Kansas City, Mo. – August 18, 2026: Attorney Phillip (Chuck) Rouse was the sole speaker at an event sponsored by the Retail Gift Card Association (RGCA) for its members and invitees. Chuck spoke on the topic of electronic digital wallets, giving the audience insight into the regulatory issues encountered in the design of the wallets, which are becoming prevalent in the retail sector.
The RGCA is the premiere trade association representing the closed-loop gift card industry. The RGCA board is comprised of numerous major national retail brands.
About Chuck Rouse: Chuck has practiced for the past 25-plus years extensively in the area of regulatory compliance regarding payment methods, payment instruments and prepaid cards/access instruments. He is a winner of the National Law Journal’s Trailblazer Award for Cryptocurrency/Blockchain/Fintech, was selected by the payments industry as one of the Top 10 Payment Lawyers in the U.S. and as the No. 1 overall, and received the ICON Award by Missouri Lawyers Weekly. He has touched hundreds of gift card programs and several of the modern electronic digital wallets.
About the Payments and Prepaid Instruments Practice Group: The Payments Group of the law firm addresses compliance of prepaid card and payment instrument programs with federal and state regulations. Their work has touched several billion dollars of card loads on millions of cards in many countries. The Payments Group’s practice extends worldwide focusing upon compliance with regulations governing the prepaid card industry, including consumer protection laws, unclaimed property laws, anti-money laundering regulations, licensing requirements, privacy rules, fraud laws, local taxation laws, VAT and local taxes, and the regulatory impact of GAAP and IFRS standards with respect to accounting.
About the firm: Rouse Frets White offers highly skilled lawyers in many practice areas with vast real world experience. Our clients benefit from blue-ribbon talent unencumbered by mega firm business models.
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