On Wednesday, PassTime introduced the company’s new corporate brand, logo and redesigned website. The GPS tracking solutions provider explained the rebranding effort is designed to reflect the evolution of the company as well as its direction for the future.  The ... [Read More]

GPS tracking solutions provider Skypatrol rolled out what it dubbed Remote Auto Payment for vehicle finance companies and buy-here, pay-here dealers through the Skypatrol mobile app. The company highlighted borrowers will now be able to pay on their vehicle installment ... [Read More]

With more tax refund money coming into potential buyers hands, DealerSocket unveiled a five-step customer acquisition plan for independent and buy-here, pay-here dealers on Tuesday. Backed by the company’s most recent internal data and a survey of dealerships nationwide, DealerSocket ... [Read More]

Bankruptcy filing trends to begin 2016 mimicked the ones observers noticed as last year concluded. The American Bankruptcy Institute reported that total U.S. filings decreased 11 percent year-over-year in January. According to data provided by Epiq Systems, bankruptcy filings totaled ... [Read More]

The latest update from the Internal Revenue Service should calm concerns from buy-here, pay-here dealers looking for potential buyers to have income tax refund monies available for possible down payments or for current customers to get their contract out of the ... [Read More]

Here’s some good news for buy-here, pay-here operators who have interests in Wisconsin. PassTime, Hudson Cook and Minneapolis-based law firm Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren recently met with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) to discuss how GPS and payment ... [Read More]

On Jan. 21, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a law enforcement settlement that should cause dealers to take notice. The settlement, involving Herbies Auto Sales, a single-lot BHPH dealership in Colorado, is noteworthy for its attack on pricing and ... [Read More]

Quotepro, a provider of sales and payment technology for buy-here, pay-here dealers across the country, unveiled a payment kiosk that can accept cash, check, money order, debit card and credit card transactions. The company highlighted the kiosk can be used ... [Read More]

For the second time in two months, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau took out an enforcement action in the buy-here, pay-here industry. On Thursday, the enforcement came against Herbies Auto Sales, an operator in Greeley, Colo., for what the bureau ... [Read More]

Coming on the heels of another successful educational boot camp for new and veteran operators, the National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers has become an Authorized Education Provider for DBA International, the nonprofit trade association that represents more than 575 ... [Read More]