THE NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF CONSUMER PROTECTION IN SUPPORTING THE STABILITY OF THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM Cover Image

ISTOTA ORAZ ZNACZENIE OCHRONY KONSUMENTA WE WSPIERANIU STABILNOŚCI SYSTEMU FINANSOWEGO
THE NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF CONSUMER PROTECTION IN SUPPORTING THE STABILITY OF THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM

Author(s): Marta Paduszyńska
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Financial Markets
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: consumer protection; institutions of consumer protection;financial system stability;

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the presented study is the increasing role of consumer protection on the financial services market. The article presents the idea of protection and its impact on the stability of the system as well as the policy and institutions of protection in the financial market. Special attention has been devoted to action Office for Consumer Protection and Competition on practices that violate the collective interests of consumers. The main aim of this article is to show the role and importance of consumer protection in the financial services market as a tool for building confidence and supporting the stability of the financial system. Realization of this will be used literature and data compiled by the institutions involved in the discussed issue. The hypothesis in the paper assumes that the protection policy and the growing activity of institutions operating in this area affect the position and consumer safety, contributing to the stability of the whole system

  • Issue Year: 2/2017
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 21-34
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish