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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

Consumer bankruptcy filings dip as commercial cases soar in February

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Tuesday, Mar. 19, 2019, 03:03 PM
BHPH Report Staff
As commercial filings spiked, the American Bankruptcy Institute reported that consumer filings softened in February. According to data provided by Epiq Systems, total bankruptcy filings decreased 1 percent to 56,118 in February from the 56,732 cases filed in February of ... [Read More]

COMMENTARY: 2 factors fuel optimism in latest NIADA Business Confidence Survey

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Thursday, Mar. 14, 2019, 03:22 PM
Scott Lilja and Jennifer Reid, NIADA and Equifax
Independent auto dealers weren’t sold on the economy at large heading into 2019. But they were mildly optimistic about the outlook for their businesses, according to the results of NIADA’s latest Business Confidence Survey. While dealers expecting the overall economy ... [Read More]

PassTime and AFS Dealers finalize software integration

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Thursday, Mar. 14, 2019, 02:55 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Collections and repossessions might be a little easier now for buy-here, pay-here and lease-here, pay-here operators who use PassTime and AFS Dealers. The companies announced this week they have completed a software integration and strategic partnership. Executives highlighted that AFS ... [Read More]

Partnership helps dealers navigate tax season

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Tuesday, Mar. 12, 2019, 08:01 PM
Auto Remarketing Staff
Scott Lilja, who is senior vice president of member services at the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association, says dealers are very aware of the importance of tax season for their industry. And the association has been aware that Tax Max ... [Read More]

Ignite Consulting Partners to host ‘Compliance Unleashed’

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Thursday, Mar. 7, 2019, 03:28 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Before a state or federal regulator knocks on your door or delivers a message to your inbox, Ignite Consulting Partners wants your shop to be prepared. The firm, which advises finance companies, dealers and other lenders on compliance, cybersecurity, process ... [Read More]

AGORA finalizes integration with AutoManager

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Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, 03:51 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Make it five integrations with dealership management systems for AGORA. Within a week of announcing a relationship with Auto Master Systems, AGORA finalized its relationships with AutoManager, a dealer software development company located in southern California that offers three principal ... [Read More]

Car-Mart footprint rises to 144 stores

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Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019, 03:49 PM
BHPH Report Staff
America’s Car-Mart expanded its network of buy-here, pay-here dealerships, according to an announcement distributed on Tuesday. The company said it reopened a store located in Tyler, Texas, lifting its total dealership count to 144. Car-Mart now has 13 dealerships in ... [Read More]

Auto Master Systems becomes 4th DMS to integrate with AGORA

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Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, 05:55 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Frazer, Wayne Reaves, DealerCenter and now Auto Master Systems (AMS). All of those dealer management systems (DMS) now have an integration with AGORA, a Texas-based provider of technology solutions for the financial services industry. Through the integration with AGORA finalized ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Equifax explains how credit reports show much more than scores

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Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019, 01:57 PM
BHPH Report Staff
During a podcast recorded during the Vehicle Finance Conference hosted by the American Financial Services Association, Nick shared another conversation with Jennifer Reid, the vice president of automotive strategy and marketing at Equifax Automotive Services. Reid revisited strategic recommendations to ... [Read More]

Former SCUSA, Capital One technology executive joins Tricolor

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Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, 02:40 PM
BHPH Report Staff
A technology expert who has held top roles at Santander Consumer USA and Capital One now is a part of Tricolor, one of the largest used-vehicle retailers focusing on the sale and financing of vehicles to Hispanic consumers, This week, ... [Read More]
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