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

  • May 08, 2026

    Coinbase Stole Patented Blockchain Network Tech, Co. Says

    A Texas company has asked a federal court to block Coinbase from infringing a group of patents covering improvements to blockchain technology, pointing to two of the cryptocurrency exchange's products: the Coinbase Wallet and the Base app.

  • May 08, 2026

    Payment Processing Co. Sued Over Data Collection, Breach

    Payment processing company Total System Services LLC has been hit with a proposed class action in Georgia federal court accusing it of failing to protect consumers' personal information from hackers, resulting in a well-established cybercriminal group stealing the data over a six-month period and likely leaking it earlier this month.

  • May 08, 2026

    Redgrave Adds Ex-Coinbase, AT&T Atty In DC Partner Hire

    Electronic discovery and information law firm Redgrave LLP has hired a new partner to work in its Washington, D.C. office, saying he has played senior legal roles at a cryptocurrency exchange, a major telecommunications company, and a disputes and forensic technology firm.

  • May 08, 2026

    Crypto Co. Kraken Files For OCC Trust Charter

    Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, the first digital bank to hold a Federal Reserve master account, announced Friday it has applied for a national trust company charter with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish Payward National Trust Co., which would provide services for digital assets.

  • May 08, 2026

    SEC's Atkins Mulls Broker, Exchange Rule Tweaks For Crypto

    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins on Friday floated a series of potential rulemaking efforts to address how regimes for brokers, exchanges, clearing agencies and other types of regulated functions apply to cryptocurrency software projects that don't fall within traditional categories.

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  • 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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  • 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.