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.



Sign up for a 7-day FREE trial today!



Latest News in Fintech

  • October 13, 2026

    CFTC Outlines Creative Path To Crypto Oversight

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is employing a creative use of a Dodd-Frank Act provision to fashion itself a form of authority over crypto spot markets after the Clarity Act failed to move forward, an effort that experts say will draw industry applause and state scrutiny.

  • October 13, 2026

    2nd Circ. Says Voyager's Bank Didn't Know About Fraud

    The Second Circuit has declined to revive a 53-count suit alleging Voyager Digital's former bank, Metropolitan Commercial Bank, was complicit in the now-defunct crypto lender's fraud, agreeing with the lower court that the suit failed to allege the bank knew about Voyager's fraud or aided in it.

  • October 13, 2026

    Kalshi Seeks Full 6th Circ. Review Of Sports Contract Ruling

    Kalshi is asking the entire bench of Sixth Circuit judges to take another look at a September ruling that declined to shield its sports event contracts from Ohio and Tennessee gambling regulators, arguing recent rule proposals from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission "substantially undermine" the appeals court's decision.

  • October 13, 2026

    BofA Fined $1.21B Over 'Widespread' AML Compliance Issues

    Bank of America was hit with $1.21 billion in fines from the U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday, with regulators alleging "widespread breakdowns in internal controls" related to the Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering compliance at the nation's second-largest bank.

  • October 13, 2026

    Mayer Brown Adds Former CFTC Senior Counsel In NY

    Mayer Brown LLP has grown its capital markets offerings in New York with the addition of a former senior special counsel at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

See more Fintech news

Technology

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

Readership

  • Fintech lawyers at top law firms
  • 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.