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 Allied Solutions remains a friendly and knowledge executive at industry events, including Used Car Week. One of this year’s inductees to the Used Car Week Hall of Fame, Igo reflects on her successful career and proven strategies to make the most of in-person industry events.
While the year-over-year figure reflects broader market volatility, Matthew Babcock, who oversees digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, explained the strong quarter-over-quarter increase of the Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index signals market re-engagement.
Babcock elaborated about these points and more during an episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast.
Managing delinquencies and repossessions might be as complicated as anything auto lenders do nowadays.
To help finance companies of all sizes handle those complexities, this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast features Anne Holtzman, who is senior vice president of client experience and risk management services at Allied Solutions.
In addition to providing an update on the current landscape, Holtzman offers suggestions on how lenders can get better results more quickly when recovering and remarketing collateral and offers additional guidance on the repossession process and optimizing returns.
Andy Mayers sees opportunity in subprime and other parts of auto finance.
The associate vice president of business operations for retail solutions with Cox Automotive explained his reasons during this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast.
Mayers also mentioned another part of the business where dealers and lenders are working even closer together nowadays.
Melinda Zabritski, Experian’s head of automotive financial insights, said consumers are looking for ways to secure more favorable vehicle financing terms, especially with interest rates leveling out and perhaps a cut coming next week from the Federal Reserve.
The base for Zabritski’s assertion came via Experian’s State of the Automotive Finance Market Report: Q2 2025, which highlighted the volume of auto refinancing increased nearly 70% from a year ago.
Zabritski expanded the trends happening inside of auto refinancing during another appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast.
Experian North America chief innovation officer Kathleen Peters made her first appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast.
Peters recapped highlights of Experian’s 2025 U.S. Identity and Fraud Report and why service providers remain focused on curbing fraud that continues to get more complex.
Two leading executives at Allied Solutions identified the most-concerning signs about the current state of auto financing.
Mark Bugalski, who is Executive Vice President and Chief Growth Officer, and Doug Falvey, who is Executive Vice President, Risk Management Operations, then offered valuable insight and strategy recommendations so lenders can find the right balance of risk management and growth.
Satyan Merchant, who is senior vice president and auto and mortgage business leader at TransUnion, made another appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. This time, the focus of the conversation is opportunities for auto refinancing.
TransUnion indicated approximately 18 million are considered “in-the-money” for refinancing.
Agora Data’s Steve Burke is one of the most upbeat executives you can find in auto finance.
When asked about his outlook for the car business during a conversation at the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association’s annual convention last week in Las Vegas, Burke didn’t hesitate to say 2026 could be one of the best years ever.
Find out why during this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast.
Cherokee Media Group’s Nick Zulovich secured some time with Gene Daughtry of Auto Master Systems this week in Las Vegas during the annual convention hosted by the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association.
Daughtry still travels nationwide regularly and has weekly online meetings with buy-here, pay-here dealers who are seeking to sharpen their collections departments. Daughtry shared anecdotes from those conversations in this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast.
