Practices violating the collective interests of consumers on the financial services market with particular focus to the banking services market, on the example of the most recent decisions of the President of UOKiK (Office for Competition and Consumer Protection)

Authors

Edyta Rutkowska-Tomaszewska, Dr hab. nauk prawnych, Katedra Prawa Finansowego, Wydział Prawa, Administracji i Ekonomii Uniwersytetu WrocławskiegoFollow

Keywords

financial services, banking services, consumer regulations, consumer credit, practices violating the collective interests of consumers, unlawful contractual clauses, informational duties, dishonest market practices, dishonest advertisement

Abstract

The paper analyses decisions on infringements of collective consumer interests issued by the President of UOKiK between 2013-2014 towards entities engaged in the provision of financial services, including banking services. Considered in particular are lenders providing consumer loans, also those that are not subject to the supervision of the Financial Supervision Authority Commission. It is the purpose of this paper to show the irregularities in the provision of consumer loans that emerged from the analysis of the decisions of the President of UOKiK, and which have been qualified as practices infringing collective consumer interests

Recommended Citation

Rutkowska-Tomaszewska, E. (2014). Practices violating the collective interests of consumers on the financial services market with particular focus to the banking services market, on the example of the most recent decisions of the President of UOKiK (Office for Competition and Consumer Protection). internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation), 3(5), 65-92. Retrieved from https://press.wz.uw.edu.pl/ikar/vol3/iss5/4

First Page

65

Last Page

92

Page Count

27

Publisher

University of Warsaw