak peek: the rise & appeal of leasing

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Tuesday, Apr. 18, 2017, 02:09 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Thanks to more data and information from NCM Associates, the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association and Subprime Analytics, Ken Shilson has more evidence showing the performance of the lease-here, pay-here model that more operators are leveraging as a way to ... [Read More]

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