Mena Bellofiore

Mena is a partner in Blakes Financial Services Regulatory group. Mena’s practice spans all aspects of regulatory compliance in the retail financial services and payments industry at both the federal and provincial levels, with a particular focus on consumer protection issues relating to financial products and services. She regularly provides advice to regulated financial institutions, non-bank institutions, payment networks, payment processors, payment service providers, commercial and consumer lenders, and participants in the payment card industry, including issuers, distributors as well as fintechs. She has extensive experience in legislative compliance areas that affect her clients and specializes in a wide range of regulatory issues, including federal financial institutions legislation and guidelines, cost of borrowing legislation, provincial regulation of consumer contracts, credit reporting and debt collection legislation, mortgage broker and loan broker legislation, e-commerce matters, as well as legislation affecting both commercial and consumer lenders.

Mena is a member of the board of the Canadian Lenders Association and sits on four committees of the Canadian Lenders Association, including the Policy Committee, Crypto Roundtable, Buy Now Pay Later Roundtable and Non-Prime Consumer Roundtable. Mena has been seconded to four different financial institutions, including two of the largest banks in Canada where she directly advised the businesses on regulatory compliance matters, including in connection with the development and launch of credit products.