A NatWest bank branch manager who stole £344,000 from cash machines over an eight year period to fuel his gambling addiction has been spared jail.

A blockchain proof of concept for the digital issuance of retail bonds in the Philippines has been successfully completed by Standard Chartered.

Wealthtech provider FNZ has struck a deal with FinSwitch to provide a new blockchain-enabled administration utility for the South African fund management industry.

French ‘try-before-you-buy’ startup Elyn has raised €2.5 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Headline and Sequoia Arc.

Mastercard has teamed up with Standard Chartered on a proof-of-concept pilot exploring tokenised deposits and tokenised carbon credits.

With 2023 drawing to a close, we take a look back at our most downloaded impact study reports over the course of the past year. Our impact study reports are how-to, best practice guides that support those in the financial industry in their utilisation and optimisation of particular technologies, as well as providing an outlook at future trends to watch.

Banks and card payment systems are among the victims of the worldwide tech outage on Microsoft platforms.

Credit bureau TransUnion has gone public on a data breach that exposed the personal information of more than 4.4 million consumers.

London-based fintech Kennek has raised $12.5 million in a seed funding round led by HV Capital and supported by Dutch Founders Fund, AlbionVC, FFVC, Plug & Play Ventures and Syndicate One.

BBVA has overhauled its mobile app to offer faster response times and more personalisation through AI integration.

ANZ is in the market for a systems integration partner as it begins a journey towards new agile ways of working.