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What might be next for Amazon Autos
Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, 03:52 PM
Cherokee Media Group’s Bill Zadeits hosted a fireside chat with Fan Jin, global leader of Amazon Autos, during Used Car Week 2025. Their wide-ranging conversation about the past, present and future of the online platform and its involvement with automakers ... Listen Here
Auto-finance leaders on growth, risk & recovery
Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, 03:07 PM
It’s a question any business must answer, but it’s especially important in auto finance. How do you balance growth and risk? A trio of industry executives — Mike Goins of TD Bank, Jeff Marsh of Millennium Capital and Recovery and ... Listen Here
Expectations for repossessions in the US & Canada with Purr’s Chris Schellenberger
Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, 07:48 PM
Purr founder and CEO Chris Schellenberger opened Used Car Week 2025 on the Live Stage presented by SYCN Auto Logistics. Schellenberger, whose unique business model offers a retail consignment platform for repossessed vehicles, discussed what the repo industry could be ... Listen Here

February bankruptcy filings off by 10% year-over-year

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Monday, Mar. 6, 2017, 09:20 PM
BHPH Report Staff
After climbing for two consecutive months, the American Bankruptcy Institute noticed filing volume tapered off in February as total U.S. bankruptcy filings decreased 10 percent year-over-year. According to data provided by Epiq Systems, bankruptcy filings totaled 58,336 in February, down ... [Read More]

When bad news is good for buy-here, pay-here

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Monday, Mar. 6, 2017, 08:41 PM
Ken Shilson, NABD & Subprime Analytics
Recent press about subprime auto loan performance has highlighted concerns about this market segment. Some has said, “The Federal Reserve recently expressed concern that delinquencies among auto borrowers with weak credit has been rising.” A recent article in USA Today ... [Read More]

Va. dealership caught retailing salvage vehicles with tampered odometers

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Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, 03:40 PM
BHPH Report Staff
A Georgia man running a Virginia dealership retailing repaired salvage units pleaded guilty to operating an odometer fraud scheme involving more than 100 vehicles, according to an announcement from the Department of Justice.  Officials said last week that Paul Robinson, ... [Read More]

Interstate Title Solutions partners with NIADA

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Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, 04:52 PM
BHPH Report Staff
This week, Interstate Title Solutions (ITS) joined with the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association as its newest National Member Benefit partner, offering NIADA members discounted access to its out-of-state tax, title and registration tool. DMV Nationwide, a web-based tool paired ... [Read More]

Webb sees BHPH dealers ‘in better position’

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Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, 08:37 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Cox Automotive chief economist Tom Webb acknowledged the past few years probably constituted the most difficult span ever encountered by buy-here, pay-here dealers. Finance companies specializing in the subprime space took on contracts deeper down the credit spectrum, leaving operators ... [Read More]

5th J.D. Byrider store in Missouri opens

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Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, 09:12 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Buy-here, pay-here franchise chain J.D. Byrider recently opened its fifth location in Missouri; the second one in the Show-Me State to join the network so far this year. The new location is in Rolla at 2603 N. Bishop Ave. This ... [Read More]

Bankruptcies rise in consecutive months for first time in 7 years

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Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, 03:07 PM
BHPH Report Staff
It appears the chances a potential customer coming to your buy-here, pay-here dealership having recently filed for bankruptcy are on the rise. The American Bankruptcy Institute reported total U.S. filings increased 5 percent year-over-year in January, creating a trend not ... [Read More]

REPAY acquires Sigma Payment Solutions

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Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, 03:22 PM
BHPH Report Staff
In a move executives say will benefit buy-here, pay-here dealerships and other participants in the auto finance space, Realtime Electronic Payments (REPAY), a full-service provider of advanced payment technology products and electronic transaction processing services for the consumer lending industry, ... [Read More]

4 questions with Susan Perlmutter of Sigma Payment Solutions

Best of BHPH for web
Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, 04:42 PM
BHPH Report Staff
In the latest installment of the annual Best of BHPH issue of BHPH Report, we go behind the scenes with some of the leading companies in the used-car space and their top executives with a few Q&A features. Next up ... [Read More]

4 questions with DealerSocket’s Peter Ord

Best of BHPH for web
Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, 04:39 PM
BHPH Report Staff
In the latest installment of the annual Best of BHPH issue of BHPH Report, we go behind the scenes with some of the leading companies in the used-car space and their top executives with a few Q&A features. Next up ... [Read More]
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