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 20, 2026

    Dissecting Dodd's, Gensler's Prediction Market Amicus Briefs

    Former Sen. Chris Dodd and former U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler's recent amicus briefs in support of New Jersey's petition for U.S. Supreme Court review of Kalshi v. Flaherty draw on legislative history to counter the CFTC's claim of federal preemption over the prediction markets, says Trace Schmeltz at Steptoe.

  • October 20, 2026

    3 Firms Steer $1.97B Tradeweb, Trumid Credit Trading Deal

    Tradeweb Markets Inc. has agreed to acquire credit trading marketplace Trumid Holdings for approximately $1.97 billion, as the fixed-income trading platform looks to expand its presence across the bond life cycle.

  • October 20, 2026

    UK Wants Apple To Face More Competition For Digital Wallets

    Britain's competition enforcer proposed changes Tuesday that would require Apple to give rival payment services access to iPhones' contactless technology on more viable commercial terms, in an effort to boost competition and spur innovation.

  • October 19, 2026

    Justices Asked To Resolve Nonsignatory Arbitration Split

    A trading firm is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to finally resolve whether an arbitrator or a court should decide the proper venue for a dispute involving a nonsignatory to an arbitration agreement, as it fights a Seventh Circuit opinion keeping a putative securities class action in court.

  • October 19, 2026

    SEC Official Tells Advisers Not To Wait For AI Guidance

    The director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Investment Management Division said that advisers should not "wait for regulators to hold your hands" as they use artificial intelligence, saying regulatory guidance may be "too limited and too late."

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  • 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

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  • Professors, students and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.