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PODCAST: TransUnion explains auto-refinancing opportunities with 18M consumers

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.

Why Agora Data’s Steve Burke is so bullish about automotive

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.

Talking new approaches to sharpen collections in BHPH

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.

SPONSORED EPISODE: Auto-finance pulse check & identifying blind spots with Allied Solutions

John Elias with Allied Solutions gave an in-depth overview of how auto financing has unfolded so far this year.

Perhaps even more importantly for this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Elias pinpointed the blind spot lenders might be missing and offered recommendations to help mitigate risk.

SPONSORED EPISODE: Empowering Independent Dealers in A Changing Automotive Landscape

In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits welcomes NextGear Capital’s Nicole Graham-Ponce, VP Operations Portfolio Management and Kyle Ballinger, AVP, Sales.

In this conversation, they share exciting updates for Independent Dealers related to the client experience, audit experience and floorplanning options that are the best match.

Putting Q1 auto-finance data into historical perspective with Experian’s Melinda Zabritski

Melinda Zabritski, Experian’s head of automotive financial insights and one of the analysts among this year’s Automotive Intelligence Award recipients, returned for another appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast.

Zabritski described what elements were in place to help banks gain more market share during the first quarter, what’s intriguing about the buy-here, pay-here market, and trends that previously generated headlines but now are common.

Connecting auto-finance data with brand loyalty

Auto-finance data often highlights trends such as originations and delinquencies. But for the closing presentation of this spring’s Auto Intel Summit, TJ Cox of TransUnion and Jill Louden S&P Global Mobility took a different approach about what auto-finance data could show.

Now available through this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, hear some of the intriguing findings Cox and Louden discovered when connecting auto-finance data to brand loyalty.

NAF Association president on industry resiliency & time in office

Claudia Plascencia is senior vice president of business development and client services at Resolvion. She also has served as the president of the National Automotive Finance Association for the past year.

Plascencia had a conversation with Cherokee Media Group’s Nick Zulovich last week for this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, reviewing the state of auto finance and her time in the leadership position with the NAF Association.

Using data to solve F&I compliance challenges

F&I Sentinel chief product officer Kat Venner-Fowler acknowledged data can cause multiple compliance problems. But Venner-Fowler emphasized that data also can be the path to compliance solutions.

Venner-Fowler elaborated about the subject during an appearance on the Live Stage presented by SYCN Auto Logistics at this spring’s Auto Intel Summit. The conversation is part of this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast.

More from DRN’s Jeremiah Wheeler about state of LPR

DRN president Jeremiah Wheeler appeared on the Auto Remarketing Podcast this week to continue the intensifying dialogue about license plate recognition technology.

Wheeler elaborated about the company’s response to assertions made by the American Recovery Association and what he hopes the future holds for repossession agents, finance companies, forwarders and other recovery industry service providers.

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