NatWest Bank has been confirmed as the first UK Bank to become a supplier on the Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) new Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Open Banking.

President Biden and SEC chair Gary Gensler have both criticised a new cryptocurrency bill ahead of a US House of Representatives vote.

Lloyds Banking Group is calling in edtech Cambridge Spark to help run an AI training programme for its senior leaders.

Revolut reports that fraud originating from WhatsApp and Telegram now accounts for well over a third of reported scams (39%), as criminals are increasingly turning to encrypted messaging services to exploit victims.

Lloyds has named four winners of a competition to find the next generation of green tech businesses that will support its transition to net zero carbon operations.

JP Morgan has struck a deal to buy Aumni, an investment analytics platform that provides the data infrastructure for private capital markets. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Custody and clearing fintech Apex Clearing is set to go public via a Spac with blank-check company Northern Star Investment Corp II in a transaction valued at $4.7 billion.

Tandem Bank has acquired Allium Lending Group, a leading green loans company, as part of a £60million fundraising deal that was finalised last week.

North Korean hackers have successfully cashed out $300 million from the record-breaking $1.5 billion crypto heist of ByBit Exchange.

The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint against fintech Dave for using “misleading marketing” and charging “surprise” fees for its cash advance service.

Brava, a London-based startup, has gone live with a set-it-and-fogert-it stablecoin management system for streamlined yield generation.

The UK government is promising bespoke support for financial technology firms as they start, scale and list as it vows to make the country the “fintech capital of the world”.

Danish investment management technology firm SimCorp has struck a deal to buy data management specialist AIM Software for EUR60 million.

ING has opened its internal developer portal to coders from corporate clients and fintech startups, providing access to simulated APIs for testing and developing new products.

Digital asset trading technology firm Crossover Markets has raised $12 million in a Series A funding round led by Illuminate Financial and DRW Venture Capital.