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Arvest Bank sees early successes with FICO Auto Score 10
Arvest Bank — a regional, full-service lender with more than 200 locations throughout Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri — recently upgraded to FICO Auto Score 10 in a move to give the institution a more precise view of borrower risk ... Read More
dealership employee COMMENTARY: The secret to accelerating funding in indirect auto lending
In the early 2000s, I sat at a dealership finance desk with a calculator, a stack of pay stubs, and a phone that wouldn’t stop ringing. I gathered stips by hand, calculated income line by line, and verified insurance, hoping ... Read More
Mercedes-Benz USA approves NETSOL as a digital retail provider for its dealerships
NETSOL Technologies recently highlighted Mercedes-Benz USA has approved NETSOL as a digital retail provider for Mercedes-Benz dealerships. This move opens the brand’s dealer network to Transcend Retail, NETSOL’s digital retail platform. The platform gives buyers a single, continuous purchase experience, ... Read More
SPONSORED EPISODE: Prospects for more auto refinancing with Gravity Lending
In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast brought to you by Allied Solutions, we turn our attention to auto refinancing. Brad Paxman oversees 90 lender relationships for Gravity Lending, which is an auto refinance and fintech company ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Fame: Bob McConkey of McConkey Auction Group
Next up on our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees is a conversation with Bob McConkey, president and CEO of the McConkey Auction Group. McConkey, along with MAG chief operating officer David Pendergraft and DAA ... Listen Here
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

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]

Empire RRG gains Demotech ‘A’ rating for third consecutive year

BHPH Report Staff
National Lenders General Agency announced on Thursday that Empire Indemnity Insurance Company Risk Retention Group (Empire RRG) has again been awarded an “A” Financial Stability Rating by Demotech, marking the third consecutive year the carrier has achieved this distinction. According ... [Read More]

NIADA offers ‘honest pitch’ to promote 12th annual National Policy Conference

BHPH Report Staff
Jeff Martin gave what he called an “honest pitch” for operators to get involved with the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association when it hosts its 12th annual National Policy Conference on Sept. 28-29 in Washington, D.C. “This isn’t a conference ... [Read More]

Rise of individual bankruptcies in July ‘reflects cumulative impact’

BHPH Report Staff
Whether you look at the data on a sequential or year-over-year basis, consumer bankruptcies increased in July. According to data provided by Epiq AACER, total bankruptcy filings for July came in at 54,718, representing a 10% increase from a year ... [Read More]

8 operators form BHPH United’s 2027 Dealer Advisory Board

BHPH Report Staff
BHPH United, which is comprised of six service providers that organize an annual conference and other training opportunities for buy-here, pay-here dealerships, announced members of its 2027 Dealer Advisory Board. The group includes: —Travis Allison of Vamos Auto in Arlington, ... [Read More]

Why dealers should now check their processes involving online reviews

online reviews
BHPH Report Staff
Big Time Advertising founder and CEO Terry MacCauley recently issued a warning and follow-up recommendations that might help dealerships stay out of trouble with Google and federal regulators. “Your review program may have just become a liability,” MacCauley said. Why? ... [Read More]

NIADA opens registration for next 2 dealer-focused events

BHPH Report Staff
Now that its annual convention has been held, the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association is turning its attention to the organization’s next events that are intended to give attendees experiences that can only be had while on location. And those ... [Read More]

AutoRaptor generates positive gains for AI solutions following NIADA partnership & convention

BHPH Report Staff
AutoRaptor is seeing some positive returns since joining NIADA’s member benefit program this spring, in particular during last month’s annual convention hosted by the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association. The automotive CRM platform powered by artificial intelligence and built exclusively ... [Read More]

Former Denny’s CEO joins Byrider’s board

AutoCanada Announces Board Appointments
BHPH Report Staff
Byrider definitely has something cookin’ with its board of directors. The buy-here, pay-here dealership network and franchisor recently announced the appointment of seasoned franchise executive John Miller to its board. Miller is the former president and chief executive officer and ... [Read More]

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