Barry Hester, Author at Of Interest

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Barry Hester

Barry leverages his prior experience as in-house counsel for a leading financial institution to provide clients with strategic advice, compliance insights, and practical guidance in addressing their financial services transactional and regulatory matters.

Financial Services / White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Advisory | Financial Institutions Permitted to Use Third Parties to Collect Customers’ Taxpayer Identification Numbers for Identity Verification

July 25, 2025

Executive Summary 9 Minute Read Our Financial Services and White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Teams examine the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s new customer identification program

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Financial Services Advisory: Regulators Focus on Bank-Fintech Arrangements

October 4, 2024

Executive Summary 10 Minute Read Through joint guidance and an information request, federal bank regulators underscored banks’ compliance responsibilities in their banking-as-a-service (BaaS) relationships with third

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