The Consumer Lending Protection. How to Prevent the Predatory Lending and “Debt Slavery” on the Small-Dollar Lending Market

The purpose of the article/hypothesis. The present contribution is focused on the lending market, its credit products, and actors, with particular regard to the non-bank small-dollar lenders and the underserved borrowers. The purpose is to analyze some of the specific small-dollar loans and related...

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Main Author: Zofia M. Mazur
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Lodz University Press 2022-12-01
Series:Finanse i Prawo Finansowe
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Online Access:https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/fipf/article/view/15678
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description The purpose of the article/hypothesis. The present contribution is focused on the lending market, its credit products, and actors, with particular regard to the non-bank small-dollar lenders and the underserved borrowers. The purpose is to analyze some of the specific small-dollar loans and related legislative initiatives from the American and European financial markets which may constitute remedies to the problem of predatory lending. Methodology. The analysis was based on the legal and administrative acts and documents as well as on the doctrine related to the topic examined. Results of the research. The study revealed that the misleading, abusive conducts and numerous sales strategies of professionals operating on the banking market may regard almost any individual. These unethical practices have intensified during the pandemic, becoming particularly dangerous.
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spelling doaj.art-3cb8152fcbd64bcca7a99920b60324412023-01-04T13:30:30ZdeuLodz University PressFinanse i Prawo Finansowe2391-64782353-56012022-12-01436719110.18778/2391-6478.4.36.0515441The Consumer Lending Protection. How to Prevent the Predatory Lending and “Debt Slavery” on the Small-Dollar Lending MarketZofia M. Mazur0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0493-1545Law and Protection, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”The purpose of the article/hypothesis. The present contribution is focused on the lending market, its credit products, and actors, with particular regard to the non-bank small-dollar lenders and the underserved borrowers. The purpose is to analyze some of the specific small-dollar loans and related legislative initiatives from the American and European financial markets which may constitute remedies to the problem of predatory lending. Methodology. The analysis was based on the legal and administrative acts and documents as well as on the doctrine related to the topic examined. Results of the research. The study revealed that the misleading, abusive conducts and numerous sales strategies of professionals operating on the banking market may regard almost any individual. These unethical practices have intensified during the pandemic, becoming particularly dangerous.https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/fipf/article/view/15678financial consumer protectionsmall-dollar lendingpredatory lendingunbanked householdscovid-19
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The Consumer Lending Protection. How to Prevent the Predatory Lending and “Debt Slavery” on the Small-Dollar Lending Market
Finanse i Prawo Finansowe
financial consumer protection
small-dollar lending
predatory lending
unbanked households
covid-19
title The Consumer Lending Protection. How to Prevent the Predatory Lending and “Debt Slavery” on the Small-Dollar Lending Market
title_full The Consumer Lending Protection. How to Prevent the Predatory Lending and “Debt Slavery” on the Small-Dollar Lending Market
title_fullStr The Consumer Lending Protection. How to Prevent the Predatory Lending and “Debt Slavery” on the Small-Dollar Lending Market
title_full_unstemmed The Consumer Lending Protection. How to Prevent the Predatory Lending and “Debt Slavery” on the Small-Dollar Lending Market
title_short The Consumer Lending Protection. How to Prevent the Predatory Lending and “Debt Slavery” on the Small-Dollar Lending Market
title_sort consumer lending protection how to prevent the predatory lending and debt slavery on the small dollar lending market
topic financial consumer protection
small-dollar lending
predatory lending
unbanked households
covid-19
url https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/fipf/article/view/15678
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