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Congratulations, Checkout.com!
Congratulations to Checkout.com, whose Merchant Acquirer Limited Purpose Bank (MALPB) Charter was just approved by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance!
Michele Alt
1 day ago2 min read


Congratulations Michele!
Congratulations to Michele Alt on being selected by NYC Fintech Women as an Inspiring Fintech Female
Konrad Alt
Dec 15, 20251 min read


Congratulations, Grasshopper Bank!
Congratulations to the Grasshopper Bank team on the definitive merger agreement with Enova International
Kevin Stein
Dec 11, 20251 min read


Welcome, Seth Ross
The bench strength we’ve built with our outstanding senior advisor team is a key competitive differentiator for Klaros. Today, I’m pleased to welcome Seth Ross to that team. Many of us at Klaros know him already. We’re excited to formalize his relationship with Klaros and make our clients aware of his role. Seth has deep expertise in Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS), earned wage access, and international money-movement, and a proven track record of driving growth in embedded finan
Konrad Alt
Dec 3, 20251 min read


A little short of GENIUS: did Congress adequately protect stablecoin holders from issuer insolvency?
by Michele Alt, Roman Goldstein, and Patrick Haggerty To protect stablecoin holders from issuer insolvency, GENIUS: Requires an issuer to hold full and segregated reserves against all its outstanding stablecoins; Provides holders of stablecoins issued by a nonbank issue r a superpriority claim in bankruptcy on those reserves and the issuer’s other assets; and Prescribes a non-bankruptcy resolution process for any insolvent bank issuer . Congress, however, overlooked a few imp
Michele Alt
Dec 1, 20256 min read


Welcome, Lindsey Trussell
We’re excited to welcome Lindsey Trussell to the Klaros team. Lindsey is a seasoned banking regulator with over a decade of experience. She began her OCC career as a safety and soundness examiner, overseeing institutions with assets ranging from $100 million to $400 billion, and most recently served as the Analyst to the Deputy Comptroller for Asset Management and Market Risk Policy, where she led the development and coordination of supervisory policy related to asset managem
Konrad Alt
Dec 1, 20251 min read
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