Auto industry attorney Steve Levine, owner and chief legal and compliance officer of Ignite Consulting Partners, is not a scary guy. But he told a chilling tale in his session at the 2024 BHPH United Summit in Las Vegas, frightening the dealers in attendance with the gory details of the Federal Trade Commission's proposed CARS Rule. The rule, currently on hold pending a court challenge, would require drastic changes in many areas of dealership operations.

During the Summit, Levine joined Auto Remarketing associate editor Andrew Friedlander to discuss those changes, other potential compliance issues and the upcoming Compliance Unleashed conference.

Steve Levine tells chilling tale of the FTC CARS Rule

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Talking about blockchain gets Brad Smith excited about its significant potential in automotive and elsewhere in financial services. The vice president of product management at Experian explained his reasons during this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast recorded at this year’s Auto Intel Summit+National Remarketing Conference in Cary, N.C.

Experian’s Brad Smith on blockchain’s robust potential in automotive & beyond

PayNearMe executive vice president and chief marketing officer Anne Hay went through some of the highlights of the latest company study on repayments and consumer preferences for online and other alternative methods. During this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Hay also addressed a question she said she gets regularly about whether traditional cash payments will ever go away.

PayNearMe on evolving consumer preferences when making payments

Allied Solutions sales specialist John Elias spent time during this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast explaining one of the most complex parts of auto finance. When a triggering event occurs, dealerships, finance companies and product providers all must navigate through a potential maze of processes to get consumers their refunds. Elias takes listeners through potential pitfalls and offers an array of recommendations to potentially avoid compliance problems.

SPONSORSED PODCAST: Fine-tuning protection product refunds with Allied Solutions

In this episode Ray Scarpelli, of Ray Chevrolet and Ray Chrysler Dodge Jeep and Ram in Fox Lake, Ill., shares how his family got into the car business. 

He’s a third-generation dealer — his father and grandfather are still involved in the stores.

He talks about his career in the car business and how he uses his trophy-winning fantasy football chops to appear on podcasts to promote the family business and to share his insights on fantasy players for the Bears.

Ray is prime example of what the Auto Remarketing's Dealers Under 40 program, presented by ATN, is all about!

Steve Levine tells chilling tale of the FTC CARS Rule

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