Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
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Experts see Middle East conflict making current car & credit markets even more challenging
Tuesday, Mar. 24, 2026, 10:27 AM
With additional insight about affordability, FICO watches average credit scores tick lower again
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 11:27 AM
PODCAST: Industry Elite honoree Jennifer Turnage on why accurate financial information can make or break any business
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 01:05 PM
Industry Elite: Tony Rimas of XPEL
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
Tuesday, Mar. 31, 2026, 07:40 PM
Industry Elite honoree Mike Thomas of Resolvion on building his career — literally
Next up in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Mike Thomas, who is chief executive officer of Resolvion. Thomas shares memories with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Nick Zulovich about working in construction and ... Listen Here
Thursday, Mar. 26, 2026, 02:23 PM
Industry Elite honoree Jennifer Turnage on why accurate financial information can make or break any business
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Jennifer Turnage, who is chief executive officer of Primeritus Financial Services. Turnage talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Nick Zulovich about the importance ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 05:01 PM
RouteOne Completes Integration with Subprime Lender
Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — RouteOne announced today that it has completed integration with independent subprime lender Nationwide Acceptance Corp. Dealers in all of the markets served by Nationwide can now process credit applications electronically to Nationwide through the RouteOne platform. Basically, ... [Read More]
Compli Plans Webinar to Discuss Wage-Hour Compliance
Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
PORTLAND, Ore. — Compli, a compliance management software provider, is orchestrating a Webinar about a business element the company believes dealers might be overlooking. The upcoming event will focus on wage-hour compliance. Compli has scheduled the Webinar for Jan. 27 beginning ... [Read More]
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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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High Unemployment to Continue to Impact Auto ABS Performance
Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
NEW YORK — High unemployment rates throughout 2010 will continue to apply pressure on gross losses on auto loan transactions, according to DBRS. Basically, DBRS drew a connection between unemployment and credit performance, saying this relationship has continued during the "economic ... [Read More]
Experience Helps Longtime Dallas-Area BHPH Dealer Through Supply Pinch
Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
DALLAS — Chacon Autos is leaning on more than 50 years of experience to navigate through some of the most difficult conditions ever seen in the buy-here, pay-here dealership industry. Co-owner Gary Chaney stressed that utilizing online auctions more this year ... [Read More]
Daimler Financial Names New President/CEO for Americas
Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — After announcing that Klaus Entenmann has become chairman of Daimler Financial Services AG in Berlin, the company named a replacement who will head up the company's Americas division, in addition to other moves. Franz Reiner, the former head of ... [Read More]
Fed: Average APR on Auto Loans at Commercial Banks Lowest on Record
Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The latest data available from the Federal Reserve reveals that the average interest rate on 48-month new-car loans at commercial banks for November was the lowest figure on record. For November, this number came in at 6.55 percent. ... [Read More]
ABA: Direct, Indirect Auto Loan Delinquencies Show Quarterly Improvement
Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Bankers Association recently discovered that delinquencies for both direct and indirect auto loans dropped from the previous quarter. ABA found that direct auto loan delinquencies fell nearly half a point to 2.04 percent from 2.46 percent. ... [Read More]
Vehicle Acceptance, PassTime Enter into Marketing Partnership
Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
DALLAS — Since both companies aim to serve buy-here, pay-here dealers, Vehicle Acceptance Corp. and PassTime chose to form a marketing alliance. The partnership announced earlier this week resulted in a coordinated effort to promote PassTime's starter interrupt and GPS devices ... [Read More]
ABI Reveals Annual Bankruptcy Total, Future Outlook
Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The American Bankruptcy Institute pinpointed just how difficult it's been on consumers by sharing exactly how many filings occurred in 2009 and possible trends for this year. Officials revealed data from the National Bankruptcy Research Center that determined ... [Read More]
AFSA Shares More Details on Annual Conference
Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the national economy regains its footing, the American Financial Services Association is gearing its annual conference to give dealers and financial companies specific growth strategies for the rebound. National dealership leaders and top financial company executives are ... [Read More]
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