Jessica N. Garcia Keenum

About Jessica

Blending her transactional experience with her regulatory expertise, Jessica Garcia Keenum takes a pragmatic approach to guide clients through complex matters and help them meet their business objectives. Jessica is counsel with the Financial Services & Products Group and a member of Alston & Bird’s Payments & Fintech Group. She advises cryptocurrency exchanges and platforms, social media platforms, financial institutions, merchants, money services businesses, fintech companies, and other payments systems clients on a wide range of transactional and regulatory matters, including the development of new financial products and services. Jessica regularly provides guidance on regulatory issues and compliance with federal and state laws applicable to money transmission, mobile payments, person-to-person payments, cryptocurrencies, prepaid access, card surcharging, and electronic payments. She routinely advises on card network and NACHA rules compliance. As part of Jessica’s transactional practice, she counsels clients in matters related to the issuance, acceptance, and processing of payments-related products and services as well as the development of mobile wallets and applications.

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