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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

  • November 04, 2026

    Fintechs Prepare For Blue Wave's Flood Of Investigations

    Democrats rode Tuesday night's blue wave to take control of both chambers of Congress, scuttling the legislative hopes of a crypto industry that's now battening down the hatches for a flood of investigations into its ties to the Trump administration, consumer protection and financial crime.

  • November 04, 2026

    OCC Maps Out How Its Examiners Will Review Banks' AI Use

    The use of artificial intelligence at banks to conduct payments, decide loan applications or perform other high-stakes activities autonomously could face closer examiner scrutiny under a new supervisory framework issued Wednesday by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

  • November 04, 2026

    Judge Says CFTC Likely Overstepped On Stock Perpetuals

    A New York federal judge said the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission likely exceeded its authority when it signed off on the trading of perpetual contracts tied to individual stocks, but stopped short of hitting it with a temporary restraining order in a suit brought by a special interest organization backed by Cboe Global Markets Inc.

  • November 04, 2026

    1st Circ. Sees Mass. Promise To Robinhood As 'Cold Comfort'

    First Circuit judges on Wednesday appeared sympathetic to Robinhood's bid to have a federal court determine if Massachusetts can regulate prediction markets, with two judges calling the state's temporary promise not to sue the fintech platform "cold comfort." 

  • November 04, 2026

    9th Circ. Won't Rehear Kalshi's Nevada Sports Betting Fight

    The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday rejected Kalshi's request to rehear its dispute with the state of Nevada, following a panel decision that cleared the way for the state's gaming regulators to pursue the prediction market platform over its sports event contracts.

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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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