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

  • November 10, 2026

    SEC, Platforms Back CFTC In Stock Perpetuals Challenge

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is backing the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's approval of perpetual contracts tied to individual stocks, arguing the depiction in a special interest organization's lawsuit of "a CFTC gone rogue, and an SEC gone missing" is mistaken.

  • November 10, 2026

    SEC Reports Continued Decline In Enforcement Actions

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission brought 22% fewer actions during its first full fiscal year under Chairman Paul Atkins compared to the prior year, according to a report the agency released Tuesday. It continues a downward trend in case counts, although the agency stresses the number of cases it brings is an incomplete measure of enforcement effectiveness.

  • November 10, 2026

    Mich. Judge Rejects Religious Defense In Forced Labor Case

    A pastor and two church executives accused of coercing followers into unpaid work through physical abuse, sexual exploitation and threats of spiritual damnation cannot escape federal forced labor charges on religious freedom grounds, a Michigan federal judge said, refusing to dismiss the indictment against them.

  • November 10, 2026

    Robinhood, OG.com Sue Against State Sports Wager Actions

    The nationwide tangle of litigation over the regulation of prediction markets grew as Robinhood challenged Missouri and OG.com sued Arkansas in separate suits to fend off potential state enforcement actions targeting the companies' sports wagers as bets.

  • November 10, 2026

    Block Inc. Makes $150M Deal To End Cash App Fraud Suit

    Block Inc. reached a deal for insurers to pay it $150 million to resolve a shareholder derivative suit alleging that compliance failures fueled an "explosion" of fraud and other illicit activity on the company's Cash App, according to a motion filed Monday seeking a California federal judge's preliminary approval.

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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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