Electronic Financial Services


January 27, 2011 | Posted by Editor
Perkins Coie's Electronic Financial Services group has just launched a new Resources Page to provide valuable industry and legal resources.  The page provides selected articles, white papers and presentations on electronic financial services law.
September 16, 2010 | Posted by Editor
Mobile donations are not new.  But the unprecedented success of recent mobile fundraising efforts, such as the Red Cross Haiti earthquake mobile fundraising campaign that raised over $32 million, has increased activity and interest in all aspects of mobile donations - including security.  Perkins Coie Partner Dax Hansen published an article this week in Security Magazine's electronic newsletter that addresses this topic.
September 2, 2010 | Posted by Editor
Perkins Coie Partner Dax Hansen was quoted this week in an article published by Internet Retailer, "Changing Their Stripes." The article discusses initiatives recently launched by Visa and MasterCard Worldwide in response to an increase in e-commerce and the rise of online competitors like PayPal and Facebook Credits.
June 2, 2010 | Posted by Barry J. Reingold
Website that neglected to properly verify bank account ownership held liable for fraud committed by users of site.
May 19, 2010 | Posted by Editor
Two articles written by Perkins Coie attorneys  Dax HansenKirk Soderquist and Andrew Grant were recently published in the Security Strategies Alert column in NetworkWorld. The articles, "Real legal issues with virtual currencies" and "Legal risks with virtual currencies in online games" provide a legal perspective on the increasing use of virtual currencies in online role-playing games and virtual worlds.