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Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Satyan Merchant of TransUnion
Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, 07:01 PM
Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners wrap up with Satyan Merchant, who is senior vice president, automotive and mortgage business leader at TransUnion. Merchant recollected how his interest in data started when studying statistics on the back ... Listen Here
Top Reasons Dealers can benefit by attending the Used Car Summit
Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, 03:27 PM
On this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits has a conversation with Vanessa Rocha, VP, All-American Bonds and Insurance and a Board member with the Florida Independent Auto Dealers Association. Vanessa speaks to some of the big issues ... Listen Here
Industry Elite: Tony Rimas of XPEL
Tuesday, Mar. 31, 2026, 07:40 PM
Concluding our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Tony Rimas, who is vice president of global revenue at XPEL Inc. Rimas — an avid biker who swam and ran track & field and cross country ... Listen Here

Free CFPB Compliance Webinars Coming from VTS and Weltman, Weinberg & Reis

Monday, Mar. 4, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
TUCSON, Ariz. — Vendor Transparency Solutions, an Arizona-based compliance management company, and Michael Dougherty of Weltman, Weinberg & Reis, a large creditors' rights law firm, are announcing the launch of a series of free Consumer Financial Protection Bureau compliance webinars. ... [Read More]

Manheim Summarizes What 2012 Was Like for BHPH Dealers

Friday, Mar. 1, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
ATLANTA — Manheim needed only one word to summarize what 2012 was like for buy-here, pay-here dealers. In what economist Tom Webb likely will expand upon during the 15th annual National Conference conducted by the National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here ... [Read More]

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Turn Service Visits Into Sales Growth: A GM’s Checklist

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The Dealer’s Guide to Smarter GPS Tracking

A Buyer’s Guide for Independent Dealer, BHPH, and Auto Finance Leaders Reducing Risk, Unlocking Opportunity Independent dealers and finance companies...
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Used Car Turn Vendor Management Checklist

Vehicles touch multiple vendors before they ever hit the lot, and when approvals, communication, and invoices are scattered, delays are...
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Fitch Describes Latest US Auto ABS Performance as ‘Speed Bump’

Friday, Mar. 1, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
NEW YORK — Fitch Ratings discovered this week that both prime and subprime U.S. auto ABS losses have risen in recent months. However, analysts think the trend is likely a "speed bump" that's fleeting as the sectors enter a seasonally ... [Read More]

Reshuffle Brings New Marubeni Executive to Westlake Financial Services

Friday, Mar. 1, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
LOS ANGELES — Marubeni Corp., which owns a 20 percent stake in Westlake Financial Services and has two seats on the company board, announced the promotion of an executive to general manager of Marubeni Automotive Department-I among other changes. Relocating ... [Read More]

ARA and NFA Merge Into One Trade Association, Roll Out New Forwarding Co-op

Friday, Mar. 1, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
AUSTIN, Texas — In developments that likely will affect many repossession agencies, lenders' recovery departments and repo units coming down the lanes, the American Recovery Association and National Finance Adjusters merged into one trade association this week. Officials explained the ... [Read More]

TransUnion: Non-prime Originations, Delinquencies Rose During Second Half of 2012

Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CHICAGO — While noticing a surge in non-prime originations, TransUnion came out Tuesday saying that the national auto loan delinquency rate moved higher to close 2012 but continued to remain near historic low levels. TransUnion determined the ratio of borrowers ... [Read More]

700Credit Announces Integration Partnership with ADAM Systems

Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
TORRANCE, Calif. — 700Credit, one of the nation's largest credit reporting agencies offering a suite of value-added compliance services to more than 4,000 dealers, recently formed an integration partnership with ADAM Systems. Officials explained this agreement will allow ADAM Systems ... [Read More]

NextGear Capital Closes $1.55 Billion Financing Securitization

Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CARMEL, Ind. — NextGear Capital recently closed a $1.55 billion securitized bank facility. Led by the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, the company highlighted the two-year securitized facility provides flexibility and tremendous lending capacity through a large six bank syndicate. Executives noted ... [Read More]

Sonic Stretches F&I Revenue by Double-Digits; Lithia, Group 1 Looking for More

Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It was a busy year in the F&I office at Sonic Automotive dealerships, as the retailer increased revenue in the finance, insurance and other category by nearly 20 percent in 2012. Sonic closed the year by pushing ... [Read More]

Car-Mart Grows Q3 Sales by 16 Percent as Competition Heightens

Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — As more lenders are buying deeper into subprime pools, buy-here, pay-here dealership chain America's Car-Mart managed to post a 16-percent increase in the number of units sold during the third quarter of its fiscal year. Car-Mart turned ... [Read More]

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