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CARS Protection Plus taps Circuitry.ai Warranty Decision Intelligence to help adjusters resolve claims faster
Wednesday, May. 6, 2026, 10:38 AM
Here’s an example from the car-warranty industry where companies are leveraging artificial intelligence to help people, not replace them. On Tuesday, CARS Protection Plus, a provider of vehicle service contracts, announced it has gone live with Circuitry.ai’s Warranty Decision Intelligence ... Read More
DealerOn’s dual launch includes AI search visibility platform, ‘intelligent layer’ touching full dealership
Tuesday, May. 5, 2026, 03:28 PM
DealerOn has done NASA one better. While the space agency recently launched the first astronauts to visit the moon in more than 50 years, the provider of auto dealership websites and digital sales and marketing technology boasted two launches on ... Read More
Newest Experian tool designed to reduce risk within AI-driven commerce
Monday, May. 4, 2026, 11:19 AM
Experian found another way to connect people and technology. And the newest tool emphasizes the component of a transaction including a real person. Last week, the company launched Experian Agent Trust, a framework that designed to establish a secure, verifiable ... Read More
FICO’s Shams Blanc on lenders sharpening underwriting & more
Wednesday, Apr. 29, 2026, 03:54 PM
Fresh off being in Miami as part of the Used Car Industry Summit that Cherokee Media Group hosted this spring, Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, appeared again on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Blanc discussed ... Listen Here
Byron Oldham of Honest Autos & FIADA
Monday, Apr. 27, 2026, 07:47 PM
Byron Oldham is president of the family-owned Honest Autos dealership and is president of the board at the Florida Independent Automobile Dealers Association. In this episode, Oldham talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about the upcoming Southeast ... Listen Here
Automotive CFO-To-Go Kathi Kruse talks dealership finance, accounting in ‘lightning round’
Sunday, Apr. 19, 2026, 04:27 AM
Kathi Kruse, the Automotive CFO-To-Go who brings her financial expertise — born through years of experience as a dealership chief financial officer — to dealers needing help in that area, is back on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. In this episode, ... Listen Here

NIADA leads effort to prevent GPS device ban in NJ

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Monday, Mar. 20, 2017, 06:14 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Good news for buy-here, pay-here dealerships in New Jersey — and perhaps in other states, too. Garden State dealers can continue to utilize GPS and starter-interrupt devices. The National Independent Automobile Dealers Association capped a prolonged lobbying effort with a ... [Read More]

NIADA adds 2 organizations to National Member Benefit program

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Thursday, Mar. 16, 2017, 01:43 PM
BHPH Report Staff
NIADA recently welcomed two more members of the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association's National Member Benefit program. The pair includes the Coordinating Committee for Automotive Repair and American Solutions for Business. The Coordinating Committee for Automotive Repair (CCAR) is a ... [Read More]

NABD outlines conference agenda in ‘changing world’

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Tuesday, Mar. 14, 2017, 02:08 PM
BHPH Report Staff
The National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers recently announced the details of its 19th annual BHPH Conference at the Wynn/Encore in Las Vegas on May 23 through May 25. NABD president Ken Shilson explained that the theme of this show ... [Read More]

How 2 major players navigated tax-refund delay

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Wednesday, Mar. 8, 2017, 06:56 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Think your buy-here, pay-here operation has been the only one impacted by the delayed release of tax funds to certain consumers? One of the largest BHPH players as well as a finance company that books plenty of non-prime originations discussed ... [Read More]

February bankruptcy filings off by 10% year-over-year

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Monday, Mar. 6, 2017, 09:20 PM
BHPH Report Staff
After climbing for two consecutive months, the American Bankruptcy Institute noticed filing volume tapered off in February as total U.S. bankruptcy filings decreased 10 percent year-over-year. According to data provided by Epiq Systems, bankruptcy filings totaled 58,336 in February, down ... [Read More]

When bad news is good for buy-here, pay-here

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Monday, Mar. 6, 2017, 08:41 PM
Ken Shilson, NABD & Subprime Analytics
Recent press about subprime auto loan performance has highlighted concerns about this market segment. Some has said, “The Federal Reserve recently expressed concern that delinquencies among auto borrowers with weak credit has been rising.” A recent article in USA Today ... [Read More]

Va. dealership caught retailing salvage vehicles with tampered odometers

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Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, 03:40 PM
BHPH Report Staff
A Georgia man running a Virginia dealership retailing repaired salvage units pleaded guilty to operating an odometer fraud scheme involving more than 100 vehicles, according to an announcement from the Department of Justice.  Officials said last week that Paul Robinson, ... [Read More]

Interstate Title Solutions partners with NIADA

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Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, 04:52 PM
BHPH Report Staff
This week, Interstate Title Solutions (ITS) joined with the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association as its newest National Member Benefit partner, offering NIADA members discounted access to its out-of-state tax, title and registration tool. DMV Nationwide, a web-based tool paired ... [Read More]

Webb sees BHPH dealers ‘in better position’

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Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, 08:37 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Cox Automotive chief economist Tom Webb acknowledged the past few years probably constituted the most difficult span ever encountered by buy-here, pay-here dealers. Finance companies specializing in the subprime space took on contracts deeper down the credit spectrum, leaving operators ... [Read More]

5th J.D. Byrider store in Missouri opens

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Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, 09:12 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Buy-here, pay-here franchise chain J.D. Byrider recently opened its fifth location in Missouri; the second one in the Show-Me State to join the network so far this year. The new location is in Rolla at 2603 N. Bishop Ave. This ... [Read More]

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