Stephen Cooper

Background

About Stephen Cooper

I lead a legal team focused on fintech and banking, and am particularly engaged with governance, legal operations, payments modernization and digital and open banking. As part of senior management, I oversee an internal legal team, provide a legal lens to corporate strategy development and implementation, and seek continuous improvement through technology adoption and legal operations methodologies. I am directly involved in complex business negotiations for Alberta Central and its joint venture partners relating to payments, commercial arrangements, acquisitions and divestitures. Working with multi-disciplinary teams, I take a pragmatic approach to the pursuit of corporate objectives while balancing regulatory and risk management considerations with commercial goals. Involvement in industry policy groups ensures that I am up to date and promoting the interests of the credit union system.