Motor industry
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Dealer Floor Plan Financing Explained
How dealer floor plan financing works, step by step: advances, interest, curtailments, payoffs and audits, with a worked example, real dealer-group costs…
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From Professional Poker to £2.9M Automotive Fraud
George Janssen understood calculated risks better than most. As a professional poker player, he knew when to bluff, when to fold, and…
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Selling Out of Trust: How Fraud Continued Despite Court Orders
New to the term? Start with our plain-English guide: What is selling out of trust? Timothy Bunn’s case presents the most troubling…
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The £2.2M Shell Game: When Trust Becomes a Weapon
How Mitchell Simpson exploited cross-lender blind spots for seven years—and why traditional funding processes failed to detect the scheme For seven years,…
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The Power of Hindsight: Lessons from the 2008 Financial Crisis and How to Improve Funder-Dealer Communication
For those in the automotive funding industry, the lessons from the 2008 financial crisis serve as a reminder of the importance of…
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What’s a Vehicle Identification Number? How to Decode the World Manufacturer Identifier
Quick answer A vehicle identification number (VIN) is the 17-character code that identifies one vehicle and no other. It has three parts:…
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What Can Be Done by Automotive Retailers to Reduce Carbon Emissions?
The automotive industry has been a central focus of the debate around reducing greenhouse gases as the growing pressure to act on…
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Growth Through Digitisation of the Auto Finance Sector
Consumers, newly comfortable with the notion of researching and making significant purchase decisions online, have been at the forefront of driving digitisation…
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Creating Your Stock Audit Plan: What to Check Before You Start
Losses on a floorplan book build up between stock audits. A good audit plan shortens that gap, so you see a dealer…
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5 Simple Ways to Improve Dealership Finances
Dealership finances can be complex and there is a lot to manage. In uncertain times, this is even more important and it’s…