PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Douglas P. Quay is a corporate attorney, fintech executive, entrepreneur, and board advisor with more than 30 years of experience in the intersection of banking, financial services, technology, capital markets, and corporate finance.  He serves as a Member of Glankler Brown, PLLC while also leading innovative financial technology ventures focused on digital banking, payments, embedded finance, and next-generation financial infrastructure.

Throughout his legal career, Mr. Quay has represented public and private companies, financial institutions, investment funds, and emerging technology companies in complex corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, structured finance, secondary market mortgage sale transactions, securitizations, capital raising, venture investments, and strategic partnerships. His practice spans corporate governance, securities law, banking regulation, financial institution transactions, technology licensing, and commercial finance including aircraft finance, project finance, and sophisticated debt and equity financings.

In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Quay is an accomplished fintech executive with extensive leadership experience building and scaling digital financial services businesses. As Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Bambu Systems, LLC (d/b/a MyBambu), he has focused on developing technology platforms that enable digital banking, embedded finance, payments, lending, and innovative financial products for banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions. His work bridges traditional banking with emerging technologies to create customer-centric financial ecosystems.

Mr. Quay has advised financial institutions and fintech companies on virtually every aspect of the modern financial services landscape, including:

• Digital banking strategy
• Embedded finance
• Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS)
• Payments and money movement
• Card issuing and payment networks
• Consumer and commercial lending
• Earned Wage Access (EWA)
• Asset-backed finance and securitization
• Trust companies and financial institution formations and change in control
• Regulatory compliance
• Strategic partnerships between banks and fintech companies
• Capital formation and institutional financing

He has represented clients across numerous industries, including financial services, banking, insurance, healthcare, aviation, logistics, manufacturing, telecommunications, technology, retail, and private equity. His experience includes advising issuers, underwriters, lenders, investors, originators, trustees, and sponsors in both public offerings and private capital transactions.

Recognized for combining legal judgment with executive business experience, Mr. Quay regularly works with boards of directors, executive management teams, investors, founders, and financial sponsors on transformational transactions and long-term strategic initiatives. His unique perspective as both outside counsel and operating executive allows him to bridge legal, regulatory, operational, and commercial considerations in highly regulated industries.

Mr. Quay earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Vanderbilt University, his Juris Doctor from the University of Memphis, and his Master of Laws (LL.M.) (in Taxation) from New York University School of Law. He is admitted to practice in Tennessee and has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for Corporate Law and holds the Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent rating.

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EDUCATION

• Vanderbilt University, B.A. degree, 1971, Political Science
• University of Memphis, J.D. degree, 1978
• New York University, LL.M. in taxation, degree, 1979

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ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

• Tennessee

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HONORS/AWARDS

• The Best Lawyers in America, corporate law, tax law
• Martindale-Hubbell AV Rated

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PROFESSIONAL/CIVIC/CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS

• American Bar Association (Sections on Business Financing, Commercial Finance, Consumer Financial Services, Federal Regulation of Securities, Internet Delivery/electronic Banking, Mergers and Acquisitions, Privacy, Private Equity M&A, Private Equity and Venture Capital, Secured Transactions, Securitization and Structured Finance, Securitization of Assets, Structured Financings, and Uniform Commercial Code)
• Tennessee Bar Association
• Memphis Bar Association
• General Counsel to the Urevebu Foundation