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

  • March 09, 2026

    Banking Orgs. Urge 7th Circ. To Block Ill. Swipe-Fee Law

    Banking industry trade groups have asked the Seventh Circuit to rule that Illinois may not enforce its tax and tip swipe-fee ban against national banks and other payment system participants, escalating their fight against the state's landmark Interchange Fee Prohibition Act, or IFPA.

  • March 09, 2026

    Steve Aoki, DraftKings Founder Seek Exit From NFT Fraud Suit

    DraftKings co-founder Matthew Kalish and electronic music artist Steve Aoki told a Florida federal court Friday that a proposed class action accusing them of promoting "worthless" nonfungible tokens without disclosing they were getting paid for it does not allege any wrongdoing, and asked the court to toss the suit.

  • March 09, 2026

    NY Judge Tosses Terror Victims' Binance Suit, For Now

    A lawsuit against Binance and Changpeng Zhao, its former CEO, brought by the victims of 64 terrorist attacks was dismissed on Friday when a New York federal judge determined that the plaintiffs have not directly linked any wrongdoing by the cryptocurrency exchange to their injuries.

  • March 09, 2026

    Bitcoin Classes Should Be Modified, Judge Says In Opinion

    A New York federal judge narrowed the class definitions in a suit accusing Tether and Bitfinex of rigging the cryptocurrency market and costing investors hundreds of billions of dollars, after finding that there is no "clear-cut" injury for some investors. 

  • March 09, 2026

    GoodVision AI To Go Public Through $180M SPAC Merger

    Cloud computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure solutions provider GoodVision AI Inc., advised by VCL Law LLP, unveiled plans Monday to go public by merging with Graubard Miller-advised special purpose acquisition company Calisa Acquisition Corp. in a deal valued at $180 million.

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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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  • 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.