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

  • July 06, 2026

    Ex-SVB Exec Recounts Pressure For 'More Yield' At FDIC Trial

    Silicon Valley Bank's ex-head of corporate investments and capital markets testified in a deposition shown during a California federal bench trial Monday over the FDIC's claims the bank's brass mismanaged its assets, saying that he felt pressure from the bank's then-chief financial officer to add riskier, higher-yielding assets to the bank's securities portfolio.

  • July 06, 2026

    Stablecoin Issuer Looks To Confirm Award Against Investor

    The issuer of a U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin urged a Massachusetts federal court Monday to enforce arbitral awards it won against an investment firm and also to secure a declaratory relief judgment, claiming the Malta-based firm has a long history of market manipulation.

  • July 06, 2026

    Chamber Urges 6th Circ. To Rule Against FDIC In Penalty Row

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has urged the Sixth Circuit to vacate a fine and industry ban leveled by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. against a former Michigan bank CEO, throwing its weight behind his challenge to the agency's use of in-house enforcement proceedings and pointing to the U.S. Supreme Court's Jarkesy ruling.

  • July 06, 2026

    Gibson Dunn Atty Rejoins SEC As Deputy Enforcement Chief

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has hired an agency veteran and former Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner as deputy director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement, a spokesperson confirmed Monday.

  • July 06, 2026

    CFPB, CashCall Fight Sparks Bank Suit Over $144M Collateral

    Lender CashCall's fight against a $157 million Consumer Financial Protection Bureau judgment has spawned a new lawsuit in California federal court, where an Indiana bank is now suing for guidance on what to do with millions in collateral that the agency wants to collect on.

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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.