1. James Nguyen is an associate in the Financial Services Group of the Washington, D.C. office of
Morrison & Foerster. Mr. Nguyen’s practice focuses on financial services regulation.
Prior to joining Morrison & Foerster, Mr. Nguyen worked as a law clerk in the Legal Division at the
Federal Reserve Board. He also previously worked in the Card and Payments Markets group of
the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, joining the agency as a member of the Treasury’s
CFPB Implementation Team.
Mr. Nguyen received his B.A. from California State University, San Marcos, graduating as the
university’s top graduate, his M.P.P. from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and his J.D.
from UC Berkeley School of Law. During law school, he volunteered at the East Bay Community
Law Center’s consumer law clinic and served as Senior Editor for the Berkeley Business Law
Journal.
Primary Practices
Financial Institutions + Financial Services
Banking + Financial Services
Mobile Payments
Education
California State University, San Marcos (B.A., 2005)
Harvard University (M.P.P., 2010)
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (J.D., 2013)
Bar Admissions
California
District of Columbia
Publications
“Firsts” for the World of Virtual Currencies | 05/27/2015 | Client Alert
CFPB Finalizes Rule Suspending Quarterly Submission of Credit Card Agreements | 04/20/2015
| Client Alert
CFPB Announces Final Policy Statement to Share Consumer Complaint Narratives, and Issues
an RFI Seeking Comment on a Proposed Consumer Compliments Database | 04/03/2015 |
Client Alert
Supreme Court to Determine Whether ECOA Allows Spousal Guarantors to Challenge Liability |
03/27/2015 | Client Alert
The CFPB & UDAAP: A ‘Know It When You See It’ Standard? 2014 Year-End Update | BNA’s
Banking Report | 03/10/2015 | Article
CFPB Announces Field Hearing on Arbitration | 02/25/2015 | Client Alert
State Virtual Currency Regulatory Developments | 02/10/2015 | Client Alert
The CFPB & UDAAP: A “Know It When You See It” Standard? | 2014 Year-End Update |
01/21/2015 | Client Alert
Attorney Bio.
James C.H.
Nguyen
ASSOCIATE
2000 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW
SUITE 6000
WASHINGTON
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 20006-
1888
(202) 778-1656
JAMESNGUYEN@MOFO.COM
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2. FinCEN Issues Statement Encouraging Banks to Evaluate Money Services Businesses on a
Case-by-Case Basis | 11/12/2014 | Client Alert
FinCEN Rulings Designate Certain Virtual Currency Businesses as Money Transmitters |
10/29/2014 | Client Alert
CFPB Issues Warning to Credit Card Issuers: Promotional APR Offers May Be Deceptive and/or
Abusive | 09/04/2014 | Client Alert
Market Solutions, Vol. 23, No. 3 | Financial Markets Association | September 2014 | Article
New York DFS Proposes Sweeping Virtual Currency Licensing Scheme | 07/18/2014 | Client Alert
The CFPB & UDAAP: A “Know It When You See It” Standard? | BNA’s Banking Report | 07/15/2014
| Article
CFPB to Assume a Larger Role in Virtual Currency Initiatives | 07/07/2014 | Client Alert
CFPB & DOJ Consent Orders with Former GE Capital Bank: Something Old and Something New
| 06/20/2014 | Client Alert
CFPB Issues a Request for Information Related to Mobile Financial Services | 06/11/2014 | Client
Alert
The CFPB & UDAAP: A “Know It When You See It” Standard? | 06/09/2014 | Client Alert
Market Solutions, Vol. 23, No. 2 | Financial Markets Association | June 2014 | Article
GAO Recommends Consideration of New Privacy Rules for Mobile Technologies | 12/13/2013 |
Client Alert
FDCPA & More: CFPB Considers "Modern" Methods of Consumer Communications | 11/20/2013
| Client Alert
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: The First Year | Uniform Commercial Code Law Journal,
Vol. 44, No. 4 | November 2012 | Article
Events
Digital Wallets, Mobile Payments and the CFPB’s Prepaid Proposal | 02/05/2015
The CFPB & UDAAP: A "Know It When You See It" Standard? | West LegalEdcenter Webinar |
01/22/2015
Video + Audio
Digital Wallets, Mobile Payments and the CFPB’s Prepaid Proposal | 02/05/2015
James C.H. Nguyen
ASSOCIATE
WASHINGTON D.C.
(202) 778-1656
JAMESNGUYEN@MOFO.COM
© 2015 Morrison & Foerster LLP | mofo.com