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

  • August 21, 2026

    Parsing Gov't Scrutiny Of Lending To Unauthorized Workers

    Attorneys at Mayer Brown explain guidance recently issued by three banking regulators that addresses risks associated with lending to so-called non-work authorized individuals and discuss what the regulatory update could mean for fintech companies.

  • August 21, 2026

    Rising Star: Skadden's John Zelenbaba

    John Zelenbaba of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP played a key role in two of the most talked-about crypto transactions of the past year — Gemini Space Station's headline-grabbing $425 million initial public offering and Kraken's landmark $800 million fundraise — earning him a spot among the fintech law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 21, 2026

    Prime Core Customer Can't Duck $70M Clawback Suit

    Cryptocurrency platform Plutus must face a $70 million clawback lawsuit from the litigation trust for Prime Core, the Delaware bankruptcy court has ruled, finding the trust's complaint contained pleadings with sufficient detail that Plutus had received a transfer of crypto worth $63 million and $7 million in cash.

  • August 21, 2026

    Taxation With Representation: Fenwick, Hengeler Mueller

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Santander SA completes its acquisition of U.S. regional lender Webster Financial Corp., financial services company Stripe buys artificial intelligence routing platform OpenRouter and Madison Air Solutions Corp. acquires German airflow technology maker ebm-papst.

  • August 20, 2026

    CFPB Rips 'Baseless' CashCall Bid To Ax $157M Judgment

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has urged a California federal court to reject lender CashCall Inc.'s bid to wipe out its more than $157 million enforcement judgment, slamming its claims of a settlement bait-and-switch by the agency as "baseless."

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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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  • 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.