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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’s 10-step path to accomplishing goals within refreshed vision & mission statements

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BHPH Report Staff
Changes are continuing at the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association. This week, NIADA announced a refreshed vision and mission statements and the 10 steps the association intends to take to accomplish its mission. NIADA’s vision and mission statements now say: ... [Read More]

Selly & Frazer integrate to improve CRM and more

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BHPH Report Staff
Two technology platforms used by buy-here, pay-here and independent dealers are now integrated to make customer relationship management and other dealership management segments work more efficiently. On Monday, Selly Automotive CRM announced its real-time integration with Frazer Computing, which provides dealer ... [Read More]

PODCAST: 20 group meetings during the pandemic

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BHPH Report Staff
Just like the dealers he serves, Brent Carmichael found ways to adapt. The 20 group moderator, consultant and instructor with NCM Associates joined the podcast to describe how dealer gatherings have continued to be beneficial despite the pandemic creating restrictions ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Agora Data’s Steve Burke on credit availability

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BHPH Report Staff
Agora Data chief executive officer Steve Burke returned for another podcast appearance to discuss two of his passions: buy-here, pay-here dealerships and helping them get the capital they need to be successful. The conversation came after the company rolled out ... [Read More]

PPP loans only for businesses with less than 20 employees start Wednesday

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BHPH Report Staff
For the smallest buy-here, pay-here and independent dealerships, perhaps their best opportunity to secure funding through the latest round of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) arrives on Wednesday. According to an announcement from the White House on Monday morning, the ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Marty McFarland of Kinetic Advantage

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BHPH Report Staff
This isn’t Marty McFarland’s first experience in starting up a company. But it is the first time he’s been involved in one during a pandemic. McFarland appeared on the Auto Remarketing Podcast not only to recap the journey Kinetic Advantage ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Scott Maybee of NextGear Capital

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BHPH Report Staff
Scott Maybee now has been the president of NextGear Capital for a little more than a year. During much of that time, the pandemic has impacted how the floorplan company functioned internally and with its independent dealership client base. Maybee ... [Read More]

Credit lines now part of Agora Data’s dealer offering

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BHPH Report Staff
Without financial resources, buy-here, pay-here dealerships likely wouldn’t exist since it’s such a high-risk, cash-dependent piece of the automotive industry. And for the second time in the past couple of months, Agora Data added to its suite of market-disruptive capabilities ... [Read More]

Experts get creative to describe January bankruptcy metrics

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BHPH Report Staff
The ongoing year-over-year decline in bankruptcy filings because of the pandemic prompted experts to get creative to summarize the situation. According to data provided by Epiq, the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) reported that total consumer and business filings fell more ... [Read More]

Dixon among 3 new NIADA vice presidents

Larry Dixon at UCW
BHPH Report Staff
A wholesale market expert who has appeared multiple times during the National Remarketing Conference and Used Car Week now is a part of the team at the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association. Among the three executive moves announced by NIADA ... [Read More]

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