Barrie VanBrackle

Barrie VanBrackle, Global Co-Chair of the firm’s Payments Practice, advises industry leaders on complex fintech transactions, with a particular focus on payment technology and consumer financial services compliance.

Barrie helps merchants, payment processors, and fintech vendors navigate key issues at the intersection of technology and finance, including:

• Consumer-facing financial and banking products
• Regulatory counseling and investigations, including for new U.S. market entrants
• Payment card industry regulations, including brand operating rules and data security standards
• Money transmission matters
• Prepaid card access

A recognized authority on payments and consumer financial services compliance, Barrie regularly guides clients through transactions involving payment systems participants. Her experience includes advising large merchants and financial technology companies on payment acceptance, payment issuance, co-brand agreements, payment card industry data security issues, and other regulatory matters.

Barrie also has deep experience advising corporate and private equity clients in connection with mergers and acquisitions and other fintech investments.

She has been recognized as a leading lawyer by Legal 500 US and is nationally ranked for FinTech Legal: Payments & Lending by Chambers USA.

Barrie frequently speaks at industry events and writes on evolving regulatory and compliance issues related to payments and other e-commerce matters.

She is active in the payments community and regulatory space and volunteers with the Merchant Acquirers’ Committee (MAC), a nonprofit trade association within the payment processing ecosystem. Barrie holds a leadership position within MAC’s Government Relations Strategic Insights Group.