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Dissecting evolving credit scores with Shams Blanc of FICO
Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, 03:34 PM
As much as auto-finance underwriting has become sophisticated, a potential starting point to determine if the applicant will be offered an installment contract is the credit score. Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, described the ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Famer Jerry Kroshus of Location Services
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, 04:19 PM
Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees is a conversation with Jerry Kroshus, who is CEO of Location Services. Cherokee Media President Bill Zadeits talks with Kroshus about his career journey in ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Famer Kathy Ruble of Ally
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, 07:52 PM
Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees, we catch up with Kathy Ruble, who is executive director of marketing, dealer financial services and communications at Ally. Ruble has been the longtime moderator ... Listen Here

COMMENTARY: Meet the new boss; same as the old boss

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Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, 04:09 PM
Steve Levine, Ignite Consulting Partners
The Who song, “Won’t Get Fooled Again” ends with the words that I’ve chosen to be the title to this article, and through them, Pete Townshend sums up the subject of revolution by seemingly saying “the more things change, the ... [Read More]

PODCAST: America’s Car-Mart president and CEO Jeff Williams

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Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, 03:29 PM
BHPH Report Staff
For the first time, America’s Car-Mart president and chief executive officer Jeff Williams joined the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Williams highlighted how well the chain of buy-here, pay-here dealerships has pivoted its operations to meet protocols triggered by the pandemic as ... [Read More]

Kinetic Advantage rolls out auditing platform, major growth plans

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Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, 03:59 PM
BHPH Report Staff
It’s been an active opening month of 2021 for Kinetic Advantage, a newly formed floorplan financing company with an eye on gaining market share among independent dealerships. After landing an undisclosed amount of funding through Altamont Capital Partners, Kinetic Advantage ... [Read More]

CARite & DriveItAway partner to offer vehicle subscriptions regardless of credit

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Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, 02:50 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Fresh off expanding its dealer group footprint to 26 total locations, CARite now has partnered with DriveItAway in an effort to help consumers secure vital transportation while building equity and taking a “never-ending test drive.” On Tuesday, CARite announced the ... [Read More]

Texas Capital Bank adds 2 execs as new CEO takes over

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Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, 02:48 PM
BHPH Report Staff
After closing a “challenging year” with “strong fourth-quarter results,” Texas Capital Bank announced a pair of executive leadership appointments, effective immediately, creating roles for experienced professionals who each spent many years in posts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. Now serving ... [Read More]

Atcheson: How should independent dealers navigate through 2021?

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Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, 04:24 PM
Kenny Atcheson, Dealer Profit Pros
After one of the strangest years ever, how have you prepared for 2021? Election years are usually off the wall, but 2020 was ridiculous. Uncertainties that linger affect how a dealer plans for and navigates through 2021. To write off ... [Read More]

Altamont invests in Kinetic with eye on growing floorplan business among independent dealers

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Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, 04:53 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Altamont Capital Partners said the investment firm is “impressed” with Kinetic Advantage, a newly formed floorplan financing company led by industry veterans Marty McFarland, Randy Dohse and Chris Brady. While specific terms of the transaction were not disclosed on Monday, ... [Read More]

Full PPP loan access to return no later than Tuesday

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Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, 04:13 PM
BHPH Report Staff
For some buy-here, pay-here operators seeking a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan, their banker could have access to the program as soon as Friday. If the opportunity doesn’t arrive by the end of the week, federal officials confirmed that the ... [Read More]

2020 bankruptcy filings sink to lowest level in 34 years

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Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, 04:09 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Of all the financial turbulence created by the pandemic, a record-setting number of bankruptcies was not among the unprecedented developments. In fact, according to data shared by the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) and Epiq, last year generated the fewest filings ... [Read More]

CARite expands in 2 states to lift group size to 26 stores

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Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, 07:34 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Credit Acceptance founder Don Foss created his own dealership group 10 years ago. And now a decade later, that operation — CARite — has 26 locations with the two newest ones coming into the group this week. According to a ... [Read More]
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