Consumer financial services: What role for ASEAN?
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This chapter takes a regionalist perspective in exploring ways ASEAN can protect and advance consumer interests regarding consumer finance. Presently, ASEAN, as an organisation, is paying relatively little attention to the opportunities and challenges presented. The chapter explores some of the ‘traditional’ issues arising at the domestic level, including lenders: charging excessive interest rates; misleading and deceiving consumers; and harassing them or engaging in illegal activity when recovering loan repayments. Emerging issues include the rise of fintech. It offers new opportunities for financial inclusion, but also presents new challenges due to the rise of non-financial institution lenders, including those operating online platforms. Lack of proper regulation of these lenders risks regional financial instability and the exploitation of low-income consumers. Given the pace and complexity of change and the increasingly borderless nature of fintech, a regional approach could best assist with developing appropriate responses. The chapter proposes that enhanced shared knowledge and more effective networking amongst key players within ASEAN would advantage the region as a whole.
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ASEAN Consumer Law Harmonisation and Cooperation: Achievements and Challenges
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© 2019 Cambridge University Press. This material has been published in ASEAN Consumer Law Harmonisation and Cooperation Achievements and Challenges by L. Nottage, J. Malbon, J. Paterson & C. Beaton-Wells. This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution or re-use.
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Malbon, J, Consumer financial services: What role for ASEAN?, ASEAN Consumer Law Harmonisation and Cooperation: Achievements and Challenges, 2019, pp. 261-319