Dealer Profit Pros president Kenny Atcheson closed 2019 by reaching out to an array of leading executives, experts and observers of the buy-here, pay-here industry and other parts of the automotive space to gather their expectations for 2020. From compliance ... [Read More]

PointPredictive says machine learning in its Auto Fraud Manager with Auto Fraud Alert Reporting mines historical data from applications across the industry “to pinpoint where fraud is happening.” PointPredictive launched Auto Fraud Manager with Auto Fraud Alert Reporting to help ... [Read More]

In light of potential costs and urgency to get vehicles front-line ready as quickly as possible, reconditioning can be one of the most stressful, ongoing challenges facing independent dealers and buy-here, pay-here operators. To help stores of all sizes, Rapid ... [Read More]

One of the primary capital providers for buy-here, pay-here dealers not only in the Lone Star State, but elsewhere nationwide, is merging with another bank in Texas. On Monday, Texas Capital Bancshares, the parent company of Texas Capital Bank, and ... [Read More]

Kelly Blankenship and Richard Hudson from Ignite Consulting Partners shared valuable advice designed to help dealerships, finance companies and other service providers within the automotive industry. Blankenship and Hudson discussed ways that can prevent a consumer complaint from swirling into ... [Read More]

Along with announcing its next executive director, the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) this week also shared the November filing information that showed a slowing of cases after four months in a row of increases triggered by changes in federal laws. ... [Read More]

Agora Data and Ignite Consulting Partners took another step together in their working relationship on Monday to help buy-here, pay-here dealers and other operations that specialize in subprime auto financing. The companies have entered into an agreement whereby Ignite will ... [Read More]

This past fall, Nick Zulovich shared a conversation with Daniel Chu, who currently serves as founder and chief executive of Tricolor Auto Group and Ganas Holdings. The branded chain has 30 dealerships across 12 metropolitan markets in Texas and California. ... [Read More]

When the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association hosted its Subprime BHPH Conference in Chicago earlier this fall, Nick Zulovich shared a conversation with veteran operator Gene Daughtry, who now is part of the team at Buckeye Dealership Consulting. Daughtry described ... [Read More]

Earlier this fall, Nick reconnected with NIADA senior vice president of legal and government affairs Shaun Petersen when the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association hosted its Subprime BHPH Conference in Chicago. Petersen not only recapped the association’s latest visit to ... [Read More]