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Speakers Announced for Consumer Protection Conference

Mar 11, 2019

In preparation for our upcoming conference, Consumer Protection in an Age of Uncertainty, taking place on March 21-22, 2019, the Center on Finance, Law, and Policy is delighted to announce the line-up of 26 speakers who will join us in Ann...

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Summary Paper released from Annual Financial Stability Conference with Office of Financial Research

Mar 9, 2019

The Center on Finance, Law, and Policy is pleased to announce the release of its summary paper from its fourth annual financial stability conference, co-hosted with the U.S. Office of Financial Research (OFR). This two-day interdisciplinary...

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Data Privacy & Data Portability Conference Registration Open

Feb 12, 2019

The Center on Finance, Law, and Policy is proud to co-sponsor the Data Privacy and Portability in Financial Technology Symposium. Organized by students from the Michigan Technology Law Review, this event celebrates the law review’s 25th Anniversary...

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University of Michigan Establishing new FinTech Collaboratory to Research Cryptocurrency

Feb 8, 2019

Five U-M units are working together to create a new FinTech Collaboratory at the University as the result of a new gift from Ripple's University Blockchain Research Initiative. The University of Michigan's Center on Finance, Law, and Policy acts as...

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CFLP to research opportunities for shaping central banks of the future to advance a more inclusive economy for the poor

Jan 10, 2019

The University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy has received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to identify opportunities for how a central bank of the future might build a financial system that serves the needs of...

CFLP to research opportunities for shaping central banks of the future to advance a more inclusive economy for the poor

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Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project Student Teams Present Their Work to Clients, Faculty, and Students

Dec 18, 2018

On December 18, Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project (DNEP) interdisciplinary student teams from the Ross School of Business, Law School, and Stamps School of Art and Design presented their final summaries and recommendations to their Detroit...

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Ford School's Michael Barr addresses the likelihood of housing finance reform in the wake of midterm results

Nov 30, 2018

For the first time since 2010, Congressional Democrats will head House committees and decide the agenda for the chamber. Hannah Long’s article for American Banker entitled “Will Democrats’ midterm success spur progress on GSE reform?” explores the...

Ford School's Michael Barr addresses the likelihood of housing finance reform in the wake of midterm results

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New winter course: intro to financial technology and the future of financial services

Nov 26, 2018

New CFLP Senior Research Fellow Adrienne Harris will be teaching the following class in the Winter 2019 Term at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy: PubPol 750.302 Topics: Introduction to Financial Technology and the Future of Financial...

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Wanted: student program coordinator for Free Accounting Fridays

Nov 26, 2018

The Ross Accounting Outreach program, also known as “Free Accounting Fridays,” helps students gain experience consulting with clients and solidify their accounting skills, as well as makes a greater impact on the community. This initiative was...

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Dean Barr quoted in Politico Morning Money

Nov 1, 2018

Ford School Dean Michael Barr was quoted in Politico’s Morning Money newsletter, by Ben White and Aubree Eliza Weaver on November 1, 2018, about the Federal Reserve’s proposal to ease regulations of America's largest financial firms. Dean Barr, who...

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We asked Detroit entrepreneurs: What do you hate about accounting?

Oct 12, 2018

In a partnership between the University of Michigan's Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project and Business + Impact at the Ross School of Business, accounting students provide free accounting assistance and advice every Friday at the U-M Detroit...

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FDIC chairman Jelena McWilliams to address OFR-Michigan financial stability conference

Oct 11, 2018

Washington, D.C. - FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams is among the headline speakers who will discuss financial stability risks at the fourth annual financial stability conference hosted by the U.S. Office of Financial Research and the University of...

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Dean Michael Barr sounds off: Washington politics put renters at risk

Sep 21, 2018

In a recent Market Watch article focusing on the lack of financial regulations in the housing market, Ford School Dean Michael Barr states that “Our politics in Washington right now are pushing us toward a set of steps that will make the financial...

Dean Michael Barr sounds off: Washington politics put renters at risk

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Research spotlight: testing the financial capability of small business owners

Sep 5, 2018

In addition to hosting conferences and monthly “blue bag” lunch talks, the Center conducts research on a wide variety of topics. This month’s article discusses new research that faculty director Michael S. Barr has been conducting with...

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We’re hiring again!

Aug 1, 2018

The Center on Finance, Law, and Policy is seeking 3 graduate or undergraduate students to work in an interdisciplinary team with faculty and research assistants from around the university on a complex project developing methods for understanding and...

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Michael Barr's financial regulation textbook set for publication

Jul 31, 2018

Dean Michael S. Barr's textbook, Financial Regulation: Law and Policy 2d, written with coauthors Howell Jackson and Margaret Tahyar, will be released on August 6, 2018. Just two years after the publication of the first edition of Financial...

Michael Barr's financial regulation textbook set for publication

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New Financial Regulation textbook to be released August 6

Jul 27, 2018

Faculty Director Michael S. Barr’s textbook, written in conjunction with Howell Jackson and Margaret Tahyar, will be released August 6. Financial Regulation: Law and Policy, 2d Only two years after the publication of the first edition...

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Planet Money podcast on banking "stress tests" features Michael Barr

Jul 3, 2018

Dean Michael Barr is featured on a recent episode of The Indicator, a podcast from NPR's Planet Money. The episode, titled "Dungeons & Dragons & Balance Sheets," explored the origins, results, and future of annual "stress tests" for mid-sized to...

Michael Barr addresses faltering financial protection for consumers

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Michael Barr quoted in Free Press on Bitcoin ATMs in low-income neighborhoods

Jun 29, 2018

Bitcoin ATMs in poor neighborhoods are "not a safe or sound way of providing financial services to low-income people," says Dean Michael Barr in an interview with Detroit Free Press journalist Susan Tompor. The article, titled "Bitcoin ATMs showing...

Michael Barr quoted in Free Press on Bitcoin ATMs in low-income neighborhoods

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Behavioral finance symposium summary paper now available

May 17, 2018

On September 14-15, 2017, the University of Michigan’s Center on Finance, Law, and Policy and behavioral science research and design lab ideas42 brought together influential leaders from academia, government, nonprofits and the financial sector for...

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Behavioral Finance Symposium summary paper now available

May 17, 2018

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Free Accounting Fridays for small business owners

Apr 18, 2018

As a result of the successful pilot held March-April 2018, the University of Michigan’s Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project is thrilled to announce that free accounting Fridays will continue! Business owners in Detroit take note: Does your...

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Students: sign up to help Detroit entrepreneurs this fall — and get credit

Apr 17, 2018

Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project is thrilled to announce the following opportunities for University of Michigan students to assist Detroit small businesses in the Fall 2018 semester. Law students: There is currently a waiting list for...

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Meet one of the Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project clients

Apr 4, 2018

The University of Michigan's Center on Finance, Law, and Policy thanks MCubed for producing this fantastic video featuring Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project (DNEP) client Detroit Sip. Detroit Sip is now open for business! DNEP is supported...

Student holding up a prototype of the Detroit Sip sign

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Summer research assistants wanted

Apr 4, 2018

The Center on Finance, Law, and Policy is seeking law, MPP, and MBA students as well as PhD students in economics, sociology, psychology, and business to assist with research during the Summer semester (May-August 2018). Students would work on a...

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Ross accounting students offer free office hours on Fridays, expand Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project

Mar 31, 2018

Solid financials are the backbone of any small business, but getting a business’ books in order is no small task. Since March 9, accounting students from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, working under faculty supervision, have...

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IPC hosts U.S & Chinese Scholars on China's International Development

Mar 23, 2018

On March 16, the International Policy Center hosted distinguished guests from United States and China for a research workshop entitled “China’s Impact in the International Development Arena.” The workshop series is a new initiative at the...

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The center turns five! (come eat cake with us on May 14th!)

Mar 20, 2018

In April of 2013, former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner visited the University of Michigan Law School for a roundtable conversation on how to advance academic research on the causes of financial crises, crisis prevention, and crisis response. ...

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Big data in finance conference paper makes SSRN top 10 download list

Mar 20, 2018

On March 17, 2018, the University of Michigan's Center on Finance, Law, and Policy's summary paper describing the proceedings of the 2016 Big Data in Finance Conference hit SSRN's Top 10 download list for Emerging Legal Issues! Congratulations to...

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Dean Michael S. Barr writes Congress in American Banker op-ed to discourage re-write of Dodd-Frank Act

Mar 13, 2018

In a recent op-ed published in American Banker, Ford School Dean Michael S. Barr says the U.S. Senate’s new relief bill is a giveaway for large banks and weakens consumer protections.The bill is the first re-write of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, of...

Dean Michael S. Barr writes Congress in American Banker op-ed to discourage re-write of Dodd-Frank Act