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

  • October 27, 2026

    Singapore Fintech Hit With Suit Over 'Illegal Activity' In China

    An investor is suing UP Fintech Holding Ltd. in New Jersey federal court, alleging the fintech company and its top brass misrepresented and understated its legal and regulatory risk "as a result of continued illegal activity in China."

  • October 27, 2026

    6 Firms Advise On Ares' $2.6B MidCap Financial Buy

    Ares Capital Corp. said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire middle-market lender MidCap Financial Investment Corp. in a stock-and-cash transaction for an enterprise value of about $2.6 billion, with six law firms advising on the transaction.

  • October 27, 2026

    Soldier Can't Slip Charges Over Maduro Raid Polymarket Bet

    A U.S. Army soldier must face charges that he profited from insider knowledge of the raid that captured deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro after a Manhattan federal judge ruled that whether his prediction market trades ran afoul of commodities laws is a question for trial.

  • October 27, 2026

    IRS Asks 1st Circ. To Toss Shuttered Bank Owner's Claims

    The IRS asked the First Circuit to dismiss unlawful property seizure and due process claims against former IRS Criminal Investigation officers in a dispute related to a shuttered online bank suspected of facilitating tax evasion and money laundering, saying the bank's former owner failed to establish plausible allegations.

  • October 27, 2026

    DOJ Directive Gives Contractors A Fraud Risk Road Map

    For government contractors, the 10 factors described in the U.S. Department of Justice's recent corporate fraud enforcement directive functions as a de facto scoring rubric for internal audits that mirrors what prosecutors will prioritize, say attorneys at Spencer Fane.

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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.