Consumer Finance Monitor
Hosted by Alan Kaplinsky · Ballard Spahr LLP
4.9from 57 ratings
- 360
- Episodes
- 151
- Transcribed
- 57
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About Consumer Finance Monitor
The Consumer Financial Services industry is changing quickly. This weekly podcast from national law firm Ballard Spahr focuses on the consumer finance issues that matter most, from new product development and emerging technologies to regulatory compliance and enforcement and the ramifications of private litigation. Our legal team—recognized as one of the industry's finest— will help you make sense of breaking developments, avoid risk, and make the most of opportunity.
- Publisher
- Ballard Spahr LLP
- Category
- government · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 2 Jan 2020
- Latest episode
- 8 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
151 of 360 episodes have a transcript.
8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
What Are Class Action Waivers Worth? A New Study Looks to the Stock Market for Answers
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24 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
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What Are Class Action Waivers Worth? A New Study Looks to the Stock Market for Answers
Published 8 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Since none of the class actions actually went to trial, that means about 87% of the putative class members received no benefits at all from the class actions that CFPB studied. 60% of the class actions either settled individually with the named plaintiff or were dropped by the named plaintiffs, and the litigation didn't proceed, leaving the putative class members to fend for themselves. The benefits received by putative class members in the 12.3% of the class actions that settled were minuscule, an average of $32 per class member. And for that paltry sum, the settlement class members had to wait two or more years. […]
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- James Fallows Tierney
- Mohsen Manesh
- John McNamara
- Mark Bartholomew
- Jason Brown
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 47 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 10 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 67 / 100
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- Quality
- 99
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 90
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Who hosts Consumer Finance Monitor?
Alan Kaplinsky host the show. Published by Ballard Spahr LLP.
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