Aaron Kouhoupt has over 20 years of experience in legal and compliance roles, advising banks, FinTechs, and financial institutions across various sectors. His work focuses on helping clients address legal requirements while balancing business objectives. He assists with building compliance programs, launching foreign companies into U.S. markets, and guiding marketplace lenders, payment processors, and money transmitters with regulatory matters. Aaron frequently advises on issues such as consumer loan documentation, underwriting, advertising, and compliance frameworks like the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), and the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Aaron has held leadership positions, including serving as Head of Legal for a digital payments company and in-house counsel for peer-to-peer lending organizations. He has worked extensively with regulatory regimes for emerging financial products and supports European companies expanding into U.S. consumer finance markets.
