Google’s EU antitrust woes multiply: Sweden’s PriceRunner sues Google for skewing search results toward its own shopping service. The move could prompt more legal action from European shopping services.

The CFPB will use a dormant legal provision to examine nonbank financial companies that “pose risks to consumers.”

The FDIC wants insured banks to report their crypto actions, while states look to exempt companies in the space from certain regulations.

But because cannabis is still illegal at the federal level, banks are hesitant to offer transaction services for the industry.

Legal online sports betting platforms are on the rise: Some of the most popular ones are FanDuel, DraftKings, BetMGM, and Caesars. Looking ahead: We anticipate strong growth in the number of online sports bettors as states legalize the practice and services continue to spend big bucks on marketing. By year-end 2023, the US will have 23.1 million legal online sports bettors.

A federal defense bill will move forward without a provision that would’ve let banks offer services to the $17.5B cannabis industry. But Congressional backers remain supportive and fintechs have found workarounds.

CL: The No. 1 barrier pre-pandemic was consumers realizing that alcohol delivery was legal in many states. When the pandemic hit, everybody quickly learned where it was legal and that's when we saw the market shift. Heading into 2020, less than 2% of off-premise alcohol sales were going through digital channels.

The country adopted Bitcoin as legal tender on Tuesday, but we have reservations as to how a decentralized currency designed to operate outside government control will support its economic goals.

Lyft and Uber have said they will cover the legal expenses for drivers who are sued for transporting someone to get an abortion. Citigroup, Apple, Amazon, Tesla, and more have said they will cover the medical costs of employees who travel out of state for abortion services. Levi Strauss & Co said it will cover such costs for full- and part-time employees.