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Arvest Bank sees early successes with FICO Auto Score 10
Arvest Bank — a regional, full-service lender with more than 200 locations throughout Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri — recently upgraded to FICO Auto Score 10 in a move to give the institution a more precise view of borrower risk ... Read More
dealership employee COMMENTARY: The secret to accelerating funding in indirect auto lending
In the early 2000s, I sat at a dealership finance desk with a calculator, a stack of pay stubs, and a phone that wouldn’t stop ringing. I gathered stips by hand, calculated income line by line, and verified insurance, hoping ... Read More
Mercedes-Benz USA approves NETSOL as a digital retail provider for its dealerships
NETSOL Technologies recently highlighted Mercedes-Benz USA has approved NETSOL as a digital retail provider for Mercedes-Benz dealerships. This move opens the brand’s dealer network to Transcend Retail, NETSOL’s digital retail platform. The platform gives buyers a single, continuous purchase experience, ... Read More
Used Car Week Hall of Fame: Bob McConkey of McConkey Auction Group
Next up on our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees is a conversation with Bob McConkey, president and CEO of the McConkey Auction Group. McConkey, along with MAG chief operating officer David Pendergraft and DAA ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: What independent dealers need to be successful with Chris Vangellow of Frazer
In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Chris Vangellow, who is the Director of Product Management at Frazer, described what’s changed most about running an independent dealership over the past few years, especially from a technology perspective. ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Fame: Grace Huang of Cox Automotive
We begin our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees with Grace Huang, president of Cox Automotive Inventory Solutions, who joins Cherokee Media Group’s Joe Overby for a conversation about her career journey, the value of ... Listen Here

4 questions with Ace Christian of Arizona IADA

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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]

Rhoads relocates & rebrands BHPH consulting operation

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BHPH Report Staff
Jim Rhoads not only relocated to a new state; he also is rebranding his buy-here, pay-here consulting operation. Late last year, Rhoads moved from Sherman, Texas to Sandy, Utah. Operating since 2005 as Four R Consulting, Rhoads announced that his ... [Read More]

Annual bankruptcy filings dip for 7th straight year

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BHPH Report Staff
A potential source of buy-here, pay-here customers — the annual figure of consumers filing for bankruptcy — dropped for the seventh year in a row. But that well of vehicle buyers who potentially have little choice but to use a ... [Read More]

NIADA Foundation gives $25K to start endowment at UT Arlington

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BHPH Report Staff
The NIADA Foundation, which for years has invested in education through its scholarship program, is taking that investment to another level, according to an announcement from the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association. Officials said on Thursday that the foundation’s board ... [Read More]

Braeger Financial Group unveils dealer note program with 4 different maturities

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BHPH Report Staff
Three years after leaving the investment banking world to form Braeger Financial Group with the objective of bringing individual accredited investors directly into auto finance, David Braeger recently rolled out his latest financing products to help buy-here, pay-here and independent ... [Read More]

Opportunity knocks for BHPH in 2017

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Ken Shilson, NABD
As the year closes, it is time to look forward and plan for next year. Recent performance data for the subprime auto finance market indicates that better days are ahead for independent buy-here, pay-here operators who can capitalize on the ... [Read More]

Dealer Profit Pros hosting free webinar looking ahead to 2017

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BHPH Report Staff
BHPH Report and NCM Associates are set to join a free webinar hosted by Dealer Profit Pros that’s meant to give buy-here, pay-here dealers constructive information to form strategy for 2017 and beyond. The session is scheduled for 1 p.m. ... [Read More]

Bankruptcies on pace for 2nd lowest total since 2005

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BHPH Report Staff
The American Bankruptcy Institute reported that total bankruptcy filings in November decreased by double digits year-over-year, reinforcing an anticipation of the second-lowest annual figure in 11 years. According to data provided by Epiq Systems, the total bankruptcy filings of 59,300 ... [Read More]

J.D. Byrider hands out 20 dealer awards

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BHPH Report Staff
Buy-here, pay-here dealership chain J.D. Byrider recognized winners of the company’s annual awards at its November convention in Scottsdale, Ariz. The Franchise of the Year winners were chosen in three categories: Single (one location), Mid (two to three locations) and ... [Read More]

5 ways to see if your BHPH portfolio is maximizing returns

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Ken Shilson, Subprime Analytics
As another year closes, buy-here, pay-here operators must focus on how to make next year better. The answers can’t be found in their year-end financial statements or even by reviewing unit sales numbers. This article will discuss what every operator ... [Read More]

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