Response to the Nair Committee Report on Priority Sector Lending
The Committee to Re-examine the Existing Classification and Suggest Revised Guidelines with regard to Priority Sector Lending Classification and related Issues chaired by Shri .M.V.Nair (the Nair Committee) recently submitted its recommendations.
Evolution of Consumer Protection Laws in India – Part 2
In our series of posts on Consumer Protection, this post represents the second part in a two part series that charts out the historical evolution of the various sources of consumers’ rights in India today.
Evolution of Consumer Protection Laws in India – Part 1
Continuing our series of posts on Consumer Protection, this post represents the first part in a two part series that charts out the historical evolution of the various sources of consumers’ rights in India today.
Regulating consumer credit intermediation
This post is a continuation of our Consumer Protection blog series. The next two posts would look at the Evolution of Consumer Protection Laws in India.
Client Empowerment through Creating a Full Financial Picture
This post first appeared as part of CGAP’s series on “Financial Capability and Bridging the Gap”.
FAIS Act and the Ombudsman System in South Africa
Continuing our series of posts on Consumer Protection, this post studies an important South African legislation aimed at consumer protection and also looks at the overall landscape for consumer recourse in the South African Financial Services sector.
Approaches to Financial Regulation and the case of South Africa
Continuing our series of posts on Consumer Protection, this post looks at the approaches to financial regulation and supervision and studies the financial regulatory structure of South Africa.
Suitability and Disclosure: The case of Australia
Subsequent to our earlier post in the Consumer Protection series, this post covers conduct and disclosure obligations of Australian Financial Services (AFS) License holders for provision of advice to retail clients.
Strong consumer protection regulation in financial services need of the hour
Every day, billions of low-income households all over the world are saving, borrowing and insuring in myriad ways, formal and informal.
Australia’s Regulatory Principles and the Licensing of providers
Continuing on our series on ‘Consumer Protection’, we will take a look at how consumer protection has found its place within the regulatory architecture of select countries, namely Australia and South Africa.