OUR TEAM

Jonah Crane focuses on fintech, BaaS and embedded finance, digital assets, strategy and M&A, and policy & regulation.

 

Jonah helps clients develop business strategies, partnerships, and governance frameworks that will achieve their strategic goals and meet evolving regulatory expectations. Jonah serves a wide range of clients, including community and regional banks, fintech and embedded finance providers, and digital asset-related businesses. His client engagements include licensing, mergers and acquisitions, bank-fintech partnerships, and regulatory engagement. Jonah is a member of the CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee as well as the Advisory Board of the Digital Dollar Project. He has also helped financial regulators around the world develop policy frameworks to facilitate innovation and financial inclusion. Jonah served as a Senior Advisor and Deputy Assistant Secretary in the U.S. Treasury Department from 2013-2017. Prior to that, Jonah was an advisor to U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer on financial regulatory policy, including the Dodd-Frank Act and the JOBS Act. Jonah was previously a mergers and acquisitions lawyer at Milbank LLP in New York City.

 

Jonah received a BA in Politics from New York University and a JD from NYU School of Law, where he was an editor of the Journal of Legislation and Public Policy.

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