Summary

• Has over eight years of experience in financial products compliance
• Expert in regulatory compliance of credit cards, insurance, loan products, and checking and savings accounts
• Holds a bachelor's in Political Science from the University of North Texas

Experience

Marisa Figat brings over eight years of experience in financial products compliance. Marisa is currently the full-time Associate Director, Content Comp🤡liance at Investopedia, joining the company in 2020 to oversee all marketing compliance and cont💝ent integrity initiatives.

Marisa's role involves protecting the best interests of Investopedia's readers who are looking for financial products, such as student loans, credit cards, a Medicare supplement insurance plan, or a life insurance policy. Marisa ensures all Investopedia documents are in compliance by reviewing content and holding writers and recommended providers accountable. Marisa’s role also includes running all articles through a routine and rigorous fact-checking process to ensure Investopedia is publishing the most accurate content.

Before joining Investopedia, Marisa began her compliance career at CreditCards.com after moving over from the oil and gas contract management industry. While at CreditCards.com, she used her expertise to bring its network of over 100 financial bloggers into compliance by keeping a pulse on the quickly changing industry regulations, attending industry-specific training programs and unifying each blogger's editorial goals with compliance requirements. She also helped oversee the Chase, Wells Fargo, and internal affiliate programs, monitoring their network of hundreds of publishers.  

Prior to joining Investopedia, Marisa also worked as a Compliance Manager at Wise Bread. There, she leveraged her international compliance team and implemented around-the-clock monitoring of the site. She streamlined compliance by creating new and efficient auditing procedures, as well as processes for new card and banking updates. In recognition of her efforts, Marisa was invited to speak to BrandVerity's publishers about the importance of compliance.

Education

Marisa received her bachelor's in Political Science from the University of North Texas.