Jeremy Mandell is the co-chair of our Financial Services Group. His practice focuses on financial services regulation, with particular attention to payment and emerging payment issues.

Jeremy advises bank, non-bank, and fintech clients on financial services regulatory issues, including issues arising under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, the Truth in Lending Act, and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. He has particular experience working on issues related to interbank and emerging payments systems, including blockchain-based payment solutions and stablecoin platforms. He has counseled clients with award-winning apps and innovative products and services on complex issues, bringing a practical, broad-market perspective to product development, ongoing compliance needs, and regulatory engagement.

He also has extensive experience working with banks and non-banks on strategic partnerships. As partnerships between banks and fintechs become more prevalent, Jeremy draws on this experience to advise clients on the financial services regulatory and commercial issues that arise in the context of these partnerships.

Jeremy is co-editor of The Consumer Finance Law Review, surveying the legal and regulatory approaches to consumer finance law in jurisdictions around the world. In 2025, Jeremy was elected to the American College of Consumer Financial Services as a new Fellow for his numerous published and teaching contributions to the space.

Before joining Morrison Foerster, he served as a senior financial services analyst at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in the Division of Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems, where he focused on policy issues related to large-value payments systems. Jeremy leverages this experience to advise clients on various legal and regulatory issues.

Jeremy earned his J.D. from The George Washington University Law School in 2010. He earned his M.A. in applied economics from Johns Hopkins University in 2004 and his B.A in economics and international relations from Lehigh University in 2001.