Banking on the Cloud

21 Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law 381 (2020)

Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2020-52

21 Pages Posted: 6 Aug 2020

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Colleen Baker

University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business

David Fratto

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Lee Reiners

Duke Financial Economics Center; Duke University School of Law

Date Written: July 9, 2020

Abstract

Cloud computing is fast becoming a ubiquitous part of today’s economy for both businesses and individuals. Banks and financial institutions are no exception. While it has many benefits, cloud computing also has costs and introduces risks. Significant cloud providers are single points of failure and, as such, are an important new source of systemic risk in financial markets. Given this reality, this article argues that such institutions should be considered critical infrastructures and designated as systemically important financial market utilities under Dodd-Frank’s Title VIII.

Keywords: cloud computing, banking, Dodd-Frank Title VIII, systemically important financial market utilities

JEL Classification: K12, K20, K22, K23

Suggested Citation

Baker, Colleen M. and Fratto, David and Reiners, Lee, Banking on the Cloud (July 9, 2020). 21 Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law 381 (2020), Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2020-52, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3647392

Colleen M. Baker (Contact Author)

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David Fratto

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Lee Reiners

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