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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
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December 09, 2024
Blockchain Co. IP Fight With Investment Firm Teed Up For Trial
A California federal judge has said a jury should decide whether the investment firm Franklin Templeton misappropriated trade secrets of Blockchain Innovation LLC and breached its fiduciary duty and contract with the firm when it shut down a digital asset startup that Blockchain later acquired.
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December 09, 2024
MIT Grads Say $25M Crypto Fraud Charges Not Rooted In Law
The two Massachusetts Institute of Technology-educated brothers accused of a $25 million crypto heist have told a New York federal judge that the indictment against them is "far removed from the heartland of wire fraud" since their novel trades can't be considered misrepresentations and that they had no notice their activity would be considered unlawful.
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December 09, 2024
5th Circ. Crypto Ruling Shows Limits On OFAC Authority
The Fifth Circuit's recent decision that immutable smart contracts on the Tornado Cash crypto-transaction software protocol are not "property" subject to Office of Foreign Assets Control jurisdiction may signal that courts can construe OFAC's authority more restrictively after Loper Bright, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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December 09, 2024
Preparing For The New Restrictions On Investment Into China
In light of a new regulatory program governing U.S. investments in China-related technology companies of national security concern, investors should keep several considerations in mind, including the rules' effect on existing and new investments, compliance hurdles, and penalties for noncompliance ahead of the rules' January implementation, say attorneys at Gunderson Dettmer.
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December 09, 2024
LendingTree Pushes FCC Again To Rework Lead Consent Rule
Loan marketer LendingTree is making one more effort to persuade the Federal Communications Commission to trim the scope of its lead generation consent rule in hopes of seeing changes before the regulations take effect in January.
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.