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 20, 2024

    SEC Cooperators More Likely To See Pay Reprieve In 2024

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent emphasis on cooperation seems to have paid off for both the agency and some of the entities it regulates, according to a report released Thursday, which found that more public companies entered into nonmonetary settlements with the SEC in fiscal year 2024 than in any year over the previous decade.

  • November 20, 2024

    Not So Fast: Lenders Say CFPB Payday Rule Must Stay On Ice

    Lender trade groups challenging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's payday loan rule have told the Fifth Circuit that they anticipate pursuing another U.S. Supreme Court appeal in their case, and that the rule should be kept on hold for even longer in the meantime.

  • November 20, 2024

    5 Charged For 'Scattered Spider' Phishing Hacks, Crypto Theft

    California federal prosecutors unveiled a criminal case Wednesday accusing five alleged members of the "Scattered Spider" cybercrime group of using a phishing scheme to access the confidential data of media and technology companies and steal $11 million worth of cryptocurrency from digital wallets.

  • November 20, 2024

    US Called Upon To Lead Cross-Border Payment Overhaul

    A senior official with the U.S. Department of the Treasury has warned that wide adoption of a poorly designed, cross-border payment system could threaten international financial stability and economic security, advising the U.S. to take the lead in developing and governing such systems.

  • November 20, 2024

    Apple Says DOJ Case Has Too Much Speculation To Survive

    Apple's attorneys pressed a New Jersey federal judge Wednesday to toss the U.S. Department of Justice's monopolization lawsuit, asserting in oral arguments that the government is simply trying to force them to work with rivals when attacking controls imposed on iPhone app developers.

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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.
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