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 09, 2026

    Feds Seek Stay In Soldier's Maduro Raid Betting Civil Suit

    Federal prosecutors urged a New York federal judge to halt a civil lawsuit accusing a U.S. Army sergeant of profiting from Polymarket bets he made about Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's capture after helping plan the raid, while parallel criminal proceedings play out.

  • July 09, 2026

    9th Circ. Spurns Doxo's Bid To Arbitrate Class Action

    The Ninth Circuit backed a Washington district court's decision to deny online bill-pay service Doxo Inc.'s bid to arbitrate class claims that it deceived customers by not disclosing fees upfront, saying the company waited too long and litigated too much before pushing for arbitration.

  • July 09, 2026

    Colombian Entrepreneur Cooked Books To Sell Co., Suit Says

    Investment advisory firm Christofferson Robb & Co. has sued former Colombian presidential candidate Santiago Botero and several other entities, claiming they participated in a scheme to inflate the financial performance of Botero's failing loan servicing company that benefited the business executive, his family and friends.

  • July 09, 2026

    CFTC Puts CME's 24/7 Crude Oil Contract Trading On Ice

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Thursday slammed the brakes on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's plan to offer round-the-clock trading on crude oil futures, calling the exchange's attempt to self-certify the contracts "wholly inappropriate" after the agency publicly sought feedback on the risks of 24/7 trading in the energy industry.

  • July 09, 2026

    Ex-Epoch Times Exec Cops Plea Amid Jury Selection

    A former Epoch Times executive on Thursday admitted scheming to use the China-focused news outlet as a front to engage in transactions involving criminal proceeds, pleading guilty and avoiding trial in Manhattan federal court as newly selected jurors waited. 

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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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  • 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.