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Additional insight into FTC’s move involving disparate impact from Hudson Cook
The Federal Trade Commission recently announced it will not pursue claims based on disparate-impact or “unfair discrimination” theories. In this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Hudson Cook partners Erica Kramer and Rob Tilley offered some historical perspectives and a ... Listen Here
Deeper dive into rising LTVs with TransUnion’s Satyan Merchant
One of the notable findings from TransUnion’s Q2 2026 Credit Industry Insights Report (CIIR) was how much loan-to-value ratios have changed in the past five years. Satyan Merchant, one of this year’s Automotive Intelligence Award recipients and senior vice president ... Listen Here
PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor on intersection of payments & technology
PayNearMe recently shared new search, explaining that hidden costs sustained by auto lenders can show up as failed payments, borrower support calls, late payments, collections follow-up, reconciliation work and manual recovery effort. PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor elaborated about ... Listen Here

Advice for identifying risk as you build your portfolio

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Greg Shelton and Maria Singson, Contributors
In the current issue of BHPH Report, we discussed what we classified as the “eight risk questions that might keep you up at night.” We spelled out each of those questions here. Well, now let’s try to provide you some ... [Read More]

Costs trigger 8% drop in July bankruptcy filings

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BHPH Report Staff
It appears some consumers not only are struggling to maintain monthly payments, but they are also lacking the resources to file for bankruptcy. The American Bankruptcy Institute indicated total U.S. bankruptcy filings decreased 8 percent in July as compared to ... [Read More]

Kentucky AG outlines $1.1M dealer lawsuit

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BHPH Report Staff
Potential problems with vehicle documentation and state tax collection could cost a Kentucky dealership more than $1.1 million in restitution. Kentucky attorney general Andy Beshear filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in Fayette Circuit Court against The United Group, which operates ... [Read More]

5 findings from FactorTrust’s latest auto index

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BHPH Report Staff
On Tuesday, FactorTrust released the most recent research findings in its series of underbanked indices, the Underbanked Index – Auto, which is designed to provide insights into the earning and living trends of credit-challenged consumers seeking a vehicle. Such insights ... [Read More]

Levine: What’s all this fuss about arbitration?

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Steve Levine, Ignite Consulting Partners
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s new arbitration rule has gotten a lot of coverage lately and deservedly so.  If and when it goes into effect, it will ban class action waivers and bring about some other notable changes. The big ... [Read More]

AGORA’s mission to revolutionize bulk purchasing

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Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Steve Burke spent more than three decades making bulk portfolio purchases during his career that includes leadership positions with Center Street Finance, SFG Finance, Regional Acceptance and FSB Financial. Burke highlighted how technology changed the auto finance business with solutions ... [Read More]

First Choice Car Care rolls out high-mileage VSC program

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BHPH Report Staff
Here’s another way to generate revenue at your buy-here, pay-here operation with the units that might have some of the highest odometer readings in your inventory. First Choice Car Care recently announced its five-year, 100,000-mile vehicle service contract (VSC) plans ... [Read More]

Annual bankruptcy filing total could approach 800K

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BHPH Report Staff
The American Bankruptcy Institute projected how many filings there could be this year after learning the amount of cases reported through the first six months of 2017. According to data provided by Epiq Systems, ABI reported that total bankruptcy filings ... [Read More]

NABD’s plans are well in motion for fall conference

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BHPH Report Staff
The industry just moved past Fourth of July, but the National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers (NABD) is already looking toward late October when the organization hosts its next BHPH Conference. The 14th annual conference — which has the theme ... [Read More]

Ignite Consulting Partners to host free webinar on credit reporting

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BHPH Report Staff
Ignite Consulting Partners is hosting a free webinar focused on one of the most complicated services buy-here, pay-here dealers sometimes offer their customers — reporting of payment activity to one of the credit bureaus. Richard Hudson, chief optimization officer at ... [Read More]

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