Rick Fischer is co-chair of the financial services practice group at Morrison & Foerster LLP. Mr Fischer’s practice focuses on retail financial services, privacy and data security. His practice also has a special emphasis on e-commerce, technology and financial services joint ventures, as well as compliance and enforcement matters involving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission. Mr Fischer has worked closely with clients on every major legislative and regulatory initiative affecting financial services and payment systems since the mid 1970s.
The Consumer Finance Law Review - 4th Edition
Pages: 196
ISBN: 978-1-83862-441-5
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Consumer choice for financial products and services is proliferating across global markets. The ability to reach consumers at any time on their mobile phones, tablets or other devices has helped attract substantial capital investment in consumer financial services. This survey of consumer finance law describes the legal and regulatory approaches taken in the jurisdictions covered. Each chapter addresses the key characteristics of, and current climate within, a particular jurisdiction. Although payments, lending and deposits are the focus of this survey, other financial products and services are discussed where relevant.
In this book:
Overview:
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Editors' Preface
- Richard Fischer, Obrea Poindexter and Jeremy Mandell, Morrison & Foerster
Countries
- Australia
- Austria
- Brazil
- Chile
- Hungary
- Mexico
- Portugal
- Spain
- Thailand
- United Kingdom
- United States
Richard Fischer, Morrison & Foerster
Obrea Poindexter, Morrison & Foerster
Obrea Poindexter is co-chair of the financial services practice group at Morrison & Foerster LLP, heads the firm’s mobile payments group and is co-chair of the fintech group. Ms Poindexter’s practice focuses on financial services regulation, including financial privacy issues relating to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and the Fair Credit Reporting Act; consumer lending issues under the CARD Act, the Truth in Lending Act and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act; debit cards, prepaid cards, electronic banking and payment system issues under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (Regulation E) and the E-SIGN Act. She also advises clients extensively on issues related to emerging payments systems such as mobile payment systems and person-to-person payments.
Jeremy Mandell, Morrison & Foerster
Jeremy Mandell is a senior associate in the financial services practice group at Morrison & Foerster LLP. Mr Mandell’s practice focuses on consumer financial services regulation, with particular attention to payments and emerging payments issues. Mr Mandell has extensive experience working on matters related to retail and interbank payment system issues.
