Catherine Brennan is a partner at Hudson Cook and assists national and state banks, investment banks, consumer and commercial finance companies, mortgage bankers, installment lenders and other licensed lenders in the development and maintenance of nationwide consumer and commercial lending programs. She engages in credit due diligence on behalf of investors in fintech firms, bank partnership platforms, small business lenders, merchant cash advance companies, consumer finance companies, title loan companies and payday lenders. She serves as a Vice Chair of the ABA Consumer Financial Services Committee and is a frequent presenter for the ABA Business Law Section, Alternative Finance Bar Association, deBanked and Lend360. Catherine writes and comments regularly for national publications on fintech, small business lending, bank partnerships and other consumer finance compliance topics. She is ranked in the Chambers FinTech 2020 USA Guide for Corporate, Securities and Financing and in Best Lawyers 2021 for Financial Services Regulation Law.