Duncan Douglass co-leads Alston & Bird’s Payments & Fintech Group and focuses on transactions and regulatory issues related to retail and wholesale payment systems and products.  Duncan regularly advises financial institutions, fintechs, payment processors, retailers, payment system operators, and trade associations in connection with traditional and emerging C2B, B2C, B2B and C2C payment systems and technologies, including real-time payments, card payments, ACH and check-based payments, virtual currency custody and transfers, and wires.   Duncan is a frequent lecturer and author on various topics involving electronic payment systems, is Chair of the Editorial Board of the Fintech Law Report, and is Chair of the Deposit Products and Payment Systems Subcommittee of the American Bar Association’s Consumer Financial Services Committee.