CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR / HABITS (1/7)

When it comes to consumers seeking loans or credit facilities, we rely a lot on consumers to make use of opportunities to improve financial literacy, to shop around and read disclosure documents, all of which are considered as being essential requirements for consumer...

SHARING A PERSPECTIVE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION & FINTECH PART 4/4

The following represents the personal opinion of James Callon, an experienced, now retired regulator with over 40 years of Canadian and international regulatory experience. FinTech – Possible Considerations: Government and regulators must not be swayed by the...

SHARING A PERSPECTIVE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION & FINTECH PART 3/4

The following represents the personal opinion of James Callon, an experienced, now retired regulator with over 40 years of Canadian and international regulatory experience. Lessons learned: One key lesson learned from the 2007 / 2008 financial crisis is that it was a...

SHARING A PERSPECTIVE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION & FINTECH PART 2/4

The following represents the personal opinion of James Callon, an experienced, now retired regulator with over 40 years of Canadian and international regulatory experience. RISKS & CONSUMER PROTECTION My comments are not intended to object to the adoption of...

SHARING A PERSPECTIVE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION & FINTECH PART 1/4

The following represents the personal opinion of James Callon, an experienced, now retired regulator with over 40 years of Canadian and international regulatory experience. SHARING A PERSPECTIVE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION ON FINTECH: The following is a 4-part Blog posting...