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The Bank Civil Liability Regarding Consumer Loans Toward Debtor: A Study Based On Kuwaiti And French Law
UAEU Law Journal
Long ago, the French courts did not hesitate in recognizing the bank's liability toward its debtor based upon its failure to warn the debtor especially when the loan did not fit the debtor's financial ability. As a result of that judicial precedent, the French legislature, recently, adopted the bank's responsibility towards its debtor in providing the loan in the Consumer Protection Act. Therefore, when a contract is concluded between a professional and a consumer (Consumer Loan Contract), the bank is obliged to clarify all financial details to a consumer (debtor). In addition, the bank is obliged to verify the consumer's …
The (Unfilled) Fintech Potential, Aluma Zernik
The (Unfilled) Fintech Potential, Aluma Zernik
Notre Dame Journal on Emerging Technologies
Part I explores the idea that technology has the utopian potential to significantly improve the way individuals make financial decisions. Part II discusses some existing market failures, while presenting the potential of technological innovation in resolving such failures. Part III presents the realized potential of such innovative products, analyzing the design of credit card comparison websites, financial management tools, and mobile wallets. I will demonstrate the significant benefits of such products, and yet the limited realization of the potential advantages of such services. Part IV presents several explanations for why such potential is not being fully realized. These explanations may …
Conceptualizing The Regulation Of Virtual Currencies And Providers: Friction Points In State And Federal Approaches To Regulating Providers Of Payments Execution And Custody Services And Products In The United States, Sarah J. Hughes
Cleveland State Law Review
This essay evaluates the state of regulation by the United States government and State legislatures of participants in emerging virtual-currency businesses. It points to friction points as both the federal government and the States experiment with their own regulatory authority over virtual-currency businesses and provides a taxonomy of differing approaches to regulating such businesses. The essay takes the position that the States need to act in the near term if they wish to maintain their longstanding role as regulators of non-depository providers of financial products and services—or they risk being preempted by Congress or federal regulatory actions. This essay also …
Blockchain Symposium Introduction: Overview And Historical Introduction, Brian Ray
Blockchain Symposium Introduction: Overview And Historical Introduction, Brian Ray
Cleveland State Law Review
Imagine a world where human drivers can access on-demand micro-insurance contracts tailored to cover only the actual time spent driving. How about a secure, decentralized identity system that allows individuals to purchase a vehicle and obtain insurance without sharing unnecessary private information exposing it to cyber criminals? Take that a step further and consider a system of driverless cars that transact with autonomous gas stations and take payments directly from passengers. These are some of the fascinating applications that blockchain technology could enable. But these applications give rise to significant technical, social, and legal questions, all of which we explored …
Fintech's Double Edges, Christopher G. Bradley
Fintech's Double Edges, Christopher G. Bradley
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
The pace of change in financial technologies has quickened due to the rapid advances in technology from the late 1990s through today, exemplified by the advance of handheld devices and applications and the pervasiveness of the Internet in every facet of commerce. New financial technologies--commonly identified by the portmanteau "FinTech" or "fmtech"--have already reshaped many commercial practices that affect businesses and consumers, and they are likely to change many more.
The increasing availability and sophistication of FinTech offers both promises and perils. Artificial intelligence-driven algorithms purport to improve access to credit on "objective" criteria but may sometimes reinforce longstanding discriminatory …
The Unfinished Business Of Dodd-Frank: Reforming The Mortgage Contract, Christopher K. Odinet
The Unfinished Business Of Dodd-Frank: Reforming The Mortgage Contract, Christopher K. Odinet
Faculty Scholarship
The standard residential mortgage contract is due for a reappraisal. The goals of Dodd-Frank and the CFPB are geared toward creating better stability in the residential mortgage market, in part, by mandating more robust underwriting. This is achieved chiefly through the ability-to-repay rules and the “qualified mortgage” safe harbor, which call for very conservative underwriting criteria to be applied to new mortgage loans. And lenders are whole-heartedly embracing these criteria in their loan originations — in the fourth quarter of 2015 over 98% of all new residential loans were qualified mortgages, thus resulting in a new wave of credit-worthy homeowners …
Buying Time In Spain: The Spanish Law Of Installment Sales, John M. Steadman
Buying Time In Spain: The Spanish Law Of Installment Sales, John M. Steadman
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Classification Of Clients Of Financial Firms: From Comparative Law Perspective, Christopher Chao-Hung Chen
Classification Of Clients Of Financial Firms: From Comparative Law Perspective, Christopher Chao-Hung Chen
Christopher Chao-hung Chen
The purpose of this article is to examine current regulations under Taiwan law with regard to classification of clients of financial firms in Taiwan from the perspective of comparative law. After comparing with relevant laws in the EU, UK, USA, Hong Kong, and Singapore, this article argues that there are certain points worth further consideration and revision under Taiwan law: first, the level of current regulation in Taiwan and its scope are rather limited compared with foreign laws; secondly, it is necessary to introduce other standards than mere ‘total assets’ in order to determine a ‘large’ enterprise; and thirdly, current …
Do We Have A Debt Collection Crisis? Some Cautionary Tales Of Debt Collection In Indiana, Judith Fox
Do We Have A Debt Collection Crisis? Some Cautionary Tales Of Debt Collection In Indiana, Judith Fox
Journal Articles
The Federal Trade Commission, in 2009, raised issues about debt collection practices and called on jurisdictions to investigate local practices that may be abusive to consumers. This article is the beginning of a larger study of debt collection practices in Indiana. It examines debt collection cases filed in Indiana courts in a three month period of 2009 and 2011 While most research on this issues has been in small claims court systems, this article suggests that the same, if not greater, consumer abuses exist in other courts. The research shows a pattern of large, national debt collection firms moving away …
A Tale Of Two Debtors: Bankruptcy Disparities By Race, Rory Van Loo
A Tale Of Two Debtors: Bankruptcy Disparities By Race, Rory Van Loo
Faculty Scholarship
This article offers the first quantitative evidence on race and bankruptcy. Minority debtors fare worse overall in bankruptcy — blacks are 40% and Hispanics 43% less likely than whites to receive a discharge in Chapter 13 after controlling for variables such as education, income, and employment. While the data do not allow for causal inference, Chapter 13 trustees were twice as likely to have made a motion to dismiss even against black debtors who ultimately completed their multi-year bankruptcy plans than against similar white debtors. The paper also indicates that a lack of attorney representation by minority debtors may make …
The Antitrust Aspects Of Bank Mergers - Panel Discussion Ii: Consumer Issues, Carl Felsenfeld, Duncan Macdonald, Jeffrey Shinder, Robert Manning
The Antitrust Aspects Of Bank Mergers - Panel Discussion Ii: Consumer Issues, Carl Felsenfeld, Duncan Macdonald, Jeffrey Shinder, Robert Manning
Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law
No abstract provided.
Protecting The New Face Of Entrepreneurship: Online Appropriate Dispute Resolution And International Consumer-To-Consumer Online Transactions, Ivonnely Colón-Fung
Protecting The New Face Of Entrepreneurship: Online Appropriate Dispute Resolution And International Consumer-To-Consumer Online Transactions, Ivonnely Colón-Fung
Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law
No abstract provided.
Financial Account Aggregation: The Liability Perspective, Ann S. Spiotto
Financial Account Aggregation: The Liability Perspective, Ann S. Spiotto
Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law
No abstract provided.
Leach Keynote Address, James A. Leach
Leach Keynote Address, James A. Leach
Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law
No abstract provided.
The Policy Aspect, Consumer Data Privacy, Clyde Mitchell, Carl Howard, Oliver I. Ireland, Joel R. Reidenberg, Jay N. Soloway
The Policy Aspect, Consumer Data Privacy, Clyde Mitchell, Carl Howard, Oliver I. Ireland, Joel R. Reidenberg, Jay N. Soloway
Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law
No abstract provided.
Comment On Means Testing Consumer Bankruptcy By Jean Braucher, Eric Posner
Comment On Means Testing Consumer Bankruptcy By Jean Braucher, Eric Posner
Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law
No abstract provided.
But Can She Keep The Car? Some Thoughts On Collateral Retention In Consumer Chapter 7 Cases, Marianne B. Culhane, Michaela M. White
But Can She Keep The Car? Some Thoughts On Collateral Retention In Consumer Chapter 7 Cases, Marianne B. Culhane, Michaela M. White
Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law
No abstract provided.
Mandatory Bankruptcy Counseling: The Canadian Experience, Lain Ramsay
Mandatory Bankruptcy Counseling: The Canadian Experience, Lain Ramsay
Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law
No abstract provided.
The Soft-Landing Fallacy And Consumer Debtors, Barry E. Adler
The Soft-Landing Fallacy And Consumer Debtors, Barry E. Adler
Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law
No abstract provided.
Usury--Attorneys' Fees--Bank's Collection Of In-House Legal Department Costs On Default Judgments Constitutes Usury And Illegal Fee-Splitting, William Kirschner
Usury--Attorneys' Fees--Bank's Collection Of In-House Legal Department Costs On Default Judgments Constitutes Usury And Illegal Fee-Splitting, William Kirschner
Fordham Urban Law Journal
At the request of the Attorney General, the Administrative Judge of the Civil Court of New York brought an action against Chemical Bank to recover all attorneys' fees collected by the bank in obtaining numerous default judgments during 1973 and 1974. These judgments resulted from unpaid consumer loans and were based on certain notes signed by each borrower. The consumer notes included provisions for the recovery of attorneys' fees even though the defaults were not prosecuted by an independent law firm but by the bank's salaried in-house counsel. The plaintiff in Thompson v. Chemical Bank argued that Chemical Bank, by …