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 03, 2026

    Justin Sun Says Trump-Tied Crypto Firm Deserves Sanctions

    Billionaire Justin Sun urged a California federal judge to sanction World Liberty Financial in litigation over his $45 million investment in the Trump-tied crypto firm, saying the company cost him hundreds of thousands of dollars when it "violated one of the most basic requirements" of the court.

  • November 03, 2026

    Block Seeks $764M Deal To End DOJ Cash App Fraud Probe

    Jack Dorsey's Block Inc. revealed in an investor filing Tuesday it has reached a tentative deal to resolve a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into claims that it ignored fraud on its Cash App, outlining terms that include a deferred prosecution agreement and payment of more than $760 million.

  • November 03, 2026

    BofA's $1.2B AML Fine Shows Perils Of Tech Overreliance

    Bank of America's $1.2 billion deal with the U.S. Treasury Department over anti-money-laundering failures has put compliance officers at financial institutions on alert about the perils they could face if they don't have empowered in-house investigators and proper oversight of technological systems for transaction monitoring.

  • November 03, 2026

    2nd Circ. Denies Kalshi, Coinbase Enforcement Shields

    A Second Circuit panel on Tuesday rebuffed separate bids by Kalshi and Coinbase to temporarily shield their sports contracts from New York and Connecticut gambling regulators after the judges appeared unconvinced by the platforms' attempts to draw lines between sports event contracts and sports bets.

  • November 03, 2026

    OppFi Pulls $130M BNC Bank Bid, Citing Review Uncertainty

    Online lender Opportunity Financial said Tuesday it was withdrawing its applications for a planned $130 million purchase of BNC National Bank, calling off its bid to become a bank amid what it described as unclear regulatory standards and other obstacles to approval.

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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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  • 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.