This Month's Focus
Turbocharged Finance
Arvest Bank sees early successes with FICO Auto Score 10
COMMENTARY: The secret to accelerating funding in indirect auto lending
Mercedes-Benz USA approves NETSOL as a digital retail provider for its dealerships
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
SPONSORED EPISODE: What independent dealers need to be successful with Chris Vangellow of Frazer
In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Chris Vangellow, who is the Director of Product Management at Frazer, described what’s changed most about running an independent dealership over the past few years, especially from a technology perspective. ... Listen Here
Wayne Reaves Software finalizes integration with F&I Express
BHPH Report Staff
A little more than a month after Wayne Reaves Software rolled out an enhancement to its current platform that can provide the capability for buy-here, pay-here dealers to furnish credit data to Equifax, the DMS provider completed an integration with ... [Read More]
With record attedance, 91.5% of NIADA Convention goers satisfied
BHPH Report Staff
Before the 2016 NIADA Convention and Expo had begun, it was already a record-breaker. Now that the final numbers are in, the extent by which that record was broken is clear – and the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association says ... [Read More]
DealerSocket integrates with ProPay to expand payment processing options
BHPH Report Staff
DealerSocket’s FEX DMS has added to independent dealers’ payment processing options by fully integrating with ProPay’s LenderPay platform, a credit processing platform for complete, end-to-end payment solutions that are designed to be simple, secure and affordable. The company highlighted this ... [Read More]
May commercial bankruptcies jump 32%
BHPH Report Staff
While the overall figure decreased on both a sequential and annual basis, the American Bankruptcy Institute attempted to find the source as to why total U.S. commercial bankruptcy filings spiked 32 percent year-over-year in May. According to data provided by ... [Read More]
NIADA survey: 34% to increase workforce as sales expectations dip
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Of the more than 150 independent dealerships included in Equifax’s latest edition of the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association Business Confidence Survey, a total of 34 percent indicated an anticipation of adding personnel within the next year, even though the ... [Read More]
J.D. Byrider welcomes new franchisee in Denver
BHPH Report Staff
J.D. Byrider recently expanded its buy-here, pay-here dealership footprint in Colorado by bringing a new franchisee in the process. The newest J.D. Byrider dealership is in Denver. It's the second store in Colorado but the first one for franchisee Rick Steenbock. ... [Read More]
QuotePro joins NIADA National Member Benefit Partner lineup
BHPH Report Staff
On Friday, QuotePro joined with the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association as its latest National Member Benefit Partner, offering cash-accepting payment kiosks to the association’s growing buy-here, pay-here dealer base. QuotePro’s payment kiosks can eliminate the overhead and risks associated ... [Read More]
PassTime and Verifacto finalize integration partnership
BHPH Report Staff
GPS-based technology provider PassTime announced that it completed a software integration project with Verifacto, a cloud-powered risk management system for independent and buy-here, pay-here dealers as well as other auto finance companies. Customers utilizing both Verifacto software and PassTime GPS ... [Read More]
DriveTime’s Sauder joins NABD Hall of Fame
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Mark Sauder's reaction when Ken Shilson approached him about becoming the newest member of the NABD Hall of Fame might have come straight from a script you’ve heard on countless TV shows or movies as the police are interrogating someone. Sauder ... [Read More]
Dealers rave about info & wisdom shared at NABD’s recent conference
BHPH Report Staff
Four of the operators who attended the 18th annual National BHPH Conference hosted by the National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers last week offered glowing assessments of what they took away from the Wynn Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. ... [Read More]
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