Traditional and Evolving Functions of the Financial System: Payments as a Utility | Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Traditional and Evolving Functions of the Financial System: Payments as a Utility

November 17, 2020 0:59:18

Should financial institutions be treated like utilities? Ford School of Public Policy Dean Michael Barr takes on real-time payments as a financial inclusion issue, with the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Musa Jimoh, Tilman Ehrbeck of Flourish Ventures, and The Access Group’s Andrea Dunlop. Learn more at: http://financelawpolicy.umich.edu/central-bank-future-conference-2020

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Michael S. Barr

Frank Murphy Collegiate Professor of Public Policy; Roy F. and Jean Humphrey Proffitt Professor of Law
Barr is a governor and vice chair for supervision of the Federal Reserve Board, currently on leave from the University of Michigan. At U-M, Barr conducted research and wrote about a wide range of issues in domestic and international financial regulation, with a particular emphasis on financial services for low-income communities. He served in President Barack H. Obama's Administration as the U.S. Department of the Treasury's assistant secretary for financial institutions, and was a key architect of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010.