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

  • June 29, 2026

    Circle Faces $232M Suit From N. Korea Victim's Family

    The family of a missionary who was kidnapped and murdered by North Korean agents is seeking to collect over $232 million from blockchain company Circle after the stablecoin issuer allegedly failed to freeze funds linked to North Korean hackers amid the April Fools' Day exploit of crypto project Drift Protocol.

  • June 29, 2026

    China Crackdown Spurred $100M Insider Trading, Suit Says

    A suit filed in New York federal court Monday alleges a group of unknown traders carried out a $100 million insider trading scheme tied to a Reuters report and other disclosures about a Chinese regulatory crackdown on cross-border securities platforms.

  • June 29, 2026

    BREAKING: Chinese Exile Guo Gets 30 Years For $1.4B Fraud

    Exiled Chinese businessman and dissident Miles Guo on Monday was sentenced to 30 years in prison, after a Manhattan federal jury convicted him of defrauding investors of more than $1.4 billion in connection with what prosecutors described as a "fraud empire."

  • June 29, 2026

    Fed. Circ. Declines WDTX Transfer Bid In Crypto Patent Case

    The Federal Circuit on Monday refused to back cryptocurrency mining company Core Scientific Inc.'s bid to move a case accusing it of infringing cryptography patents to the Western District of Texas, rejecting Core's arguments that it had clearly shown a transfer was necessary and that a magistrate judge had committed legal errors in disagreeing.

  • June 29, 2026

    Chinese Broker Futu Hit With Investor Suit Over Penalty Risk

    China-based brokerage firm operator Futu Holdings Ltd. has been hit with a proposed shareholder class action in New York federal court accusing it of concealing risks associated with its noncompliance with Chinese securities laws, causing company shares to fall by nearly a third of their value when Futu disclosed regulatory shortcomings.

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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.