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 30, 2025

    Indiana Law Sets New Standard For Wage Access Providers

    The recent enactment of a law establishing a comprehensive regulatory framework for earned wage access positions Indiana as one of the leading states to allow EWA services, and establishes a standard that employers must familiarize themselves with before the Jan. 1 effective date, say attorneys at Faegre Drinker.

  • October 29, 2025

    FDIC's Hill To Cite Reform Focus, Experience At Senate Vetting

    Acting Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Travis Hill plans to kick off his Thursday pitch for U.S. Senate confirmation by stressing priorities that have included sharpening the agency's focus on "material financial risks" and strengthening its readiness to handle major bank failures.

  • October 29, 2025

    Visa Must Face Cardholders' Antitrust Claims, Judge Says

    A New York federal judge has trimmed two antitrust suits against Visa Inc. over its use of exclusive contracts in the U.S. debit card market, axing certain state law and damages claims but also finding that the consumer plaintiffs plausibly alleged the company's conduct suppressed competition.

  • October 29, 2025

    Bank Groups Press 5th Circ. To Rehear OCC In-House Case

    Banking industry groups have urged the Fifth Circuit to revisit a panel decision allowing federal regulators to try banking enforcement cases in-house, arguing the ruling was wrong and risks stripping thousands of banks and millions of bankers of their right to a jury trial.

  • October 29, 2025

    FBI Weaponized Loneliness, IS Crypto Funder Tells 4th Circ.

    A Virginia man sentenced to over 30 years for bankrolling the Islamic State group with cryptocurrency challenged his convictions to the Fourth Circuit, arguing the government investigated him for years primarily based on his distasteful Facebook posts while weaponizing his "loneliness" by introducing him to covert agents who entrapped him. 

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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

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  • 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.