Daniel Stipano

Practice Areas

Dan is a member of Davis Polk’s Financial Institutions practice. He represents clients in regulatory matters, including state and federal regulatory enforcement actions, and provides assistance in establishing, maintaining and monitoring Bank Secrecy Act / anti-money laundering (BSA/AML) compliance programs.

His regulatory and enforcement experience includes more than 30 years at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). As Deputy Chief Counsel from 2000-2016, Dan played a key role in significant BSA/AML rulemakings and policy issuances and oversaw major OCC enforcement actions. While at the OCC, Dan supervised more than a dozen successful appeals. He was instrumental in bringing the first fair lending action taken by a federal banking agency against a bank and the first Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices action taken against a bank.

Dan has testified six times before Congress on enforcement and BSA/AML matters. He is a member of the advisory boards of ACAMS and the ABA/ABA Financial Crimes Enforcement Conference.