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This course explains why Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act as a response to the global financial crisis of 2008. It summarizes the debate over financial institutions that are “too big to fail” and how the federal government plans to monitor and regulate these institutions to avoid financial failures and their broader impacts on the U.S. financial system. The program also addresses increased capital requirements for banks and bank holding companies, changes designed to strengthen the FDIC, the regulations of derivatives and swaps, changes for the investment industry, changes in consumer protection and mortgages, and other provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act.IMPORTANT: This course, previously titled "Dodd-Frank Act – Overview of the Law" has been republished in our current course platform. Please be aware that the content is the same, with only minor updates. If you have already received credit for this course, you cannot receive credit again.