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DigniFi names chief product officer
DigniFi announced the appointment of Jefim Piekarz as chief product officer on Tuesday. The fintech company specializing in access to automobile, powersports and RV repair financing said Piekarz will lead DigniFi’s product and engineering teams, advancing product strategy, technology development, ... Read More
Maritczak brings experience from EY & Ally to PCMI
PCMI continued to revamp its executive team on Tuesday. The provider of lender compliance technology and F&I administration software added Alex Maritczak as senior director of business development, bringing more than 30 years of automotive finance and financial services experience ... Read More
Latest two moves by US Bank have dealers & OEMs in mind
U.S. Bank made a pair of moves last week geared to boost its position in automotive with dealerships and OEMs. First, U.S. Bank said it is launching redesigned BMW, MINI and BMW Motorrad Mastercard credit card products that offer cardholders ... Read More
SPONSORED EPISODE: What independent dealers need to be successful with Chris Vangellow of Frazer
In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Chris Vangellow, who is the Director of Product Management at Frazer, described what’s changed most about running an independent dealership over the past few years, especially from a technology perspective. ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Fame: Grace Huang of Cox Automotive
We begin our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees with Grace Huang, president of Cox Automotive Inventory Solutions, who joins Cherokee Media Group’s Joe Overby for a conversation about her career journey, the value of ... Listen Here
Ben Sporn of VIP Automotive Group Takes DIY Approach to AI
Ben Sporn is the chief marketing officer of VIP Automotive Group on Long Island, N.Y. , where he runs operations and artificial intelligence projects at his family’s 10-store dealer group. He also has a tech background, having worked for Google ... Listen Here

NIADA going to TikTok to close upcoming BHPH Forum

BHPH Report Staff
Young people make TikToks regularly. You could say the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association is, too, for its next Buy Here, Pay Here (BHPH) Dealer Forum. NIADA announced on Thursday that TikTok Automotive principal Ryan Copacia will headline the closing ... [Read More]

Next Car-Mart credit deadline hits Friday amid ‘significant progress’

BHPH Report Staff
America’s Car-Mart faces another deadline on Friday to gain more financial support to remain in the buy-here, pay-here dealership business. The company revealed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission as the nation marked the 25th anniversary of ... [Read More]

Car-Mart retails less than 3K vehicles in latest quarter, reflecting dire capital situation

Car-Mart expands via acquisition, reports fiscal Q2 performance
BHPH Report Staff
To say the future of America’s Car-Mart is bleak might be an understatement based on results and explanations the company shared this week stemming from the first quarter of its 2027 fiscal year. And the update included the acknowledgment that ... [Read More]

August bankruptcies prompt experts to project more increases for rest of 2026 & into 2027

BHPH Report Staff
August bankruptcies across the board rose year-over-year, according to data provided by Epiq AACER and highlighted by the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), prompting experts to predict increased filings in the coming months. Here is the latest case breakdown: —52,007 total ... [Read More]

Ignite: Dealers face risk if privacy-notice practices are inconsistent

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BHPH Report Staff
More than two decades ago, the Federal Trade Commission compiled common questions and answers to help dealerships adhere to its Privacy Rule. Ignite Dealer Compliance Group recently said it is getting more questions about privacy notices, which firm experts explained ... [Read More]

COMMENTARY: Explaining the difference between a consultation versus a sales pitch

Details of upcoming repossession webinars from ARA & Weltman
Kenny Atcheson, Dealer Profit Pros
Is everything working as well as it can? How do you know? Have you ever gone to a restaurant and had a server encourage you to order something that wasn’t on the menu? Probably not. It’s similar when you contact ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Path to delivering education in Spanish with Ignite Dealer Compliance Group

BHPH Report Staff
Steve Levine has dozens of dealer clients with Spanish as their native language. Those dealers also have hundreds of Hispanic customers who cannot speak or understand English. To fill compliance and training gaps created by language challenges, the owner of ... [Read More]

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