This Month's Focus
Turbocharged Finance
Arvest Bank sees early successes with FICO Auto Score 10
COMMENTARY: The secret to accelerating funding in indirect auto lending
Mercedes-Benz USA approves NETSOL as a digital retail provider for its dealerships
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 hosting free webinar focused on OSHA compliance
BHPH Report Staff
The National Independent Automobile Dealers Association is hosting a free webinar on Thursday focused on a business function the association is concerned that operators might overlook or not understand completely — maintaining compliance with federal mandates from the Occupational Safety ... [Read More]
COMMENTARY: Explaining artificial intelligence as you chase higher profits
Steve Burke, Agora Data
My favorite weekends are the ones that my grandkids spend with my wife and me. There’s nothing better than waking up early on a Saturday morning and finding them sitting in front of the TV in their pajamas, giggling at ... [Read More]
Annual bankruptcies edge higher for first time in 8 years
BHPH Report Staff
Total bankruptcy filings in 2019 registered the first year-over-year increase in eight years, according to analysis from the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI). ABI officials reviewed data provided by Epiq Systems and found total bankruptcy filings during 2019 increased 0.28% from ... [Read More]
Ignite to host free training webinar presented completely in Spanish
BHPH Report Staff
Along with adding two more veterans to its roster of compliance experts, Ignite Consulting Partners plans to offer what the firm believes is the first free training offering of its kind. Ignite is going to host a free webinar about ... [Read More]
6 industry leaders share 2020 expectations for BHPH
BHPH Report Staff
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]
To prevent fraud, Byrider chooses PointPredictive for machine learning AI
BHPH Report staff
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]
Rapid Recon becomes newest NIADA National Member Benefit Partner
BHPH Report Staff
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]
Texas Capital announces merger with another Lone Star State bank
BHPH Report Staff
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]
PODCAST: Guidance to maintain positive online reputation
BHPH Report Staff
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]
ABI spots bankruptcy slowdown in November, names new executive director
BHPH Report Staff
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]
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