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 20, 2026

    CFTC Has 'Lost Its Way' On Prediction Markets, Ex-Chair Says

    Former U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Timothy Massad said Monday that the agency has "lost its way" with a prediction market rule proposal that misinterprets the agency's mission and statutes to turn it into a national sports betting regulator.

  • July 20, 2026

    Celsius' Goldstein Owes $2M, Banned From Crypto Trading

    The former chief technology officer of Celsius Network must pay more than $2 million to the Federal Trade Commission as part of a settlement alleging the company's leaders knowingly made false statements to customers before the platform went bankrupt, a New York federal judge has ordered.

  • July 20, 2026

    Trump's CFPB Pick Pledges Up To 2-Year Capital One Recusal

    Brian Johnson, a Capital One executive whom President Donald Trump has tapped to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, will temporarily sit out any agency matters that specifically involve the credit card banking giant if confirmed, according to a newly released ethics agreement.

  • July 20, 2026

    JPMorgan Infringed Privacy Tech Patents, Software Co. Claims

    JPMorgan Chase's payment processing systems have been infringing a trio of patents covering technology meant to protect data during transactions, according to a lawsuit filed in Texas federal court.

  • July 20, 2026

    SEC Says Crypto Mining Co. Misused $20M From Investors

    A Florida-based businessman and his company have partially settled claims from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Massachusetts federal court accusing them of fraudulently raising over $20 million with misrepresentations that investors would be repaid with funds based on the output of crypto mining assets.

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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.