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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

Agora Data calls crowdsourced auto securitization a ‘quantum leap’ for BHPH dealers

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Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, 07:32 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Sometimes, too many cooks in the kitchen can be a recipe for disaster. But Agora Data championed a financial dish with several buy-here, pay-here operators and smaller finance companies that the tech firm says “represents a quantum leap” for their ... [Read More]

Car-Mart expands in Oklahoma, increases line of credit

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Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, 04:38 PM
BHPH Report Staff
America’s Car-Mart made a pair of moves before 2020 finished as the chain of buy-here pay-here dealerships expanded its footprint in Oklahoma while also increasing its revolving line of credit. Car-Mart now has 151 dealerships in its network after bringing ... [Read More]

PassTime & Polte partner to leverage cloud & 5G technology for asset tracking

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Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, 04:36 PM
BHPH Report Staff
PassTime GPS recently formed a strategic partnership with Polte Corp., in an effort to reinforce its service so dealerships and finance companies can track the location of their collateral more effectively. Fueled by cloud location over cellular (C-LoC) technology, the ... [Read More]

Tricolor adds 2 more members to board

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Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, 04:06 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Tricolor, the used-vehicle retailer focused on Hispanic customers, recently added to leaders to its board of directors to help it to capitalize on consumer demand for its products and the appeal of its unique mission-driven, risk scoring platform powered by ... [Read More]

Indianapolis Business Journal honors Byrider CFO

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Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, 04:03 PM
BHPH Report Staff
The Indianapolis Business Journal named Byrider’s Steve Mark as one of the publication’s Chief Financial Officer of the Year honorees this week, recognizing individuals who have demonstrated outstanding performance as financial leaders of their organizations. During his time at Byrider ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Lessons learned by BHPH operators during pandemic

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Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, 04:01 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Buy-here, pay-here dealership expert and senior consultant for AMS Consulting Gene Daughtry returns for another podcast episode to share some of the most valuable lessons he and independent operators learned during the pandemic. Daughtry also has a handful of suggestions ... [Read More]

Annual bankruptcy filings on pace for lowest volume in 14 years

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Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, 04:49 PM
BHPH Report Staff
The American Bankruptcy Institute said filings are on pace for the lowest annual total since 2006, the year after the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 went into effect and placed new requirements on filers. But ABI ... [Read More]

Car-Mart unveils refreshed branding & tagline

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Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, 04:25 PM
BHPH Report Staff
This week, America’s Car-Mart rolled out its new visual identity and tagline that the publicly traded buy-here, pay-here dealership company said will reaffirm its “unwavering commitment to its customers and communities.” Car-Mart’s new tagline is “Keeping You on the Road,” ... [Read More]

PODCAST: New NIADA CEO Bob Voltmann

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Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, 03:12 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Bob Voltmann participated in this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast during one of his first public appearances since becoming chief executive officer of the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association in late October. Voltmann shared with Cherokee Media Group senior ... [Read More]

Tricolor adds 3 to executive management team

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Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, 03:58 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Tricolor reinforced its management team on Thursday as the retailer that’s focused on Hispanic consumers named three new executives with chief in their title. The tech-enabled Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) named Nick Brown as chief risk officer, Albert Hoover ... [Read More]
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