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Deeper dive into rising LTVs with TransUnion’s Satyan Merchant
One of the notable findings from TransUnion’s Q2 2026 Credit Industry Insights Report (CIIR) was how much loan-to-value ratios have changed in the past five years. Satyan Merchant, one of this year’s Automotive Intelligence Award recipients and senior vice president ... Listen Here
PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor on intersection of payments & technology
PayNearMe recently shared new search, explaining that hidden costs sustained by auto lenders can show up as failed payments, borrower support calls, late payments, collections follow-up, reconciliation work and manual recovery effort. PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor elaborated about ... Listen Here
Matt Babcock of Wolters Kluwer on how digital transformation continues to gain steam in auto financing
Matt Babcock, who heads up digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, returned for another visit on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Wolter Kluwer recently released its latest quarterly Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index. Babcock recapped the sustained upward trajectory the ... Listen Here

FDIC: Unbanked level drops to lowest point on record

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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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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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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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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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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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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]

PayNearMe expands capabilities to include debit, credit and ACH payments

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BHPH Report Staff
Buy-here, pay-here dealers and other finance companies that leverage PayNearMe now have a wider net to capture customer payments. PayNearMe, a service of Handle Financial, on Thursday announced the release of a complete mobile-first payment platform, enabling merchants to accept ... [Read More]

NIADA returns to Capitol Hill for National Policy Conference

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BHPH Report Staff
Independent dealers are making sure their collective voices are heard by federal lawmakers this week. The National Independent Automobile Dealers Association’s annual National Policy Conference and Day on Capitol Hill opens on Monday in Washington D.C., as independent dealers arrived ... [Read More]

DealerSocket launches new version of dealership website software

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Auto Remarketing Staff
DealerSocket said Monday it is rolling out a new version of its DealerFire website solution, which will initially be launched with independent and buy-here, pay-here dealers. Engine 6, as the new version is called, aims to provide simpler design and ... [Read More]

TransUnion becomes newest NIADA National Corporate Partner

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BHPH Report Staff
The impact of TransUnion’s acquisition of FactorTrust last November is still creating developments nearly a year later. On Monday, TransUnion joined with the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association as its latest Bronze-level National Corporate Partner, expanding its commitment to provide ... [Read More]

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