Heavy-duty strap used to lift boats out of water have been linked to a series of cash machine raids in Worcestershire.

The UK Treasury will give banks new powers to delay payments by up to 72 hours to investigate suspected fraud or scams.

Private equity firm Motive Partners has acquired a majority stake in Finantix, which provides a bundled set of components and software development tools for financial firms beginning their digital transform journeys.

Boerse Stuttgart is rolling out Seturion, a pan-European, blockchain-based platform for the settlement of tokenized assets, within and across national borders.

Mastercard is stepping up its commitment to stablecoins, inking a deal with MoonPay to enable people and businesses to use them for payments across global markets.

Mastercard has unveiled technology that taps into its trusted network and proprietary insights to help lenders make faster and smarter credit decisions

Americans lost more than $10 billion to fraud in 2023, with investment scams accounting for nearly half of the losses, Federal Trade Commission data shows.

America’s oldest private bank, Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH), is looking to the future by appointing CIO Michael McGovern to a newly created role overseeing its fintech business.

Australia’s Commonwealth Bank says it took a start-up approach to the development of a new wealth management portal for self-directed investors that combines online banking with stock trading, property and portfolio investment, news and community forums all accessible via a single log-in.

Prosper, the UK wealthtech founded by Tandem and Nutmeg alumni, has raised £1 million from a crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube.

Fintech-focused venture capital fund Luge Capital has raised an initial $71 million to invest in early-stage startups in Canada and the US.

Finastra has named the winners of its Hack to the Future 4 annual global hackathon.

Following an extensive evaluation and Alpha testing phase, the FCA has selected UK data firm Aiimi’s Insight Engine to improve the regulator’s data analytics.

In the only Europe-centric session at Sibos in Frankfurt, Swift’s Marianne Demarchi led a conversation titled: “View from the Top: Securing Europe’s financial future – Resilience, autonomy, and global impact.”

Cloud payments fintech Volante Technologies has raised $66 million in a funding round led by Sixth Street Growth.