ANN ARBOR—The U.S. Senate has confirmed Michael S. Barr, dean of the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, as vice chair for supervision and governor of the Federal Reserve Board. Barr was nominated for the role by...
Financial expert and Ford School Professor of Practice Adrienne Harris has been nominated to serve as the Superintendent of the Department of Financial Services by New York Governor Kathy Hochul.
In her new role, Harris will oversee the activities...
In Banking on a Revolution: Why Financial Technology Won't Save a Broken System, U-M Professor Terri Friedline calls attention to systemic issues in society and the economy. Rather than separately dissecting issues, Professor Friedline groups these...
Who owns a customer's financial data? How can improvements to payment systems improve the lives of all American families? Ford School of Public Policy Dean Michael S. Barr and co-authors Abigail DeHart (Michigan Law '18) and Andrew Kang (Michigan...
Women's World Banking President & CEO Mary Ellen Iskenderian and Financial Health Network President & CEO Jennifer Tescher will deliver keynote addresses at the upcoming the Central Bank of the Future conference. The two-day conference will take...
Professor Terri Friedline's book, Banking on a Revolution, makes a compelling case for a revolutionized financial system that centers the needs, experiences, and perspectives of those it has historically excluded, marginalized, and exploited.