Jasmine A. Banks

Jasmine Banks counsels fintechs, financial institutions, and nonbank financial services companies on compliance with federal and state regulatory matters. She advises clients, including emerging companies, on various issues related to payment processing, money transmission, and federal and state consumer lending laws related to offering and operating financial products. 

Jasmine regularly assists clients with navigating state lending and payments regulatory and licensing regimes, including the application process and ongoing compliance obligations. Jasmine also has experience advising global financial institutions and multinational companies with respect to issues arising under U.S. anti-money laundering and economic sanctions laws. Her experience includes representing clients on domestic and cross-border compliance and enforcement matters, including regulatory examinations, transactional due diligence, voluntary disclosures, and the resolution of federal and state enforcement proceedings. In addition, Jasmine works with clients to design and implement strong compliance programs to address requirements imposed by US anti-money laundering laws and economic sanctions regulations. 

Jasmine spends substantial time on her pro bono work, which includes representing clients on immigration and asylum cases, counseling nonprofit organizations on sanctions issues, advising on nonbank organizational restructuring, and participating as a captain for the Election Protection hotline.  

Jasmine was a judicial research assistant for the Honorable Dale B. Durrer of the 16th Judicial District in Culpeper, Virginia. While at Georgetown University Law Center, Jasmine served as an executive editor for the Georgetown Journal of Law & Modern Critical Race Perspectives.