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 12, 2026

    Former CFTC Commissioner Among Trump's Picks For SEC

    President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled his picks for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission, notably nominating former CFTC Commissioner Kristin Johnson for a Democratic seat on the SEC.

  • November 12, 2026

    FBI Seizes $1.2B In Crypto Tied To Binance Heist

    The FBI has seized more than $1.2 billion of cryptocurrency recently stolen from the world's largest crypto exchange, Binance, according to an FBI statement Thursday — the same day Binance announced that it has replaced all assets stolen in the heist.

  • November 12, 2026

    CFPB Says Anti-Bias Rule Rollback Tracks Fair Lending Law

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is urging a D.C. federal judge to uphold the recent rollback of fair lending regulations, arguing that consumer advocates' legal challenge largely boils down to policy disagreements that are insufficient to support claims of invalid rulemaking.

  • November 12, 2026

    CFTC Moves To Block CME, Others From Perpetuals Fight

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has urged a New York federal judge to reject several briefs backing a challenge to the agency's approval of perpetual contracts tied to individual stocks, arguing "belated" submissions from critics like CME Group and Better Markets left the agency no time to respond.

  • November 12, 2026

    DraftKings Sued Over Shifting Odds When Placing Sports Bets

    DraftKings is facing a proposed class action in Colorado federal court alleging the online sportsbook uses "deceptive interface design patterns" that lead bettors to place unintended wagers on live sport events.

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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.