Finance & Insurance

The discussions come after a growing list of major corporations such as Ford said they would temporarily suspend donations to lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.

Paglia, who died Dec. 21 of complications from COVID-19, was a longtime advocate of presenting finance-and-insurance products online.

Both companies were recently acquired by Dealer Tire, a Cleveland-based outfit that supplies millions of tires each year to more than 8,000 new-car dealers' service departments.

Santander Consumer USA, a division of Spanish bank Banco Santander SA, settled with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over allegations that the bank sent inconsistent information about consumer auto loans to credit reporting agencies between January 2016 and August 2019.

According to some of the nation's largest F&I providers and administrators, 2020 is a year unlikely to be forgotten, one which spurred change throughout the finance process.

Coronavirus dominated the news cycle this year, roiling the U.S. auto industry.