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

  • November 13, 2026

    La. Judge Halts Sports Event Contracts Over Gambling Claims

    A Louisiana state judge said Kalshi, Polymarket, Coinbase and several other prediction market platforms must temporarily cease operations in the state after being sued by Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill for allegedly offering sports-event contracts to state residents without a Louisiana gambling license.

  • November 13, 2026

    CFTC Targets Ark.'s Kalshi Enforcement Action In Latest Suit

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission asked an Arkansas federal court to block the state's enforcement action against Kalshi, once again claiming that the authority to regulate prediction markets lies exclusively with the federal government.

  • November 13, 2026

    OCC Flags Credit Risks For Banks In AI Infrastructure Boom

    A top U.S. banking regulator cautioned Friday that banks financing the nation's massive artificial intelligence buildout could face credit risks from a range of sources, including opaque funding arrangements, rapidly depreciating hardware and opposition to data center projects.

  • November 13, 2026

    SVB Liquidators Say Successor Rulings 'Upend' Int'l Banking

    Liquidators of the Cayman Islands branch of collapsed Silicon Valley Bank asked a U.S. appellate court to rule the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. wasn't a successor for ownership of claims they brought against the FDIC itself, saying a lower court's "fundamentally incorrect holdings upend the core premise of international banking."

  • November 13, 2026

    AmEx Consent Orders Highlight AML Enforcement Priorities

    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's and Federal Reserve's recent consent orders against American Express signal both a broader focus on accountability and remediation, and that material anti-money laundering failures, particularly around deficient transaction monitoring and suspicious activity reporting, remain capable of producing substantial monetary penalties, say attorneys at Haynes Boone.

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