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SPONSORED EPISODE: Five questions to ask before choosing a transportation partner
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, 09:15 PM
This sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast features two experts from Central Dispatch who offer valuable guidance for choosing a transportation partner. Shanna Wise, who oversees business strategy execution, and Blake Bentley, who leads enterprise client account success, take ... Listen Here
Inside Auto Auction M&A with Mach10 CEO George Pero
Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, 02:01 PM
The auto auction industry has seen a spike in M&A over the last three years, similar to the consolidation in auto retail that has been going on much longer. And our guest today has experience with both. George Pero is ... Listen Here
Insight into Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index
Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, 04:17 PM
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 ... Listen Here

DBRS: More Credit Loosening Coming in 2013

Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
NEW YORK — Investment research firm DBRS expects that lenders will begin to loosen credit standards to achieve growth strategies as the auto finance market continues to improve, competition increases and credit availability resumes. As a result, the firm contends ... [Read More]

US Bank Data Shows 2012 Credit Approvals Jump by More Than 25 Percent From Previous Year

Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CINCINNATI — Swapalease.com highlighted this week that customer credit approvals based on U.S. bank data jumped 27.3 percent in 2012 compared with approval rates from the previous year. Most notably, the site pointed out that the last two months of ... [Read More]

Ally Financial Declares More Dividends on Preferred Stock, Sending More Money to US Treasury

Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE DETROIT — On Thursday, Ally Financial's board of directors declared quarterly dividend payments for certain outstanding preferred stock. These dividends are payable on Feb. 15. The company indicated a quarterly dividend payment ... [Read More]

Safe-Guard Bought by Goldman Sachs Affiliate

Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ATLANTA — Safe-Guard Products International, an F&I provider in the auto industry, announced recently it has been purchased from H.I.G. Capital by an affiliate of Goldman Sachs, in partnership with management. "Safe-Guard ... [Read More]

Average Bank Auto Loan Rates Dip as Delinquencies for These Contracts Rise

Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the Federal Reserve determined the average interest rates on new-vehicle loans from commercial banks ticked to the lowest point in recent memory, the American Bankers Association's latest Consumer ... [Read More]

Car-Mart Ventures into New State as BHPH Chain Opens 119th Dealership

Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE BENTONVILLE, Ark. — America's Car-Mart increased its network of buy-here, pay-here dealerships on Tuesday by rolling out its 119th store in previously uncharted territory. The newest location and the fifth the company ... [Read More]

SFG Finance’s Senior VP of Acquisitions Set to Retire

Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ARLINGTON, Texas — SFG Finance announced Tuesday that the company's senior vice president of acquisitions, Robert Chickowski, will soon be retiring. Chickowski is stepping away from the company on Jan. 31. SFG ... [Read More]

VINtek Strengthens Share Among Lenders Servicing Military Borrowers

Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
PHILADELPHIA — VINtek recently highlighted the growing adoption of its VINtekTIME automotive collateral management system and processes as well as increased interest in its eSignature and eContracting solution by military-focused lenders, supporting thousands of military borrowers around the world.    Through ... [Read More]

NADA: FTC Keeps Dealer Sales Activities Out of Potential Cooling-Off Rule Adjustments

Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Trade Commission recently completed its systematic review of the Cooling-Off Rule and determined that no changes to the rule are warranted that would have impacted dealers. In ... [Read More]

Total 2012 Bankruptcies Decrease by 14 Percent, Lowest Since 2008

Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The America Bankruptcy Institute discovered total filings last year dropped by 14 percent compared to 2011's figure. According to data provided by Epiq Systems, last year's bankruptcy figure represented the lowest since the start of the recent ... [Read More]
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