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Cutting keys & cutting costs during repossessions and recoveries
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:42 PM
Drawing standing-room-only attendance in the second-largest setting at Used Car Week 2025, Ryan Miller led a six-executive panel session that focused on one of the most complex challenges in all of repossessions and recoveries. Now available through this episode of ... Listen Here
Four experts on automotive & the economy
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:39 PM
Used Car Week 2025 again brought together experts who can explain which parts of the economy impact automotive most. This year’s event included views from Laura Wehunt of Black Book, Tim Gill of the American Financial Services Association, T.J. Cox ... Listen Here
Sponsored Episode: Winning Trade-Ins and Trust – Navigating Today’s Affordability Challenges
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, 03:15 PM
Affordability challenges are reshaping the automotive landscape—vehicle prices and payments are at all-time highs and negative equity is on the rise. In this episode, Micah Tindor offers a data-driven conversation with real-world strategies around acquisition tactics and long-term profitability to ... Listen Here

New roles for Levine and Hudson at Ignite Consulting Partners

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Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, 03:59 PM
BHPH Report Staff
It’s already been a November to remember for Ignite Consulting Partners. First, the auto-finance compliance firm that caters to buy-here, pay-here dealerships of all sizes, announced that Steve Levine and Richard Hudson have expanded their roles as managing partners as ... [Read More]

Q4 starts with rise in bankruptcy filings

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Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, 03:53 PM
BHPH Report Staff
The fourth quarter began with an uptick in bankruptcy filings; perhaps providing a potential lift of buy-here, pay-here dealership customers as store operators head toward the early portion of tax season. The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) indicated that consumer filings ... [Read More]

Study shows car insurance is least affordable in Louisiana

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Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018, 02:38 PM
BHPH Report Staff
The Insurance Research Council (IRC) might have uncovered another market challenge for buy-here, pay-here operators who sell vehicles in Louisiana, which already ranks near the top for deliquencies. According to a new study from the IRC, Louisiana ranks No. 1 ... [Read More]

Credit union gets federal grant to compete against BHPH dealers

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Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018, 02:40 PM
BHPH Report Staff
An announcement from the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) detailed how buy-here, pay-here dealers in two states might see more competition from a specific credit union. The organization indicated the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund orchestrated by the U.S. ... [Read More]

FDIC: Unbanked level drops to lowest point on record

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Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018, 02:38 PM
BHPH Report Staff
The volume of consumers without a bank account is now at an all-time low. For the third consecutive survey period, the number of U.S. households without a bank account fell, according to the results of the 2017 biennial National Survey ... [Read More]

PassTime revamps GPS portal with InTouch Summit

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Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018, 02:57 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Buy-here, pay-here dealers and finance companies that use GPS solutions from PassTime now have access to a new gateway to leverage the company’s platform and tools. PassTime recently launched what’s being dubbed the InTouch Summit, an all-new device management portal ... [Read More]

Holman: How to handle customers not pushing ‘industry disruption’

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Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018, 01:50 PM
Jim Holman, Strategic Automotive Consulting
For the last couple of years, the buzz word of the automobile industry has been “disruption.” Granted, our industry may not have the exclusive on disruption, but it has most definitely been disrupted. They say, that is the proverbial “they,” ... [Read More]

Car-Mart adds dealerships in Alabama and Oklahoma

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Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018, 03:54 PM
BHPH Report Staff
America’s Car-Mart expanded its buy-here, pay-here store footprint this week. The chain announced the opening of two new dealerships located in Montgomery, Ala., and Bixby, Okla. The expansion brings the company’s dealership count to 143 with four new dealership openings ... [Read More]

Details of new GPS developments from PassTime and Spireon

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Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018, 03:53 PM
BHPH Report Staff
With the National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers (NABD) hosting its Buy-Here, Pay-Here Subprime Conference with the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association this week in Las Vegas, two GPS providers rolled out enhancements to their suite of tools. Spireon introduced ... [Read More]

Bankruptcy pace slows as Q3 closes

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Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018, 03:43 PM
BHPH Report Staff
The American Bankruptcy Institute noticed that filings slowed as the third quarter closed. According to data provided by Epiq Systems, total U.S. bankruptcy filings totaled 57,569 in September, down 4 percent from last September’s figure of 60,050. Officials pointed out ... [Read More]
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