Olha Cherednychenko speaker at the public hearing European Parliament on financial consumer protection
On Thursday 18 March 2021, Olha Cherednychenko, Professor of European Private Law and Comparative Law at the University of Groningen and the GCEFSL Director, spoke at the public hearing of the European Parliament Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO). The hearing was devoted to consumer protection in the context of the digitalisation of retail financial services and the Covid-19 pandemic. Olha Cherednychenko proposed major revisions to the 2008 EU Consumer Credit Directive which is currently being reviewed by the European Commission. More information about the hearing, including the video, can be found at the IMCO website: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/consumer-protection-in-the-context-of-di/product-details/20210315CHE08501
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