Protection of clients' rights in the financial-banking field

For centuries, various laws have been enacted to protect consumers, relying on various legal forms to achieve their goals. These laws aim to ensure fairness, safety and transparency in consumer transactions. In addition to laws specifically designed to protect consumers, many other legal provisions indirectly protect consumers. For example, laws that simplify the prosecution of fraud, protect property rights, or facilitate litigation also serve to protect the interests of consumers. Because of this overlap, the boundaries of consumer protection law are not easily defined, being distinct in different countries. This article focuses primarily on consumer protection legislation as its main objective and provides an introduction to the existing legal mechanisms to protect consumers in the financial-banking field internationally, including from the perspective of personal data protection.