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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
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March 20, 2026
Ala. Co. Says $2M Bitcoin Mining Suit Must Be Arbitrated
An Alabama company targeted in a $2 million fraud lawsuit by a Singaporean firm that creates cryptocurrency via Bitcoin mining has told a federal judge that the disagreement should be arbitrated, saying the case is fundamentally a dispute over a contract that contains a mandatory arbitration clause.
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March 20, 2026
UBS Gets Final OCC Nod For US Arm To Be National Bank
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has granted final approval for UBS Group AG to convert its U.S. depository subsidiary into national bank, a move the Swiss banking giant is touting as a boon for its stateside growth ambitions.
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March 20, 2026
BofA Hit With 2nd Class Suit Over Alleged $328M Crypto Scam
Bank of America and a New Jersey IRA‑LLC facilitator are facing a growing wave of litigation over their alleged roles in enabling the $328 million Goliath Ventures cryptocurrency scam, with two new federal class actions filed this week accusing them of helping steer retirement and investment funds into what prosecutors say was a massive Ponzi scheme.
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March 20, 2026
CFTC Gives Update On Crypto Collateral Expectations
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission gave registrants more information about its expectations around the use of crypto collateral in a Friday notice, which reminded futures commission merchants they must notify the agency's Market Participants Division if they plan to take advantage of a pilot program launched last year.
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March 20, 2026
5th Circ. Won't Rehear FDIC Enforcement Challenge
The Fifth Circuit said Friday that it won't revisit a constitutional challenge to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s use of in-house enforcement proceedings, turning down a petition that had drawn support from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and civil liberties groups.
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
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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.