The agency says the subprime auto lender pledged the same car loans to several lenders and bond deals at once, leaving investors owed about $945 million.

Eight pleaded guilty in an $11-million scheme that changed or invented business registry records, then opened accounts as the payee at about 30 institutions.

The march toward tokenization of assets includes a storied Wall Street firm offering its latest fund on four distributed ledgers.

The New York State Department of Financial Services warned banks about a security vulnerability in IT software. Now it's acknowledged some companies it oversees were affected by it.