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Harris confirmed as NY Superintendent of Financial Services

Jan 25, 2022

The New York State Senate recently approved Adrienne Harris, professor of practice at the Ford School, as Superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS). “I thank Governor Hochul for my nomination. I thank the New York...

Harris confirmed as NY Superintendent of Financial Services

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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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Detroit Area Study on Financial Services: What? Why? How?

July 21, 2015

Michael S. Barr

The following article is based on a talk give by Assistant Professor of Law Michael S. Barr to the University of Texas Law School-Harvard Law School Joint Conference on Commercial Law Realities in Austin, Texas, in April. Barr was selected by the...