Ron DiGiacomo provides consulting services to fintechs by drawing on over 30 years of experience as a lawyer, compliance, and business advisor to several major financial institutions and financial services firms. Before starting Giacomo Partners, Ron was Deputy Chief Compliance Officer – Consumer for Wells Fargo Corporation and Chief Compliance Officer for the Consumer Bank at JP Morgan Chase & Co. Prior to joining JP Morgan Chase & Co., Ron was General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for USAA Bank. While there, Ron helped develop the first process for remote check capture of consumer checks and designed a process for electronic origination of direct automobile loans. Before joining USAA, Ron was the Practice Group Leader for Banking and Insurance in Ford Motor Credit Company’s legal department and was responsible for obtaining a federal savings bank charter and establishing Ford Credit’s insurance arrangements throughout the US, Europe and Australia. Before joining Ford, Ron was General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for American General Finance (now part of AIG). Ron also worked as an attorney in the legal departments of Banc One Corporation (now JP Morgan Chase & Co.), Southwest Savings Association, and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas. Ron is licensed to practice law in Texas and Florida and earned his Juris Doctorate at Florida State University College of Law and Bachelor of Science in Marketing and Finance at Florida State University.