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

  • September 15, 2026

    Robinhood Engineers Hit With Crypto-Futures Insider Charges

    Two Robinhood Markets engineers made over $50,000 each by unlawfully trading futures on the decentralized derivative exchange Hyperliquid using confidential information they got while working at the California-based discount online brokerage, federal prosecutors in New York charged on Tuesday.

  • September 15, 2026

    Grab Holdings To Buy 60% Of Atome Financial For $1.5B

    Singapore-based Grab Holdings Ltd. said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire a controlling 60% equity interest in Atome Financial for $1.49 billion, while also agreeing to purchase the remaining 40% stake within the next two years. 

  • September 15, 2026

    AG Watch: Oregon Targets Consumer Costs

    Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield's challenges to bank interest rate and escrow preemption signal heightened scrutiny of consumer costs for lending services, requiring financial institutions serving Oregon and other states with opt-out laws to reassess compliance risk, says Keturah Taylor at Cozen O'Connor.

  • September 14, 2026

    Crypto Bill Faces Wide Criticism Ahead Of Initial Vote

    Senate Republicans on Monday faced obstacles to securing support for their final draft of the Clarity Act ahead of a Tuesday procedural vote to move the crypto bill forward, as Democrats, banking organizations, state law enforcers and even some crypto interests criticized the new version of the legislation as coming up short in key areas.

  • September 14, 2026

    NY AG, CFTC Tussle Over Prediction Markets, Gambling Laws

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Monday asked a New York federal judge to find that the federal regulator has exclusive jurisdiction over prediction markets and put a stop to efforts by the state of New York to subject event contract providers such as Coinbase and Gemini to state gambling laws.

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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.