heads a law firm advising on legal aspects of payments businesses, Adam Atlas Attorneys at Law, that he founded in 2003. Atlas advises principally on matters of crypto, AI, AR, metaverse, electronic transactions and merchant transaction acquiring law, for US businesses for which he advises on approximately $100,000,000 in annual residual income per year. Atlas acts for over 400 US payments companies. In addition to advising on credit card acquiring relationships, he also assists in structuring and drafting commercial agreements for e-wallets, mobile-payments platforms, MSB licensing, AML policies, non-bank international payment networks, gift card, stored value, credit card issuing, e-commerce, ATM and RFID solutions. Atlas provides regulatory advice on issues relating to payments including KYC best practices, AML policies, MSB licensing. Most of Atlas’ clients are electronic transaction businesses located in the United States, including payment processors, banks and independent sales organizations. Atlas also advises on anti-trust and competition law matters in payments and electronic transactions markets. Atlas holds a Bachelor of Civil Law, Bachelor of Common Law and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, with Honors, all from McGill University. He also studied law at the National University of Singapore. He has been a member of the Bar of the Province of Quebec (Canada) and the Bar of the State of New York (USA) since 1998. Atlas is a member of the American Bar Association (ABA), the ABA Section of Science and Technology, the ABA E-Privacy Law Committee, the New York Bar Association and various community philanthropic organizations. He is the Legal Colunnist of The Green Sheet, the leading U.S. electronic transactions periodical, and Payments Business, the leading Canadian payments periodical. He also publishes a blog on MSB licensing. More information is available at www.adamatlas.com or by e-mailing [email protected].
