Nick had the chance to share another conversation with Anil Goyal and Jared Kalfus from Black Book during Used Car Week 2018 for a discussion about how the company partners with a variety of other players in the automotive space for the benefit of auctions, dealers and finance companies. Goyal and Kalfus described the collaborative […] [Read More]

Vehicle connectivity. Bluetooth. GPS. One normally thinks of how these tools make our lives more convenient, or efficient. But what do they mean for auto dealers? Well, a new tool from RSR Global speaks to just this. Vehicle connectivity can do more than drive convenience; it can protect assets and assist dealers in the process. […] [Read More]

More in-market shoppers are using a digital retailing platform for connecting with participating dealers to help facilitate the car-buying transaction. AutoMotion, the automotive retail mobile app technology company that created the platform, announced Wednesday it added its 3,500th approved dealership. AutoMotion says its digital retailing platform offers car buyers a simple way to buy, lease, […] [Read More]

A majority of car shoppers are optimistic about the health of the economy. The economic experts, not so much. Signs are indicating that the next recession is looming right around the corner, but 65 percent of respondents said they expected that their household would be better off financially in a year than it was currently, a […] [Read More]

Breast cancer research organization Susan G. Komen has used various fundraising methods to acquire funds toward its mission of saving lives and ending breast cancer. It’s latest method: Digital license plates. Reviver Auto, creator of the Rplate digital license plate, and Susan G. Komen of Los Angeles County have partnered to create a Susan G. […] [Read More]

The Dave Cantin Group (DCG) sought to become the fastest-growing and largest automotive mergers and acquisitions firm in the United States during 2018. And DCG believes it delivered on that vision based on the results the company reported this week. DCG completed 2018 with 39 acquisition listings valued at more than $1.5 billion. The listings […] [Read More]

AutoAlert chief executive officer Mike Dullea announced a trio of executive promotions on Wednesday. In moves Dullea said, “reflect the overall growth and movement of our organization toward more large-scale relationships, which include global initiatives,” the promotions include: —Don Favero to global vice president of sales and marketing —Beth Donovan to vice president of incentives […] [Read More]

Before the federal government shutdown took hold, the Federal Communications Commission adopted new rules that can impact phone numbers auto finance company collection departments might be trying to regain contact with delinquent contract holders. The new FCC rules are designed to establish a reassigned numbers database that the regulator said will reduce the number of […] [Read More]

While facing challenges on multiple fronts, report findings declared that changing customer behaviors and demands should be fueling change in the service and products retail banks are offering. Those assertions arrived as part of an in-depth study released on Wednesday by banking software company Temenos. The report, written by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) on […] [Read More]

CompliancePoint is looking to find vulnerabilities before data-driven miscreants find a pathway to leverage company information in unsavory ways. CompliancePoint, a leading provider of information security and risk management services for compliance and data security, recently established a data privacy solutions focus for the automotive industry, with resources to protect manufacturers, auto finance companies, dealers […] [Read More]