Discrimination, Vulnerable Consumers and Financial Inclusion

Fair Access to Financial Services and the Law

Cătălin Gabriel Stănescu editor Asress Adimi Gikay editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:9th Jan '23

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This book addresses the questions of discrimination, vulnerable consumers, and financial inclusion in the light of the emerging legal, socioeconomic, and technological challenges. New technologies – such as artificial intelligence-driven consumer credit risk assessment and Fintech platforms, the changing nature of vulnerability due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the sophistication of digital technologies, which help circumvent legal barriers and protections – necessitate the continuous study of the existing legal frameworks and measures that are capable of tackling these challenges.

Organized in two major parts, the first addresses, from multiple national angles, the idea of a human rights approach to consumer law, in order to replace the mantra of economic efficiency that characterizes financial services with those of human dignity and freedom from discrimination and from debt-induced servitude. The second tackles the challenges posed by increased usage of technology in connection with financial services, which tends to solve, but also creates, additional issues for consumers in general, and for vulnerable groups in particular.

ISBN: 9780367673680

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 439g

292 pages