Thursday, April 11, 2019 - 10:01am

BHPH Report Staff

One of the largest networks of buy-here, pay-here dealerships is leveraging a Cox Automotive division in an effort to showcase inventory more effectively online. This week, J.D. Byrider announced it has partnered with HomeNet Automotive to bring SnapLot 360 technology to its store operators, delivering a more... Read More

Tuesday, April 9, 2019 - 10:45am

BHPH Report Staff

The American Bankruptcy Institute reported that the first quarter closed with a decline in bankruptcy filings. According to data provided by Epiq Systems, total bankruptcy filings in March decreased 3% year-over-year. The 73,476 total filings in March were down from the 76,060 total filings during the same month in... Read More

Tuesday, April 2, 2019 - 10:48am

BHPH Report Staff

More tools to help members of the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association arrived last week. Auction123, powered by ARI Network Services and a provider of responsive website software, inventory management and automated inventory listings solutions, joined with the association as NIADA’s latest National... Read More

Thursday, March 28, 2019 - 11:08am

BHPH Report Staff

In an effort to touch on an array of topics within the used-vehicle industry, Nick recently connected with AGORA founder and chief executive officer Steve Burke for a podcast about how the market for bulk portfolio purchases is behaving. With significant experience in the space, Burke discussed how technology is... Read More

Tuesday, March 26, 2019 - 10:55am

BHPH Report Staff

For the second time this month, PassTime finalized another relationship to help buy-here, pay-here dealerships and finance companies that participate in the subprime space. After solidifying a relationship with AFS Dealers, the automotive GPS solutions provider recently announced it has completed an integration with... Read More

Tuesday, March 19, 2019 - 11:21am

BHPH Report Staff

As commercial filings spiked, the American Bankruptcy Institute reported that consumer filings softened in February. According to data provided by Epiq Systems, total bankruptcy filings decreased 1 percent to 56,118 in February from the 56,732 cases filed in February of last year. Consumer filings dropped 2 percent... Read More

Thursday, March 14, 2019 - 11:30am

Scott Lilja and Jennifer Reid, NIADA and Equifax

Independent auto dealers weren’t sold on the economy at large heading into 2019. But they were mildly optimistic about the outlook for their businesses, according to the results of NIADA’s latest Business Confidence Survey. While dealers expecting the overall economy to improve dropped 5 percentage points... Read More

Thursday, March 14, 2019 - 11:04am

BHPH Report Staff

Collections and repossessions might be a little easier now for buy-here, pay-here and lease-here, pay-here operators who use PassTime and AFS Dealers. The companies announced this week they have completed a software integration and strategic partnership. Executives highlighted that AFS Dealers’ dealership... Read More