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

  • July 14, 2026

    Silicon Valley Bank Ignored BlackRock's Advice, Judge Hears

    Silicon Valley Bank disregarded advice from BlackRock's investment advisory firm suggesting the bank reduce the amount of its long-term mortgage-backed securities, the bank's former treasurer acknowledged Tuesday under questioning from a California federal judge during a bench trial over the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's claim SVB mismanaged its assets before its 2023 collapse.

  • July 14, 2026

    Fed 'Racing' To Hit Genius Act Rules Deadline, Warsh Says

    Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh told lawmakers Tuesday that the central bank is "racing" to meet a looming deadline for drafting certain rules required by the Genius Act, the landmark stablecoin law that other federal regulators have already proposed regulations to implement.

  • July 14, 2026

    CFTC Tells Kalshi To Fulfill Mich. Trades Despite Court Order

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Tuesday told KalshiEx LLC to fulfill open trades from Michigan residents despite a state judge's directive to unwind certain prediction market transactions, marking the agency's latest clash with states over event contract supervision.

  • July 14, 2026

    Ex-CFPB Enforcers Launch Consumer, Civil Rights Firm

    Three former enforcement leaders of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have launched their own law firm focused on consumer, tenant, worker and civil rights, with plans to represent advocacy organizations and state attorneys general, among others, in the area of public interest.

  • July 14, 2026

    Coinbase Wants Texas Court To Toss Blockchain Patent Suit

    Coinbase Global Inc. asked a Texas federal judge to toss claims alleging the company infringed a group of patents covering improvements to blockchain technology, saying the asserted patents violate "bedrock principles of patent eligibility."

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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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