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Used Car Week Hall of Famer Kathy Ruble of Ally
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, 07:52 PM
Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees, we catch up with Kathy Ruble, who is executive director of marketing, dealer financial services and communications at Ally. Ruble has been the longtime moderator ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: From Acquisition to Sale — Winning Used Car Tactics from Autotrader and vAuto experts
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, 05:28 PM
In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, host Bill Zadeits joins with Elizabeth Stegall of Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book and ICO, and Bethany Johnson from vAuto to preview their Used Car Week workshop. Listen now and you’ll get ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Famer Becky Igo of Allied Solutions
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, 03:28 PM
Becky Igo remembers the first few business trips she made going to industry conferences at a time when things like pay phones and fax machines were critical business-development tools. Now more than four decades later, the regional vice president for ... Listen Here

Answer Financial & Verifacto partner to help BHPH customers retain vehicle insurance

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Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, 02:38 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Answer Financial formed a partnership with Verifacto this week in an effort to help buy-here, pay-here dealers monitor whether their contract holders are keeping vehicle insurance policies current. The companies highlighted Verifacto’s technology is designed to improve the way lienholders ... [Read More]

Dealer Assist Now becomes NIADA National Member Benefit Partner

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Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, 07:13 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Dealer Assist Now recently joined with the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association as its latest National Member Benefit partner, offering handwritten custom vehicle comments to the association’s independent and NIADA Certified Pre-Owned dealers. NIADA members who sign up for Dealer ... [Read More]

2 major developments since last NABD conference

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Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016, 05:50 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
It was just a little more than four months ago that the National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers hosted its annual convention in Las Vegas. However, Ken Shilson emphasized that two significant developments have happened since NABD gathered ahead of ... [Read More]

Q3 bankruptcy filings drop 6%

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Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, 05:21 PM
BHPH Report Staff
The American Bankruptcy Institute reported that total filings fell 6 percent during the first nine months of this year compared to the figure generated through the first three quarters of last year. According to data provided by Epiq Systems, there ... [Read More]

Discounts set to expire for NABD’s fall conference

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Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016, 07:24 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Buy-here, pay-here operators who need recommendations on improving deal jacket compliance, securing more money from customers’ tax refunds and details of a significant accounting change — and who want all of this information for a discounted price — need to ... [Read More]

NABD hosting free webinar about changes to credit-loss measurement standards

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Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016, 02:58 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Ken Shilson called it one of the “most significant accounting changes buy-here, pay-here operators will ever encounter.” The founder of the National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers referenced how the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants passed new credit loss measurement ... [Read More]

More than 175 dealers participate in NIADA’s Capitol Hill meetings

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Monday, Oct. 3, 2016, 07:04 PM
BHPH Report Staff
The National Independent Automobile Dealers Association highlighted how its members continued to expand their already considerable presence in Washington D.C., coming in record numbers to last week’s National Leadership Conference and Legislative Summit. NIADA reported that more than 175 dealers ... [Read More]

10 advantages of upcoming DealerSocket iDMS

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Thursday, Sep. 29, 2016, 02:27 PM
BHPH Report Staff
After more than a year of dedicated development and collaboration with dealers, DealerSocket will officially release iDMS at the company’s User Summit next week in San Antonio. DealerSocket highlighted that iDMS marks the first of several upcoming product launches for ... [Read More]

14 NIADA dealer teams set to visit Capitol Hill

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Monday, Sep. 26, 2016, 01:54 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Independent and buy-here, pay-here dealers from across the U.S. are arriving in the nation's capital today for one of their association's most significant events of the year. The National Independent Automobile Dealers Association's National Leadership Conference and Legislative Summit convenes ... [Read More]

August consumer bankruptcy filings inch higher

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Wednesday, Sep. 21, 2016, 01:37 PM
BHPH Report Staff
As U.S. commercial bankruptcy filings continue to surge higher, the American Bankruptcy Institute noticed an uptick in consumer filings in August, too. According to data provided by Epiq Systems, total bankruptcy filings increased 1 percent to 68,495 in August, slightly ... [Read More]
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