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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

COMMENTARY: Explaining artificial intelligence as you chase higher profits

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Kelly Blankenship at UCW
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

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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]

Agora Data and Ignite Consulting collaborate again to foster portfolio sales

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BHPH Report Staff
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]

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