FICO’s Shams Blanc on lenders sharpening underwriting & more
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
Wednesday, Apr. 29, 2026, 03:54 PM
Byron Oldham of Honest Autos & FIADA
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
Monday, Apr. 27, 2026, 07:47 PM
Automotive CFO-To-Go Kathi Kruse talks dealership finance, accounting in ‘lightning round’
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
Sunday, Apr. 19, 2026, 04:27 AM
This Month's Focus
Artificial Intelligence
Tekion adds another new partner with integration of DAS Technology’s customer experience platform
Friday, May. 1, 2026, 10:12 AM
A single customer file allows dealers to easily integrate AI vendors in DealerBuilt DMS
Friday, May. 1, 2026, 10:09 AM
AI’s potential on display at NADA Show as it expands into more areas of dealership operations
Friday, May. 1, 2026, 09:49 AM
Spots filling quickly for upcoming NABD Boot Camp
Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, 07:00 PM
BHPH Report Staff
If you’re a relatively new operator who has never participated in a 20-group style meeting or a veteran dealer who is looking for a fresh collection of professionals to gather ideas, the National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers is hosting ... [Read More]
Car-Mart adjusts dealership addition plans by opening Georgia store
Wednesday, Jul. 29, 2015, 06:48 PM
BHPH Report Staff
When America's Car-Mart closed its fiscal year back at the end of April, the buy-here, pay-here dealership chain initially expected to expand its footprint in Missouri. Instead, Car-Mart broadened its presence elsewhere in the Southeast this week with its seventh ... [Read More]
3 steps to solidify customer complaint response strategy
Thursday, Jul. 23, 2015, 03:51 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Especially in these times of intensive regulator oversite, Automotive Compliance Consultants president Terry Dortch insisted that how your buy-here, pay-here dealership responds to customer complaints often determines whether the store’s good name gets blemished or a lawsuit results. Viewed proactively, ... [Read More]
DealerSocket sets time to unveil merged DMS solution
Friday, Jul. 17, 2015, 02:45 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Buy-here, pay-here dealers who use FEX DMS or AutoStar Solutions and have questions about their store software platforms now that they're both owned by DealerSocket have the opportunity to see how the company’s future single dealer management system is going ... [Read More]
Skypatrol enhances DMS integration to automate messages to defaulted contract holders
Monday, Jul. 13, 2015, 06:08 PM
BHPH Report Staff
GPS tracking solutions provider Skypatrol released what it’s calling a time-saving solution for batch communications to customers in your related finance company portfolio who are behind on making their installment payments. Skypatrol highlighted its AutoBatch for DMS can give buy-here, ... [Read More]
Yearly bankruptcy total still on track to hit 800K
Thursday, Jul. 9, 2015, 01:52 PM
BHPH Report Staff
There might be less potential buyers coming to your buy-here, pay-here dealership — or current customers in your related finance company’s portfolio — who filed bankruptcy at some point since January. The American Bankruptcy Institute said that total bankruptcy filings ... [Read More]
10 questions BHPH dealers should ask in light of CFPB’s latest rule
Wednesday, Jul. 8, 2015, 07:35 PM
BHPH Report Staff
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issuance of the larger participant rule last month came as little surprise to much of the industry. But SecureClose chief legal officer Steve Levine said many buy-here, pay-here dealers and other finance companies may not ... [Read More]
3 questions to ask when assessing first half of 2015 in BHPH
Wednesday, Jul. 1, 2015, 08:21 PM
Ken Shilson, NABD & Subprime Analytics
The first half of 2015 is now complete, and for most buy-here, pay-here dealers it has been extremely challenging. Competition from credit unions and franchised dealers, together with large subprime asset-backed auto finance securitizations, have reduced the market share of ... [Read More]
Roundup: Car-Mart exec extensions & J.D. Byrider expansion
Tuesday, Jun. 23, 2015, 05:58 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Two of the buy-here, pay-here industry’s largest dealership chains — America’s Car-Mart and J.D. Byrider — each released company updates on Tuesday as one extended the contracts of two top executives while the other expanded its footprint into a new ... [Read More]
Equifax removes reporting minimums for NIADA & NABD members
Monday, Jun. 22, 2015, 02:11 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
With new survey reports showing independent dealers are fearing a significant decline in customer traffic, Equifax is offering new tools for members of the National Independent Automotive Dealership Association and National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers to create what company ... [Read More]
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