2025-2026 WCL Catalog 
    
    Aug 29, 2025  
2025-2026 WCL Catalog

LAW - 709B Consumer Financial Services Law


(2 hrs.)

Acquaints students with laws and regulations governing consumer financial services, agencies that regulate these activities, and how these laws are enacted, interpreted, and enforced. Consumer finance, including mortgages, credit cards and auto loans, is a multi-trillion dollar industry central to the American economy. We will explore Fintech, RegTech and Supervisory Tech developments as well as the increasing role that AI, including GenAI, are playing in shaping how consumer financial services are offered, purchased, and regulated.