Event Details

When:

Time: 9 am–5 pm

Location: University of Saskatchewan College of Law, 15 Campus Drive, Saskatoon SK

About the conference:

Consumer credit markets have long created challenges for lawyers and policymakers. Regulators have tried several tools, including disclosure and price caps, aimed at striking an appropriate balance between providing broad access to consumer credit and making it affordable and safe.

The current affordability crisis raises concerns about Canadians’ use of debt to finance everyday expenses, making these challenges as pressing as ever.

This one-day symposium will examine issues raised by consumer debt, both old and new. Questions presenters and participants will grapple with might include:

  • Why and how are consumers using debt?
  • How can regulators and community organizations help consumers navigate the current credit marketplace?
  • What are the existing gaps in financial consumer protection? Do these gaps have a disproportionate impact on low- and moderate-income consumers?
  • How have recent regulatory changes affected the consumer credit marketplace?
  • How are emerging credit products, such as ‘buy now, pay later’ apps, changing consumer spending and borrowing behaviour and how should the law respond?
  • How could the marketplace for consumer credit better meet the needs and circumstances of low- and moderate-income consumers?
  • What opportunities and challenges are being created by fintechs, open banking, and AI?

 

Keynote: Usury Law and Economic Populism

Speaker: Christopher L. Peterson, John J. Flynn Endowed Professor of Law, University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law 

 

Registration: 

 Registration will open April 13 on Eventbrite. Check back here for the link. 

Contact

Katie Richard, USask Law Alumni Relations and Events Coordinator