Tuesday, October 14, 2014 - 3:53pm

BHPH Report Staff

Just before Thanksgiving arrives and the holiday season cranks up in earnest, the National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers is giving veteran operators as well as professionals who want to close 2014 by learning more about the industry the chance to see all elements of a thriving operation in action. NABD's... Read More

Tuesday, September 30, 2014 - 12:39pm

BHPH Report Staff

A recent New York Times story painted an unflattering picture of technology so critical to buy-here, pay-here operators nowadays — GPS and starter interrupt devices. The feature also described pending litigation involving devices manufactured by one of the industry’s top providers — PassTime. In... Read More

Thursday, September 25, 2014 - 11:20am

BHPH Report Staff

Compliance technology provider SecureClose wrapped up AutoStar Solutions’ seventh annual Innovate conference on Wednesday with a list of 10 recommendations for how to significantly decrease risk from lawsuits and government actions pertaining to the F&I closing process. Brent Chavez and Joe Perkins of... Read More

Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 1:00pm

BHPH Report Staff

Rick Hackett, former assistant director at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and current partner at Hudson Cook, told the crowd of more than 600 attendees at AutoStar Solutions’ seventh annual Innovate conference the four areas of auto lending he believes the CFPB will focus on next year. As an established... Read More

Tuesday, September 23, 2014 - 10:17am

BHPH Report Staff

As AutoStar Solutions opened its seventh annual Innovate conference on Monday by highlighting six of the top new capabilities of its new DMS — Fusion 2 or F2 — president and chief executive officer Allen Dobbins explained how buy-here, pay-here dealers and finance company executives can sidestep the... Read More

Tuesday, September 23, 2014 - 10:10am

Nick Zulovich, Editor

Thanks to the power of the Internet and regulatory zeal for them, consumer complaints boast a shelf life that’s more on par with red wine than red roses. Disagree? Consider this story Terry O’Loughlin shared earlier this year. O’Loughlin, now the director of compliance at Reynolds and Reynolds, spent... Read More

Tuesday, September 23, 2014 - 10:07am

Nick Zulovich, Editor

AutoTrader.com’s Buy-Here, Pay-Here Center rolled out to the market a little more than three months ago. In that span, site officials highlighted four significant improvements that already have been unveiled as now more than 500 BHPH dealers nationwide are leveraging the platform to reach buyers in their specific... Read More

Tuesday, September 23, 2014 - 10:03am

Anne Fortney and Allen Denson, Hudson Cook

We’ve all seen the ads that say, “We’ll help you get better credit by reporting your on-time payments to the credit bureaus.” These ads may accurately tout your customers’ advantage when you furnish their payment histories to the credit bureaus. This furnishing may help you, too, by lowering... Read More