USA Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Donald J. Mosher, Kara A. Kuchar, Melissa G.R. Goldstein, Jessica Romano and Adam J. Barazani Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP leads the fintech space, offering unmatched expertise that ex - tends across various facets of the legal land - scape, including investment fund work, pay - ments and lending, regulatory and compliance. It advises top fintech companies and innovative startups, making it the go-to firm for financial and strategic buyers in the payments sector. The team’s experience in licensing, compli - ance, and regulatory enforcement, particularly in AML and OFAC matters, is unmatched in the industry. In cryptocurrency, Schulte works with retail and wholesale providers of cryptocurren -
cy products and services, including merchant payment processing, digital wallets, cryptocur - rency exchangers, market-makers and liquidity providers, on state money transmitter and fed - eral money services business licensing and reg - istration matters. Schulte is a trusted advisor to start-up unicorns, guiding them through setting up payment operations and securing necessary licences. With a deep-rooted understanding of the industry, the firm provides strategic counsel that helps clients innovate, expand, and comply with evolving regulatory frameworks.
Authors
Donald J. Mosher is Head of Schulte Roth & Zabel’s Bank Regulatory Group and Co-Head of the Blockchain Technology &
Kara A. Kuchar advises at Schulte Roth & Zabel on the regulation of financial services providers, including money services businesses, payment processors, stablecoin issuers,
Digital Assets Group. He focuses on the regulation, acquisition and sale of payments companies and money transmitters, licensing and registration of traditional and nontraditional money services businesses (including online transmitters, global B2B providers and cryptocurrency exchanges), and the laws and practices applicable to mobile, digital, virtual, electronic, paper- and card-based payment products and systems. Don has represented leading banks, payments companies, card associations, money transmitters and private equity firms in transactional and regulatory matters associated with payments, prepaid cards, digital currencies, and money transmission.
cryptocurrency exchanges and fintech companies specialising in payments, and in transactional, regulatory and enforcement matters. She represents and supports leading fintech companies and private equity firms in transactional, regulatory, and enforcement matters associated with payments products and services, including e-commerce marketplaces, money transmitters, cross- border B2B payment solution providers, rewards companies, prepaid card managers, payment processors, payroll processors, digital wallet providers, cryptocurrency exchanges and emerging payments companies. Kara advises on buy-now-pay-later offerings,
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