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Apple Pay, Bitcoin, And Consumers: The Abcs Of Future Public Payments Law, Mark Edwin Burge
Apple Pay, Bitcoin, And Consumers: The Abcs Of Future Public Payments Law, Mark Edwin Burge
Mark Edwin Burge
As technology rolls out ongoing and competing streams of payments innovation, exemplified by Apple Pay (mobile payments) and Bitcoin (cryptocurrency), the law governing these payments appears hopelessly behind the curve. The patchwork of state, federal, and private legal rules seems more worthy of condemnation than emulation. This Article argues, however, that the legal and market developments of the last several decades in payment systems provide compelling evidence of the most realistic and socially beneficial future for payments law. The paradigm of a comprehensive public law regulatory scheme for payment systems, exemplified by Articles 3 and 4 of the Uniform Commercial …
Cancelled Credit Cards: Substantial Risk Of Future Injury As A Basis For Standing In Data Breach Cases, Jennifer Wilt
Cancelled Credit Cards: Substantial Risk Of Future Injury As A Basis For Standing In Data Breach Cases, Jennifer Wilt
SMU Law Review
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The Financial Counseling Industry: Past, Present, And Policy Recommendations, David A. Lander
The Financial Counseling Industry: Past, Present, And Policy Recommendations, David A. Lander
All Faculty Scholarship
Financial counseling plays an important role for low- and moderate-income Americans and deserves more attention from leaders in the field. As financial counseling has evolved, the providers have been challenged to find a model that is both borrower centered and sustainable. This article provides a diagnosis of the failures and challenges in the financial counseling field, as well as a discussion of steps through which the providers could optimally serve families in need. These steps include (a) enhanced funding of the industry as a result of a recognition by financial stakeholders that it would be beneficial for them if the …