Fintech

Fintech Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on financial technology. Coverage includes legal and regulatory developments in cryptocurrency, including bitcoin and initial coin offerings, as well as electronic payment systems, peer-to-peer lending, algorithmic trading and many other aspects of this fast-evolving area of the law.



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Latest News in Fintech

  • October 02, 2026

    DOJ Won't Revive Powell Probe Over Fed HQ Project, AG Says

    The U.S. Department of Justice won't restart its criminal investigation into former Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over the costly renovations of the central bank's headquarters, U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said Friday.

  • October 02, 2026

    Home Equity Fintech Is 1st Target Of Ex-CFPB Attys' Law Firm

    Home equity fintech firm Unlock has used deceptive marketing and confusing contract terms to hide that its "investment" agreements are actually illegal high-cost loans, according to a new proposed class action entered in Colorado state court.

  • October 02, 2026

    Crypto Investors Denied Early Win Against Bitcoin Latinum

    A Michigan federal judge said investors accusing their cousin of fraudulently convincing them to invest in a cryptocurrency firm cannot get a partial early win, finding they have not shown the firm transferred the tokens' ownership rights to them or solicited their purchases.

  • October 02, 2026

    Bank Lobby Sues OCC Over Crypto Trust Charter Approvals

    The Independent Community Bankers of America sued the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on Friday over the wave of national trust charters granted to crypto firms, arguing the rule underpinning the approvals exceeds the office's authority and ran roughshod over commenters' concerns.

  • October 02, 2026

    SEC Denied $6M Disgorgement Over College Student's Fraud

    An Oklahoma federal judge has ordered a man accused by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of defrauding his college classmates' parents and others out of $7.8 million with two investment funds he launched to pay nearly $500,000 in penalties and disgorgement, blocking the agency's request for the defendant to disgorge over $6.3 million.

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Areas of Coverage

  • AGENCIES
  • U.S. Department of the Treasury
  • Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
  • Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
  • Federal Reserve
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
  • Federal Trade Commission
  • Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
  • U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
  • U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
  • U.S. Department of Justice
  • Self-regulatory organizations
  • State and international regulators
  • POLICY & REGULATION
  • OCC Fintech Charter
  • Regulatory sandboxes
  • Bank Secrecy Act
  • Securities Act
  • Securities Exchange Act
  • Securities Investor Protection Act
  • Commodities Exchange Act
  • Federal and state guidance on fintech products
  • Federal and state legislation
  • International banking legislation and regulation
  • ENFORCEMENT
  • Cryptocurrency and Initial Coin Offering fraud investigations
  • Asset and credit freezes
  • False advertising of fintech products
  • Cybersecurity and privacy matters related to fintech companies
  • Spoofing
  • Federal criminal matters
  • State enforcement actions
  • LITIGATION
  • Intellectual property matters
  • Investor class actions
  • Challenges to federal or state regulations
  • TRANSACTIONS
  • Initial coin offerings
  • Mergers and acquisitions of fintech companies
  • Private equity and venture capital fundraising for fintech companies
  • PROFILES
  • Personnel moves
  • Profiles of law firm fintech practices
  • General counsel interviews

Readership

  • Fintech lawyers at top law firms
  • Corporate counsel, compliance officers and executives for fintech companies
  • Information experts at law firms, agencies and companies
  • Policymakers at federal and state agencies
  • Judges and court staff across the U.S.
  • Professors, students and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.