Brenda Barrett
Husch Blackwell
Partner
Brenda represents clients in the credit union industry, overseeing corporate transactions and providing general corporate counsel, and she co-leads HB’s Credit Union practice. Brenda brings 20 years of experience with credit unions and routinely represents these organizations in transactions and regulatory matters. She works especially often with her credit union and CUSO clients on strategic mergers with other credit unions, and she performs contract review, advises on corporate governance questions, and represents the credit union before both state and federal regulators. Brenda’s detail-oriented and goal-driven nature make her ideally suited to corporate and transactional work: she loves helping clients get to yes and helping both sides achieve a common goal. Brenda also served in the highly-respected position of Chair of the Credit Union Committee of the American Bar Association for three years.
Payment and Deposit Fraud: Compliance Challenges, Controls, and Practical Responses for Credit Unions
Regulatory Updates: NCUA/CFPB and Beyond
Husch Blackwell
Partner
Brenda represents clients in the credit union industry, overseeing corporate transactions and providing general corporate counsel, and she co-leads HB’s Credit Union practice. Brenda brings 20 years of experience with credit unions and routinely represents these organizations in transactions and regulatory matters. She works especially often with her credit union and CUSO clients on strategic mergers with other credit unions, and she performs contract review, advises on corporate governance questions, and represents the credit union before both state and federal regulators. Brenda’s detail-oriented and goal-driven nature make her ideally suited to corporate and transactional work: she loves helping clients get to yes and helping both sides achieve a common goal. Brenda also served in the highly-respected position of Chair of the Credit Union Committee of the American Bar Association for three years.
Payment and Deposit Fraud: Compliance Challenges, Controls, and Practical Responses for Credit Unions
Regulatory Updates: NCUA/CFPB and Beyond
Nathan Behncke
Cornerstone League
Associate Regulatory Compliance Counsel
Nate Behncke is associate regulatory compliance counsel for the Cornerstone League. He has worked for Cornerstone for more than 13 years and, in his current role, answers compliance inquiries, assists with legislative and regulatory analysis, provides training, and speaks on a variety of credit union-related topics.
Before joining Cornerstone, Behncke worked in various finance-related roles in the Mercedes and Chrysler family of companies, including collections, and even tried his hand at self-help repossession. He also had a minor role as “husband” on an episode of House Hunters.
Behncke lives in Austin with his wife, Erin, two daughters, Alaina and May, and three otherwise unremarkable cats. He is a graduate of the University of Kansas School of Law, with a focus on bankruptcy and business law.
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Cornerstone League
Associate Regulatory Compliance Counsel
Nate Behncke is associate regulatory compliance counsel for the Cornerstone League. He has worked for Cornerstone for more than 13 years and, in his current role, answers compliance inquiries, assists with legislative and regulatory analysis, provides training, and speaks on a variety of credit union-related topics.
Before joining Cornerstone, Behncke worked in various finance-related roles in the Mercedes and Chrysler family of companies, including collections, and even tried his hand at self-help repossession. He also had a minor role as “husband” on an episode of House Hunters.
Behncke lives in Austin with his wife, Erin, two daughters, Alaina and May, and three otherwise unremarkable cats. He is a graduate of the University of Kansas School of Law, with a focus on bankruptcy and business law.
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Alex McFall
Husch Blackwell LLP
Senior Counsel
Alex has built a reputation for delivering comprehensive and sophisticated representation to a diverse range of clients, including banks, credit unions, fintechs, mortgage companies, and commercial and consumer finance companies. With a multifaceted skill set encompassing regulatory compliance, licensing, and litigation, Alex consistently achieves exceptional outcomes in high-stakes disputes and provides strategic counsel on intricate regulatory matters.
Alex is a trusted advisor to financial services clients operating in a heavily regulated landscape. She possesses a deep understanding of the industry’s complexities, allowing her to guide clients through various challenges, particularly in areas such as new product launches, money transmission, commercial finance, unsecured consumer lending, retail installment sales, and comprehensive regulatory compliance and licensing issues.
What distinguishes Alex is her unique perspective, forged by her experience in both regulatory compliance/licensing and litigation. This dual proficiency enables her to provide clients with holistic and forward-thinking strategies, anticipating potential challenges and proactively mitigating them before they escalate into costly legal disputes. Alex’s ability to think creatively and offer innovative solutions is highly regarded by clients who value her sophisticated approach to problem-solving.
Payment and Deposit Fraud: Compliance Challenges, Controls, and Practical Responses for Credit Unions
Regulatory Updates: NCUA/CFPB and Beyond
Husch Blackwell LLP
Senior Counsel
Alex has built a reputation for delivering comprehensive and sophisticated representation to a diverse range of clients, including banks, credit unions, fintechs, mortgage companies, and commercial and consumer finance companies. With a multifaceted skill set encompassing regulatory compliance, licensing, and litigation, Alex consistently achieves exceptional outcomes in high-stakes disputes and provides strategic counsel on intricate regulatory matters.
Alex is a trusted advisor to financial services clients operating in a heavily regulated landscape. She possesses a deep understanding of the industry’s complexities, allowing her to guide clients through various challenges, particularly in areas such as new product launches, money transmission, commercial finance, unsecured consumer lending, retail installment sales, and comprehensive regulatory compliance and licensing issues.
What distinguishes Alex is her unique perspective, forged by her experience in both regulatory compliance/licensing and litigation. This dual proficiency enables her to provide clients with holistic and forward-thinking strategies, anticipating potential challenges and proactively mitigating them before they escalate into costly legal disputes. Alex’s ability to think creatively and offer innovative solutions is highly regarded by clients who value her sophisticated approach to problem-solving.
Payment and Deposit Fraud: Compliance Challenges, Controls, and Practical Responses for Credit Unions
Regulatory Updates: NCUA/CFPB and Beyond
Jeremy Moorehouse
WilmerHale
Jeremy Moorehouse focuses his practice on complex matters in the digital assets, FinTech, and financial services sectors. He advises clients on novel market structure, trading, payment, digital asset, lending, and banking issues in strategic advisory, product, crisis counseling, enforcement, and policy matters.
Moorehouse has extensive, hands-on experience representing digital assets companies and other innovators in both routine and bet-the-company matters. This includes advising SEC and CFTC registrants such as broker-dealers, alternative trading systems, investment advisers, national securities exchanges, futures commission merchants, designated contracts markets and derivatives clearing organizations, among others, on the full range of registration, operational, market structure and enforcement matters. He also routinely counsels digital assets and emerging technology companies on the regulatory implications and risks associated with planning, launching and scaling their businesses in the United States and abroad. Moorehouse is actively involved in policy matters, including advocating for centralized and decentralized digital assets companies in discussions with state and federal agencies and lawmakers.
Crytpo and Credit Unions: Opportunities, Risks, and Regulatory Considerations
WilmerHale
Jeremy Moorehouse focuses his practice on complex matters in the digital assets, FinTech, and financial services sectors. He advises clients on novel market structure, trading, payment, digital asset, lending, and banking issues in strategic advisory, product, crisis counseling, enforcement, and policy matters.
Moorehouse has extensive, hands-on experience representing digital assets companies and other innovators in both routine and bet-the-company matters. This includes advising SEC and CFTC registrants such as broker-dealers, alternative trading systems, investment advisers, national securities exchanges, futures commission merchants, designated contracts markets and derivatives clearing organizations, among others, on the full range of registration, operational, market structure and enforcement matters. He also routinely counsels digital assets and emerging technology companies on the regulatory implications and risks associated with planning, launching and scaling their businesses in the United States and abroad. Moorehouse is actively involved in policy matters, including advocating for centralized and decentralized digital assets companies in discussions with state and federal agencies and lawmakers.
Crytpo and Credit Unions: Opportunities, Risks, and Regulatory Considerations
Ken Otsuka
TruStage
With 35 years TruStageTM experience within risk management specializing in risks associated with payments, deposits, funds transfer/ACH, and fraud, Ken is a commonly featured author for our RISK Alerts and a speaker throughout the U.S. He was previously an insurance auditor.
Ken resides in Illinois and holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Northern Illinois University. He is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
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TruStage
With 35 years TruStageTM experience within risk management specializing in risks associated with payments, deposits, funds transfer/ACH, and fraud, Ken is a commonly featured author for our RISK Alerts and a speaker throughout the U.S. He was previously an insurance auditor.
Ken resides in Illinois and holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Northern Illinois University. He is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
Fraud & Scams That Should Be on Your Radar
Suzanne Yashewski
Cornerstone League
Regulatory Compliance Counsel
Suzanne Yashewski serves as regulatory compliance counsel for the Cornerstone League. On staff as legal counsel since 2001, she advocates for credit unions at the state, regional, and national levels in both regulatory and legislative arenas. She also leads the League’s efforts to operate Information Central, a division that provides a compliance hotline and resources to help credit unions address compliance and operational questions.
Yashewski is a graduate of Purdue University and Indiana University Maurer School of Law and is licensed to practice law in Texas. She is a noted expert in credit union and banking law, with a background in employment law. In 2017, Yashewski was recognized as a “Rock Star” by Credit Union Magazine.
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Cornerstone League
Regulatory Compliance Counsel
Suzanne Yashewski serves as regulatory compliance counsel for the Cornerstone League. On staff as legal counsel since 2001, she advocates for credit unions at the state, regional, and national levels in both regulatory and legislative arenas. She also leads the League’s efforts to operate Information Central, a division that provides a compliance hotline and resources to help credit unions address compliance and operational questions.
Yashewski is a graduate of Purdue University and Indiana University Maurer School of Law and is licensed to practice law in Texas. She is a noted expert in credit union and banking law, with a background in employment law. In 2017, Yashewski was recognized as a “Rock Star” by Credit Union Magazine.
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