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Regulatory Counsel, High-Risk

Finix · San Francisco · Remote

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About Finix

Finix is a payments technology provider enabling businesses to accept and send payments online or in person. Backed by Insight and Lightspeed.

About the role

Finix is hiring a Regulatory Counsel to serve as the legal and regulatory partner to our Product and Sales teams as we build and launch payment products in new and emerging markets. This role will report to our Head of Legal and will work side by side with Product, Sales, Partnerships, and Compliance to get new products, features, and customer segments to market quickly and with a growth mindset, while always staying within applicable law, card network rules, and sponsor bank requirements. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Juris Doctor (or equivalent) and active bar admission in good standing in at least one U.S. state
  • 5+ years of legal experience with a substantial regulatory focus, gained at a law firm, in-house, or in government, in payments, fintech, banking, gaming, or a similarly regulated industry
  • Demonstrated ability to analyze complex, multi-jurisdictional regulatory frameworks and apply them to real products, customers, and business models
  • Experience advising product, sales, or business development teams directly, ideally on new product launches or new market entry
  • Working knowledge of U.S. payments and financial services regulation, such as money transmission licensing, FinCEN and BSA/AML requirements, consumer protection, and privacy
More about this role

About Finix

Finix is building the global operating system for fintech, starting with payments. From startups to publicly traded companies, Finix processes tens of billions of dollars annually both in-store and online. Finix was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco.

To date Finix has raised over $200M, including a $75M Series C led by Acrew Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners and backed by American Express Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Homebrew, Inspired Capital, Visa, and others

Finix is hiring a Regulatory Counsel to serve as the legal and regulatory partner to our Product and Sales teams as we build and launch payment products in new and emerging markets. This role will report to our Head of Legal and will work side by side with Product, Sales, Partnerships, and Compliance to get new products, features, and customer segments to market quickly and with a growth mindset, while always staying within applicable law, card network rules, and sponsor bank requirements.

A key early focus will be gaming and gambling, including iGaming, sports wagering, sweepstakes, and prediction markets, where the regulatory landscape is moving fast and our customers need a...

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