Reporting consumer performance to a credit bureau certainly can boost a buy-here, pay-here dealership’s offerings to its customer base. But when the process isn’t completed properly, the mistakes can catch the attention of federal regulators, which happened to Texas-based Tricolor ... [Read More]

Operators now have a clear guide on how to avoid getting into trouble with the Federal Trade Commission. Cindy Liebes, director of the FTC’s Southeast region, shared what she deemed to be the “seven deadly advertising sins” buy-here, pay-here dealers ... [Read More]

Although total commercial Chapter 11 filings moved higher for the second month in a row, the American Bankruptcy Institute didn’t waffle from maintaining its projection of what the overall consumer and business filing total should be for the year. According ... [Read More]

The National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers is bringing together seven of the most experienced, knowledgeable legal experts who have several decades of collective experience in the auto regulatory world for the 12th annual NABD East Coast Conference. The conference ... [Read More]

With the closing weekend of August upon us, Hudson Cook senior partner and chairman Tom Hudson shared his Top 10 list of practices buy-here, pay-here dealers need to recognize so they not only avoid a bad month, but the possibility ... [Read More]

Perhaps the most recent quarterly performance by America’s Car-Mart shows that GPS technology cannot singlehandedly improve charge-offs and credit losses for buy-here, pay-here operators. During a quarter where retail sales and revenue improved, Car-Mart executives said they were “very disappointed” ... [Read More]

Transparency. Education. Information. Repeat. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, it’s pretty clear that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau expects consumers to receive these things from their financial service providers. Earlier this month, the CFPB once again demonstrated this ... [Read More]

Buy-here, pay-here dealership group J.D. Byrider announced this week it has opened its second franchise in Virginia’s capital of Richmond. This marks the sixth J.D. Byrider store in Virginia, and it is the second Virginia dealership for franchisee Craig Baker, ... [Read More]

If you’re a relatively new operator who has never participated in a 20-group style meeting or a veteran dealer who is looking for a fresh collection of professionals to gather ideas, the National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers is hosting ... [Read More]

When America's Car-Mart closed its fiscal year back at the end of April, the buy-here, pay-here dealership chain initially expected to expand its footprint in Missouri. Instead, Car-Mart broadened its presence elsewhere in the Southeast this week with its seventh ... [Read More]