FinTech and Consumer Finance: Agenda for 2021

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2021 will be a year of significant developments and challenges for FinTech and Consumer Finance. The Conference on Consumer Finance Law (CCFL) and the Program on Financial Regulation & Technology at George Mason University’s Scalia Law School (GMU Law) are sponsoring a Webinar that will examine emerging issues in this area.

The Webinar will be held on December 9 -10, 2020 from 12 noon EST – 4:30 p.m. EST each day. Virtual space is limited. If you would like to attend, please register below by December 4, 2020. There is no charge to register. The current agenda and speaker lineup for the Webinar can be found here.

Topics include:

• How Congress, the Administration and regulators will address the financial challenges faced by consumers, financial institutions and businesses as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
• Developments in real time payments, including the FedNow initiative, that will impact the operations of the payments system and the financial live of consumers.
• The prospects for Central Bank Digital Currency and what it may mean for consumers, banks and other financial institutions.
• The roles of federal and state financial regulators and banks and nonbank FinTech companies in a borderless digital economy.
• Valid When Made and True Lender rules and state challenges to them.
• OCC special purpose national bank charters, state FinTech charters like Kraken.
• The implications of the integration of AI, Big Data and consumer finance for banks, FinTech firms and consumers.
• The impact of the 2020 Election and changes to expect in fair lending and consumer protection initiatives.

The CCFL plans to seek CLE credit for the following states: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, and WI.

For questions, please contact CCFL Chairman John Chiles at jchiles@burr.com or GMU Law Professor Robert Ledig at rledig@gmu.edu.